Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elliott Bennett [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 December 1988||
Place of birth | Telford, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shrewsbury Town | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2007 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2008 | → Bury (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2008–2009 | → Bury (loan) | 46 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 89 | (13) |
2011–2016 | Norwich City | 68 | (2) |
2014 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2015 | → Bristol City (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2016–2021 | Blackburn Rovers | 177 | (8) |
2021– | Shrewsbury Town | 102 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:04, 23 March 2024 (UTC) |
Elliott Bennett (born 18 December 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL League One club Shrewsbury Town. He is the elder brother of footballer Kyle Bennett. [4]
Bennett grew up in Telford, Shropshire, [2] and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers at age nine having been spotted playing in a local five-a-side tournament. He captained the club's under-12 team that travelled to Japan in 2001 and won the U12 World Cup, where he also picked up the Player of the Tournament award. He attended Thomas Telford School, where he captained the football team to win the County Cup five years in a row. Bennett was also a talented 200m sprinter and represented Shropshire at the English School Athletics Championships.[ citation needed ]
He left school to gain a scholarship at Wolves alongside Lee Collins, and signed professional forms with them in March 2007. The midfielder never made a league appearance for Wolves though, despite being picked for the first team squad several times, but did appear twice for them in the League Cup.
After spending time at loan at both Crewe (where he scored once against Port Vale) [5] and Bury, Bennett signed a three-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion on 20 August 2009. [6] In November 2010 he signed a new three and half-year contract to keep him at Brighton & Hove Albion until the summer of 2014. [7] Bennett enjoyed a successful season in 2010–11, playing a significant role in Brighton's promotion to the Championship. Scoring eight goals, Bennett gained a place in the PFA League One Team of the Year.
On 14 June 2011, he signed for Norwich City on an undisclosed three-year deal. [8] He was handed squad number 17 for the upcoming Premier League season. Bennett scored the third goal in a 3–0 pre-season win against Coventry City from 30 yards out. However, this was not enough to earn Bennett a starting place against Wigan Athletic on the opening day of the Premier League season where he came on as a sub, replacing Andrew Surman. On 9 April 2012, Bennett scored his first Premier League goal against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane with a strike from just outside the penalty area, which proved to be the winner in a 2–1 victory for the Canaries.
Bennett started the 2012–13 season on the bench at Craven Cottage in the Canaries' 0–5 defeat. He picked up an injury coming on for Robert Snodgrass. Bennett then made his return in a League Cup clash against Doncaster Rovers which featured his younger brother Kyle Bennett. On 6 April he got two assists in a 2–2 draw against Swansea City. On 20 April, he scored in a 2–1 win against Reading. [9]
Having played in Norwich's opening Premier League fixture against Everton, Bennett injured his knee ligaments, requiring surgery, ruling him out until 2014. [10] He made his return from injury on the final day of the season, replacing Nathan Redmond in the 76th minute of a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal.
On 5 January 2016, Bennett signed for Blackburn Rovers on a 2+1⁄2-year deal. [11] Bennett scored his first Rovers goal on 27 February in a 3–2 victory over Milton Keynes Dons. [12]
On 5 October 2017, Rovers announced that Bennett had signed a new two-year contract. [13]
On 16 November 2018, Rovers announced that Bennett had signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract. [14]
After the departure of Charlie Mulgrew to Wigan on a season-long loan, Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray announced Elliot Bennett would take over as club captain for the 2019–20 season.
On 17 June 2021, Bennett made the step down to League One, signing for Shrewsbury Town on a one-year deal. [15] Bennett signed a contract extension of undisclosed length at the end of the 2021–22 season. [16] He was released by the club at the end of the 2022–23 season. [17]
Bennett qualifies to play for Jamaica through his paternal grandparents. He was called up to the Jamaica national team on 27 February 2015 for friendly games against Venezuela and Cuba. [18]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2007–08 [20] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
2008–09 [21] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 2007–08 [20] | League One | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Bury (loan) | 2007–08 [20] | League Two | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
2008–09 [21] | League Two | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 52 | 3 | |
Total | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 4 | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2009–10 [22] | League One | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 9 |
2010–11 [23] | League One | 46 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 53 | 8 | |
Total | 89 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 17 | ||
Norwich City | 2011–12 [24] | Premier League | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | |
2012–13 [25] | Premier League | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | ||
2013–14 [26] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2014–15 [27] | Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
2015–16 [28] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 3 | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 2014–15 [27] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
Bristol City (loan) | 2015–16 [28] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 2015–16 [28] | Championship | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |
2016–17 [29] | Championship | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 4 | ||
2017–18 [30] | League One | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
2018–19 [31] | Championship | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 | 1 | ||
2019–20 [32] | Championship | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [33] | Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 177 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 9 | ||
Blackburn Rovers U23 | 2016–17 [29] | — | — | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Shrewsbury Town | 2021–22 [34] | League One | 42 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 48 | 2 |
2022–23 [35] | League One | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
2023–24 [36] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 76 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 3 | ||
Career total | 506 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 565 | 37 |
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