Keanan Bennetts

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Keanan Bennetts
Personal information
Full name Keanan Chidozie Mbaeri Bennetts [1]
Date of birth (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Edgware, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Austria Klagenfurt
Youth career
2013–2018 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 33 (2)
2018–2022 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 (0)
2020–2021Ipswich Town (loan) 28 (1)
2022–2023 Darmstadt 98 15 (0)
2023–2024 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 9 (0)
2025– Austria Klagenfurt 0 (0)
International career
2014 Germany U15 2 (0)
2014–2015 England U16 3 (0)
2015 England U17 5 (0)
2017 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:39, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:01, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Keanan Chidozie Mbaeri Bennetts (born 9 March 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Klagenfurt. [3]

Contents

Club career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bennetts joined Borussia Mönchengladbach from the Tottenham Hotspur academy in 2018. [4] He made his professional debut for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga on 16 June 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute for Lars Stindl in the home match against VfL Wolfsburg, which finished as a 3–0 win. [5]

Ipswich Town (loan)

On 2 October 2020, Bennetts joined Ipswich Town on a season-long loan deal. [6] He made his debut for Ipswich as a second-half substitute in a 4–1 away win over Blackpool on 10 October. [7] On 15 December, Bennetts scored his first goal for Ipswich in a 2–1 win over Burton Albion. [8] Bennetts made 30 appearances during his loan spell at Ipswich, scoring once. [9]

Darmstadt

On 21 October 2022, Bennetts joined German 2. Bundesliga club Darmstadt agreeing to a one-year contract. [10]

Wehen Wiesbaden

On 7 July 2023, Bennetts signed with SV Wehen Wiesbaden in 2. Bundesliga. [11]

Austria Klagenfurt

On 5 January 2025, Bennetts signed for Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Klagenfurt on a short-term contract until the end of the season. [12]

International career

Bennetts made two appearances for the Germany under-15 team in 2014, having been eligible through his mother. He later switched to represent England internationally. [13] He also declined to represent Nigeria, eligible through his father, at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [14]

Personal life

Bennetts was born in Edgware, Greater London to a German mother from Hamburg and a Nigerian father. [4] He is fluent in German. [13] His brother, Jayden, is also a footballer. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur U21 2017–18 [15] 3 [a] 030
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2018–19 [16] Regionalliga West 22100221
2019–20 [17] Regionalliga West210021
2020–21 [9] Regionalliga West200020
Total262000000262
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 [17] Bundesliga 100010
2021–22 [18] Bundesliga401050
Total5010000060
Ipswich Town (loan) 2020–21 [9] League One 28110001 [a] 0301
Career total593200040653
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

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