Manuel Benson

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Manuel Benson
Personal information
Full name Manuel Benson Hedilazio [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Lokeren, Belgium
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 10
Youth career
2003-2007 Lokeren
2007-2010 Anderlecht
2010–2014 Lierse
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Lierse 68 (9)
2017–2019 Genk 11 (0)
2018–2019 → Royal Excel Mouscron (loan) 26 (4)
2019–2022 Royal Antwerp 51 (5)
2021 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 13 (0)
2022– Burnley 42 (11)
International career‡
2014 Belgium U19 2 (0)
2017–2019 Belgium U21 2 (0)
2024– Angola 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:50, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:12, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Manuel Benson Hedilazio (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Burnley. Born in Belgium, he represented it on junior international levels, before choosing to play for the Angola national team on senior level.

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His father, Jorge Hedilazio, is a former Angolan footballer who played for Lokeren in the 1990s. [3]

Early life

Benson was born in Lokeren to an Angolan father, Jorge Hedilazio, and a Belgian mother, Gina Pieters. [4] His parents met in the 1990s at Bobby's Club, a dance bar in Lokeren, while his father was playing for the local club. [5]

Club career

Benson made his top flight debut, playing for Lierse, on 19 April 2014 against KV Oostende in a 2–0 home defeat. He replaced Ahmed Sayed after 87 minutes. [6] In the 2016–17 season he played 37 league games for Lierse, scoring 7 goals, [7] four of which in 9 Europa League play-offs games. [8] In this season Benson also tied with Kevin Kis for the league's top assist provider. [9]

In 2017, he moved to RC Genk, and was loaned out to Royal Excel Mouscron for the 2018–19 season. He played a total of 28 games for Mouscron, scoring 6 goals. Benson had the most assists in the regular season behind Hans Vanaken and Alejandro Pozuelo with 8. [10] [11]

In September 2019, he moved to Royal Antwerp FC on a permanent move.

In the 2020–21 season, Benson played five games in the Belgian First Division A and 3 games in the UEFA Europa League, scoring one goal in Antwerp's 3–1 win over Ludogorets, which allowed them to advance to the Round of 32. [12] On 26 January 2021, Benson moved to Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a loan deal until the end of the season. [13] He had the most assists of his team in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, recording four assists in 13 league games. [14] [15]

On 4 August 2022, Benson joined EFL Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal. [16] He scored his first goal for Burnley in a 2–1 win against Bristol City on 17 September 2022. [17] He scored his first FA Cup goals on 7 January 2023, notching a pair in an away game against Bournemouth. [18]

International career

Benson made his debut for the Angola national team on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Eswatini at the Estádio 11 de Novembro. He substituted Felício Milson in the 69th minute of Angola's 1–0 victory. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse 2013–14 [2] Belgian Pro League 1000———10
2014–15 [2] Belgian Pro League9000——2 [lower-alpha 3] 0110
2015–16 [2] Belgian Second Division 21200———212
2016–17 [2] Belgian First Division B 37711———388
Total68911——207110
Genk 2017–18 [2] Belgian First Division A 8030———110
2018–19 [2] Belgian First Division A00——1 [lower-alpha 4] 0—10
2019–20 [2] Belgian First Division A30——001 [lower-alpha 5] 040
Total11030—1010160
Mouscron (loan) 2018–19 [2] Belgian First Division A26422———286
Antwerp 2019–20 [2] Belgian First Division A11051—00—161
2020–21 [2] Belgian First Division A5000—3 [lower-alpha 4] 1—81
2021–22 [2] Belgian First Division A34510—7 [lower-alpha 4] 1—426
2022–23 [2] Belgian Pro League10——2 [lower-alpha 6] 0—30
Total51561—122—698
PEC Zwolle (loan) 2020–21 [2] Eredivisie 130————130
Burnley 2022–23 [2] Championship 33111230——3713
2023–24 [20] Premier League 800010——90
2024–25 [21] Championship100000——10
Total42111240——4713
Career total21129136401323024437

International

As of match played 11 June 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola
202420
Total20

Honours

Genk

Antwerp

Burnley

Individual

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