Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rhys Gordon Bennett [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Whitefield, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Radcliffe Borough | |||
–2009 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Falkirk (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2012–2016 | Rochdale | 110 | (6) |
2016–2018 | Mansfield Town | 84 | (4) |
2018–2020 | Peterborough United | 50 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Carlisle United | 24 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Gillingham | 18 | (0) |
2022 | Morecambe | 12 | (0) |
2023 | Rochdale | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC) |
Rhys Gordon Bennett (born 1 September 1991) is an English professional footballer who is currently without a club. He plays as a central defender, although he has also been deployed in defensive midfield, and as a full-back.
Bennett started his professional career at Bolton Wanderers, regularly playing in the reserve side and wearing the captain's armband on occasions. [2] Having not made an appearance for the first team he was sent out on loan to Falkirk in July 2011 by manager Owen Coyle.
On 6 July 2011, it was announced that Falkirk had signed Bennett on a six-month loan, [3] which was extended until the end of the season on 9 January 2012. [4] Bennett made his debut on 23 July 2011, scoring a 26th-minute opener against Brechin City in the 1st round of the Scottish Challenge Cup. [5]
He made his league debut on 6 August 2011 in a 1–0 loss against Raith Rovers. [6]
Bennett was an unused substitute when Falkirk defeated Hamilton Academical 1-0 in the 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup final. [7]
On 11 June 2012, Rochdale announced that Bennett had signed a one-year contract at the club effective on 1 July 2012. [8] He made his debut on 4 September in a 2–2 draw against Fleetwood Town in the Football League Trophy. The game went to a penalty shoot-out which Rochdale won 4–2 and progressed to the second round. [9] He made his league debut on 15 September in a 2–1 win away to AFC Wimbledon. [10]
He scored his first goal for the club on 1 December, in a 3–2 defeat to York City. [11]
Bennett joined Mansfield Town on a free transfer in June 2016. [12]
He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2017–18 season. [13]
Bennett joined Peterborough United on a free transfer in May 2018. He followed in the footsteps of former Mansfield Town manager Steve Evans in the same season. [14]
On 12 November 2020, Bennett joined Carlisle United on a short-term deal until January 2021. [15] On 5 January 2021, Bennett signed an extended deal to remain at the club until the end of the 2020–21 season. [16] Bennett rejected a new offer from the Cumbrian club at the end of the season. [17]
Bennett signed for EFL League One side Gillingham on 23 July 2021. [18] He made his debut for the Gills on the opening day of the 2021–22 season in a 1–1 home draw to Lincoln City on 7 August 2021. [19]
Having reached a mutual agreement with Gillingham to terminate his contract, Bennett signed for fellow EFL League One side Morecambe on 28 January 2022. [20] He made his league debut for the Lancashire side the next day, appearing as a 28th minute substitute in a 2–2 away draw to Accrington Stanley. [21] Bennett was released by the club at the end of the season. [22]
On 28 January 2023, Bennett returned to Rochdale signing a contract till the end of the 2022-2023 season. [23]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 2011–12 [24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Falkirk (loan) | 2011–12 [24] | Scottish First Division | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 [a] | 1 | 25 | 1 |
Rochdale | 2012–13 [25] | League Two | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 37 | 2 |
2013–14 [26] | League Two | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2014–15 [27] | League One | 39 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 46 | 3 | |
2015–16 [28] | League One | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
Total | 110 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 7 | ||
Mansfield Town | 2016–17 [29] | League Two | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 [c] | 0 | 54 | 2 |
2017–18 [30] | League Two | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
Total | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 97 | 4 | ||
Peterborough United | 2018–19 [31] | League One | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [c] | 0 | 45 | 4 |
2019–20 [32] | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [c] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 4 | ||
Carlisle United | 2020–21 [33] | League Two | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 26 | 5 |
Gillingham | 2021–22 [34] | League One | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Morecambe | 2021–22 [34] | League One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Rochdale | 2022–23 [35] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 318 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 376 | 21 |
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