Steven Benda

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Steven Benda
Fulham Goalkeepers training Steven Benda.jpg
Benda training with Fulham in 2024
Personal information
Full name Steven-Andreas Benda [1]
Date of birth (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Fulham
Number 23
Youth career
1. FC Heidenheim
2016–2017 1860 Munich
2017–2019 Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Swansea City 27 (0)
2019–2020 → Swindon Town (loan) 24 (0)
2022 → Peterborough United (loan) 9 (0)
2023– Fulham 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Steven-Andreas Benda (born 1 October 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Fulham.

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Career

Born in Stuttgart, Benda spent his early career with 1. FC Heidenheim and TSV 1860 Munich. [2] He signed for Swansea City in August 2017 and signed a new three-year contract in June 2019. [3] He joined the Swansea first-team in the 2018–19 season following an injury to Erwin Mulder. [4]

He moved on loan to Swindon Town in September 2019. [5] He made his senior debut on 8 October 2019, in the EFL Trophy, and made his Football League debut on 12 October 2019. [6]

He moved on loan to Peterborough United in January 2022. [7] [8]

After his return to Swansea, appearing in 21 games as the club's number one goalkeeper for the 2022–23 season, Benda suffered a "significant" knee injury in January 2023. [9]

Benda signed for Premier League club Fulham on 30 August 2023 for an undisclosed fee. [10] [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City U23 2018–19 [12] ———4 [a] 040
Swansea City 2019–20 [6] Championship 0000000000
2020–21 [13] Championship100000—10
2021–22 [14] Championship500020—70
2022–23 [15] Championship2101010—230
Total270103000310
Swindon Town (loan) 2019–20 [6] League Two 24020001 [a] 0270
Peterborough United (loan) 2021–22 [14] Championship90200000110
Fulham 2023–24 Premier League 000000—00
2024–25 Premier League002020—40
Total0020200040
Career total600705050770
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Swindon Town

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Swansea City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 Steven Benda at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Benda signs new Swansea City deal | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
  4. ↑ "Erwin Mulder: Broken finger rules out Swansea City keeper for rest of season". 28 March 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Steven Benda: Swansea City goalkeeper joins Swindon Town on loan". 2 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. 1 2 3 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Posh Secure Loan Signing Of Swans Keeper | Peterborough United - POSH". www.theposh.com.
  8. ↑ "Posh sign Swansea's Benda on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Swans keeper Benda out with 'significant' injury" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ FC, Fulham (30 August 2023). "Fulham Sign Benda". Fulham FC.
  11. ↑ "Fulham sign Swansea keeper Benda" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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