Steven Benda

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Steven Benda

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

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 9 January 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Swansea City U23	2018–19 [12]	—			—		—		4 [a]	0	4	0
Swansea City	2019–20 [6]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2020–21 [13]	Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2021–22 [14]	Championship	5	0	0	0	2	0	—		7	0
	2022–23 [15]	Championship	21	0	1	0	1	0	—		23	0
	Total		27	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
Swindon Town (loan)	2019–20 [6]	League Two	24	0	2	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	27	0
Peterborough United (loan)	2021–22 [14]	Championship	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Fulham	2023–24	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2024–25	Premier League	0	0	1	0	2	0	—		3	0
	Total		0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			60	0	6	0	5	0	5	0	76	0

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Swindon Town

• EFL League Two: 2019–20 ^[16]

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Swansea City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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. "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. "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.

External links

• Profile at the Fulham F.C. website