Steven Benda

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Steven Benda
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Benda with Fulham in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Steven-Andreas Benda [1]
Date of birth (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Millwall
(on loan from Fulham)
Number 13
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)
2025– → Millwall (loan) 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:57, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

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

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Career

Swansea City

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] He made his debut for the club on 22 January 2022 in a 3–0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion. [9]

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. [10]

Fulham

Benda training with Fulham in 2024. Fulham Goalkeepers training Steven Benda.jpg
Benda training with Fulham in 2024.

Benda signed for Premier League club Fulham on 30 August 2023 for an undisclosed fee. [11] [12] He made his debut for the club on 27 August 2024, in a 2–0 win against Birmingham City in the EFL Cup. [13]

In July 2025, Benda joined Championship club Millwall on a season-long loan deal. [14] [15] He made his debut for the club on 9 August 2025, in a 2–1 win against Norwich City. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City U23 2018–19 [17] ———4 [a] 040
Swansea City 2019–20 [6] Championship 0000000000
2020–21 [18] Championship100000—10
2021–22 [19] Championship500020—70
2022–23 [20] Championship2101010—230
Total270103000310
Swindon Town (loan) 2019–20 [6] League Two 24020001 [a] 0270
Peterborough United (loan) 2021–22 [19] Championship90200000110
Fulham 2023–24 [21] Premier League 000000—00
2024–25 [22] Premier League002020—40
2025–26 [23] Premier League000000—00
Total0020200040
Millwall (loan) 2025–26 [23] Championship9000000090
Career total690705050860
  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". swanseacity.com.
  4. ↑ "Erwin Mulder: Broken finger rules out Swansea City keeper for rest of season". BBC. 28 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Steven Benda: Swansea City goalkeeper joins Swindon Town on loan". BBC. 2 September 2019.
  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". theposh.com.
  8. ↑ "Posh sign Swansea's Benda on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Peterborough United". ESPN. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Swans keeper Benda out with 'significant' injury". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 January 2023.
  11. ↑ FC, Fulham (30 August 2023). "Fulham Sign Benda". Fulham FC.
  12. ↑ "Fulham sign Swansea keeper Benda". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Birmingham City 0–2 Fulham". ESPN. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "Millwall announce loan deal for Steven Benda". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Millwall: New duo arrive in midfielder Massimo Luongo and goalkeeper Steven Benda". BBC Sport. 25 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Norwich City 1–2 Millwall". ESPN. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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