Try Bennett

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Try Bennett
Personal information
Full name Try Anthony Bennett Grant
Date of birth (1975-08-05) 5 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Costa Rica
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1987–1993 Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1997 Saprissa
1997–1998 Comunicaciones
1998–2000 USAC
2000–2003 Herediano 65 (4)
2003–2008 Saprissa 115 (5)
International career‡
2002–2007 Costa Rica 24 (1)
Managerial career
2011 UNED
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2014

Try Anthony Bennett Grant (born 5 August 1975) is a Costa Rican former footballer.

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Club career

Bennett made his professional debut for Saprissa on 3 October 1993 against Puntarenas and played the majority of his career for Saprissa. He had brief stints abroad with Guatemalan sides Comunicaciones and USAC. [2]

He also played for Herediano and finished his career at Brujas whom he joined in summer 2008. [3]

With Saprissa, he has won four national championships and two CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C. [4]

Doping conviction and retirement

In February 2010, Bennett was suspended for two months after he tested positive of dexamethasone in a doping test after the December 2009 championship play-off against Puntarenas. [5]

He retired in March 2010 and a year later took the reins at third division side UNED. [6]

International career

Bennett played in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Qatar. [4]

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an October 2002 friendly match against Ecuador and has earned a total of 24 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [4] and played at the 2003 [7] and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups [8] as well as at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup [9] and the 2004 Copa América. [10]

His final international was a February 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador.

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2003 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2–12–1 Friendly match

Personal life

He is the uncle of professional footballer Jewison Bennette. His brother Jéwisson Bennett [11] also played for the national team.

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
  2. ↑ Guatemala, ¿un espejismo? - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Try Bennett ficha con Brujas - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. 1 2 3 Try Bennett – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ Ponen sanción cautelar a Bennett por dopaje Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Try Bennett Grant es el nuevo entrenador de fútbol de la UNED - UNED
  7. ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
  8. ↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details - RSSSF
  9. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
  10. ↑ Copa América 2004 [ dead link ] - RSSSF
  11. ↑ El día de los Bennett - Al Día (in Spanish)
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