Kyle Bennett (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 September 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Telford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Portsmouth | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Bury | 32 | (2) |
| 2011–2015 | Doncaster Rovers | 110 | (15) |
| 2013 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Bradford City (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2015– | Portsmouth | 83 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 12 August 2017 (UTC). |
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Kyle Bennett (born 9 September 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portsmouth.
Bennett is an attacking midfielder "known for his blistering pace and close ball control as well as having the ability to fire the ball at roughly somewhere towards the goal with venom".
Bennett began playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers at the age of seven, signing for the club at age nine. Bennett was soon described by Chris Evans as "one of the most exciting as well as the biggest in his 17 years at Molineux" He signed a three-year professional contract in September 2007, just after has seventeenth birthday. He stayed at Molineux for two years without ever making the first team. On 10 March 2009, Bennett signed his first professional contract with the club.
In March 2010 he had a two-week trial with Leicester City and then given a trial at Port Vale. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Bennett was released by the club.
In August 2010 he joined League Two club Bury on a one-year deal, after impressing on trial.
He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Port Vale at Gigg Lane on 7 August 2010. He scored his first goals in professional football on 26 February 2011, when he scored twice as Bury beat Crewe Alexandra 3–1. In his first season at Bury, Bennett scored two goals in thirty-three appearance in all competitions, as he helped Bury promoted to League One.
In May 2011 he was offered a new contract by the club but the beginning of July the club confirmed he has rejected the deal in favour of a move to Doncaster Rovers, and as the clubs could not agree on a transfer fee that it would go to a transfer tribunal to determine a transfer fee. In September 2011, the transfer tribunal was concluded that Doncaster Rovers were ordered by tribunal panel to pay Bury £180,000 in compensation.
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