Dean Bennett

Dean Alan Bennett (born 13 December 1977) is an English footballer who plays for Stourbridge as a midfielder.[2]

Dean Bennett
Personal information
Full name Dean Alan Bennett[1]
Date of birth (1977-12-13) 13 December 1977
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre midfield
Team information
Current team
 Stourbridge
Youth career
000?–1996 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 West Bromwich Albion 1 (0)
1998–1999 Bromsgrove Rovers ? (?)
1999–2004 Kidderminster Harriers 193 (25)
2004–2006 Wrexham 47 (2)
2006–2008 Chester City 32 (1)
2007–2008 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 35 (1)
2008–2010 Kidderminster Harriers 66 (1)
2010–2011 Dundalk 48 (1)
2011–2013 Solihull Moors ? (?)
2013– Stourbridge ? (?)
International career
2000 England C 1 (0)
2011 League of Ireland XI
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Wolverhampton, Bennett, who was a junior at Aston Villa, made one appearance for West Bromwich Albion while at the Hawthorns in 1996–97.

Dean was signed by Chester City from Wrexham in 2006, he has also played for Kidderminster Harriers (where he won the Conference National in 1999–2000) and Bromsgrove Rovers.

In 2004–05, Bennett was part of the Wrexham side that won the Football League Trophy against Southend United at the Millennium Stadium[3] but his spell at the Racecourse Ground was dogged by injuries. This has continued at Chester, where he has missed the early weeks of the 2006–07 season. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Torquay United.[4] In August 2007, Bennett returned to former club Kidderminster on a three-month loan deal,[5] and he went on to spend almost the whole campaign with the club. At the end of the season, he was released by Chester,[6] before returning yet again to Kidderminster. Dean stayed at Kidderminster until May 2010.

Three months later Bennett made the move to Dundalk where he rejoined forces with former teammates Ian Foster and Wayne Hatswell. He made his debt at home to UCD, on 6 August. He went on to make 13 appearances in 2010. His 2011 season was disrupted by injury. Bennett scored his first competitive goal for the club with a header against Galway United in the FAI Cup at Oriel Park on 5 June.

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 44. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2013). Non-League Club Directory 2014. Tony Williams Publications. p. 1006. ISBN 978-1-869833-72-5.
  3. "Southend 0-2 Wrexham". BBC. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Chester 1-1 Torquay". BBC. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. "Deano's Back In Town". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  6. "Seven leave Deva Stadium as Chester wield the axe". Daily Post. 10 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
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