Personal information | |||
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Full name | Murphy John Bennett[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 December 2004||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Gloucester City (on loan from Forest Green Rovers) | ||
Youth career | |||
Manchester City | |||
2021–2022 | Forest Green Rovers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | (0) |
2023– | → Gloucester City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Wales U16 | |||
2021–2022 | Wales U18 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Wales U18 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:36. 3 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Murphy John Bennett (born 23 December 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Gloucester City on loan from EFL League Two club Forest Green Rovers.
Club career
Bennett joined the scholarship program at Forest Green Rovers in June 2021, having previously been with the youth system at Manchester City and represented Wales at under-16 level.[3] He made his first-team debut on 12 October 2021, in a 2–2 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion U21 in an EFL Trophy match at The New Lawn.[4] He joined Gloucester City on a month's loan in September 2023.[5]
International career
Bennett was called up to the Wales under-18 squad in August 2021.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 October 2022
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Forest Green Rovers | 2021–22[7] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23[8] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
- ^ a b Appearance in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ "EFL – Squad List 2023/24: Forest Green Rovers – Under 21 Contract players" (PDF). English Football League. p. 115. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Murphy Bennett at Soccerway
- ^ "A warm welcome for new scholars". www.fgr.co.uk. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Papa Johns Trophy (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Squad news Darlington (A)". Gloucester City AFC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Shaw, Conor (17 August 2021). "Bennett selected for Wales U18". www.fgr.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Murphy Bennett in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Murphy Bennett in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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