- Julian Bennett
Football player infobox
playername = Julian Bennett
fullname = Julian Llewelyn Bennett
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|12|17
cityofbirth =Nottingham
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = Nottingham Forest
clubnumber = 29
position = Full back
youthyears = 1999-2004
youthclubs = Nottingham Forest Walsall
years = 2004-2006
2006-
clubs = Walsall
Nottingham Forest
caps(goals) = 51 (3)
82 (8)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 17:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Julian Llewelyn Bennett (born
December 17 1984 inNottingham ,England ) is an English footballer. He is a left-back, currently playing forNottingham Forest .Bennett, who is a Nottingham Forest fan,Fact|date=April 2008 joined Forest as a youth but was released when he was 15 years old. He went onto join Walsall soon after and eventually became a first-team player. He made over 40 appearances for the club before he got the chance he returned to Nottingham Forest, signing a five-year deal.
Forest manager
Colin Calderwood didn't play him regularly earlier in the 2006-07 season, but he eventually established himself as the first-choice left-back.In the 2007-08 season, the signing of
Matt Lockwood put Bennett's chances to maintain his defensive position under pressure. However, due to injury to Lockwood, he scored his first goal of the season in Forest's 2-1 loss at Luton Town. He received praiseFact|date=April 2008 from Colin Calderwood after assisting both goals in Forest's 2-0 success against Tranmere Rovers after admitting it would be difficult to take him out of the team with Lockwood nearing a return.Fact|date=April 2008 But he then an injury in late November that kept him sidelined him until the new yearOn
January 12 ,2008 , Bennett put pen to paper on a new two-and-a-half year deal, committing to the club until the summer of 2010. On return to fitness, he managed to dislodge Matt Lockwood from the starting line-up and continued in the same vein of form. He netted two goals in two games in February 2008 against Millwall and Leeds, including a goal-line clearance atElland Road . He scored in the last game of the season, the first in Forest's 3-2 victory over Yeovil at theCity Ground , which saw Forest finish second in League One in a dramatic last day of the season, and promotion to the Championship. His form in defence helped Forest keep 24 clean sheets that season, a league record. He was named in the League One team of the year along with fellow team mateKris Commons , as well as being voted player of the year by the Forest supporters. He is very popular with The Reds supporters, renouned for his no-nonsense defending which have made him a cult figure on the banks of the Trent.Honours
*League One runner-up with Nottingham Forest, 2008
Awards
*Player of the year with Nottingham Forest, 2007-08
External links
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