- Elliott Bennett
Football player infobox
playername = Elliott Bennett
fullname = Elliott Bennett
height = height|ft=5|in=9
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|12|18|df=yes
cityofbirth =Telford
countryofbirth =England
position =Midfielder
currentclub = Bury
"(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)"
clubnumber = 23
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2007–
2007–2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
009 0(1)
019 0(1)
pcupdate = July 2008Elliott Bennett (born
18 December 1988 inTelford ) is an English footballer, signed to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is currently on loan at League Two club Bury.Career
Bennett has been at Wolves since age 9, having been spotted playing in a local 5-a-side tournament. He captained the club's under-12 team that travelled to Japan in 2001 and won the U12 World Cup, where he also picked up the Player of the Tournament award.
He attended
Thomas Telford School , where he captained the football team to win the County Cup 5 years in a row. Bennett was also a talented 200m sprinter and represented Shropshire at the English School Athletics Championships. He left school to gain a Scholarship at Wolves alongside Lee Collins, and signed professional forms with them in March 2007.The midfielder has never made a league appearance for the club though, despite being picked for the first team squad several times, but has appeared in the League Cup. He made his professional debut on
15 August 2007 in a 2–1 win over Bradford City in the first round of that season's competition.He was loaned to League One club Crewe Alexandra in November 2007 for two months and made his league debut on
3 November 2007 , in a 2–0 win over Yeovil Town. He scored his first goal in only his second game to give Crewe a 1–0 success at rivals Port Vale.He was later loaned out for a second time to League Two side Bury during February 2008. During his time at Bury he made 19 appearances, scoring 1 goal (against Macclesfield).
His association with the "Shakers" will continue again during the 2008/09 season as he will spend the first half of the campaign on loan again with them. [ [http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~1353251,00.html] ]
External links
* [http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10307~41190,00.html Official site profile]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=47083 Elliott Bennett on Soccerbase]
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