Alan Bennett
Personal information
Full name	Alan John Bennett
Date of birth	4 October 1981 (1981-10-04) (age 28)
Place of birth	Cork, Republic of Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Brentford
Number	6
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2007 2007–2009 2007–2008 2008 2008–2009 2009–	Cork City Reading → Southampton (loan) → Brentford (loan) → Brentford (loan) Brentford	141 (10) 000 0(0) 010 0(0) 011 0(1) 044 0(1) 010 0(0)
National team2
2001 2007 2007–	Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland B Republic of Ireland	001 0(0) 001 0(0) 002 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:36, 3 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Alan John Bennett (born 4 October 1981) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for League One side Brentford.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Club career

Bennett was born in Cork, Republic of Ireland and joined Cork City from local club Richmond. He initially played in midfield, but during the 2004 season changed to centre-half. He made more than 100 appearances for the "Rebel Army", scoring nine goals. Following several bids,^[1] Bennett joined Reading on a two and a half year contract for an undisclosed fee on 30 January 2007.^[2]

On 31 July 2007, he was loaned for six months to Southampton and made his debut during a 4–1 home defeat to Crystal Palace. He returned to Reading in January 2008. On 7 March 2008, he joined Brentford on loan.^[3][4]

On 28 July 2008, Bennett was told that he did not feature in Reading's plans and was told to find a new club.^[5] He began a second loan spell at Brentford on 8 August 2008, initially for one month, although this was extended to five months on 31 August 2008, following a Man-of-the-Match performance against Rotherham United. His loan was then extended for a third time until the end of the 2008–09 season. Bennett appeared in over 50 games for Brentford in the 2008–09 season and assumed the role of team captain in the absence of regular skipper Kevin O'Connor. As O'Connor was out for the match that decided if they won the league or not Bennett was made captain and lifted the League 2 trophy after a 3-1 victory over Darlington. Bennett scored the opening goal in this fixture.

At the end of the 2008–09 season, Bennett was released by Reading. He signed a permanent contract with Brentford on 30 July 2009 which will run until June 2011 and was appointed Club captain.

[edit] International career

Bennett received one cap for the Republic of Ireland U21 team in 2001.

In May 2007, he was called up to the full Republic of Ireland team for their two match trip to the United States.^[6] Bennett played the full 90 minutes against Ecuador, helping Ireland to a 1–1 draw.^[7] Bennett also played in the following match against Bolivia, which also ended 1–1,^[8] during which he made a saving tackle to keep the Bolivians from going ahead.

[edit] Honours

Cork City

• League of Ireland 2005

Brentford

• League Two: 2008–09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alan Bennett profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Alan Bennett career stats at Soccerbase
• Republic of Ireland profile

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Persondata
NAME	Bennett, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	4 October 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cork
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH