Dean Bennett

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dean Bennett

| image =

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| fullname = Dean Alan Bennett{{Cite book

| editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004

| year = 2003

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| isbn = 1-85291-651-6

| page = 44 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wolverhampton, England

| currentclub = Stourbridge

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Centre midfield

| youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–1996 | youthclubs1 = Aston Villa

| years1 = 1996–1997 | clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1998–1999 | clubs2 = Bromsgrove Rovers | caps2 = ? | goals2 = ?

| years3 = 1999–2004 | clubs3 = Kidderminster Harriers | caps3 = 193 | goals3 = 25

| years4 = 2004–2006 | clubs4 = Wrexham | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2006–2008 | clubs5 = Chester City | caps5 = 32 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | caps6 = 35 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2008–2010 | clubs7 = Kidderminster Harriers | caps7 = 66 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = Dundalk | caps8 = 48 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2011–2013 | clubs9 = Solihull Moors | caps9 = ? | goals9 = ?

| years10 = 2013– | clubs10 = Stourbridge | caps10 = ? | goals10 = ?

| nationalyears1 = 2000 | nationalteam1 = England C | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2011 | nationalteam2 = League of Ireland XI

| nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 =

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Dean Alan Bennett (born 13 December 1977) is an English footballer who plays for Stourbridge as a midfielder.{{cite book |editor1-first=Mike |editor1-last=Williams |editor2-first=Tony |editor2-last=Williams |title=Non-League Club Directory 2014 |year=2013 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=978-1-869833-72-5 |page=1006}}

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{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4423417.stm

|title=Southend 0-2 Wrexham

|publisher=BBC

|date=10 April 2005 |accessdate=1 August 2019}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6408051.stm|title=Chester 1-1 Torquay |publisher=BBC |date=2 March 2007|accessdate=26 January 2018}} In August 2007, Bennett returned to former club Kidderminster on a three-month loan deal,{{cite news

|date=2007-09-01

|url=http://www.harriers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10438~1102582,00.html

|title=Deano's Back In Town

|publisher=Kidderminster Harriers F.C.

|accessdate=2007-08-30

}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and he went on to spend almost the whole campaign with the club. At the end of the season, he was released by Chester,{{Cite news

| title= Seven leave Deva Stadium as Chester wield the axe | url= http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/sport/chester-fc/2008/05/10/seven-leave-deva-stadium-as-chester-wield-the-axe-64375-20889086/ | publisher= Daily Post| date= 2008-05-10 | accessdate= 2008-05-10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209103420/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/sport/chester-fc/2008/05/10/seven-leave-deva-stadium-as-chester-wield-the-axe-64375-20889086/|archive-date=2012-12-09}} 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.

Honours

Wrexham

Football League Trophy: 2004–05{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4423417.stm |title=Southend 0–2 Wrexham |website=BBC Sport |date=10 April 2005 |access-date=17 March 2024}}