Try Bennett

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Try Bennett

| image =

| fullname = Try Anthony Bennett Grant

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|08|05}}

| birth_place = Costa Rica

| height = 1.74 m{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters |url=http://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/cwc/CWC_2005_sl-latest.xls |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219093824/http://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/cwc/CWC_2005_sl-latest.xls |archive-date=19 December 2005 |url-status=dead }}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1987–1993

| youthclubs1 = Saprissa

| years1 = 1993–1997

| clubs1 = Saprissa

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1997–1998

| clubs2 = Comunicaciones

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1998–2000

| clubs3 = USAC

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years5 = 2000–2003

| clubs5 = Herediano

| caps5 = 65

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2003–2008

| clubs6 = Saprissa

| caps6 = 115

| goals6 = 5

| years7 =

| clubs7 =

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2007

| nationalteam1 = Costa Rica

| nationalcaps1 = 24

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2011

| managerclubs1 = UNED

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate = 1 January 2014

}}

Try Anthony Bennett Grant (born 5 August 1975) is a Costa Rican former footballer.

Club career

Bennett made his professional debut for Saprissa on 3 October 1993 against Puntarenas and played the majority of his career for Saprissa. He had brief stints abroad with Guatemalan sides Comunicaciones and USAC.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/1998/octubre/11/deportes3.html Guatemala, ¿un espejismo?] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

He also played for Herediano and finished his career at Brujas whom he joined in summer 2008.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/junio/16/deportes1581135.html Try Bennett ficha con Brujas] - Nación {{in lang|es}}

With Saprissa, he has won four national championships and two CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C.

=Doping conviction and retirement=

In February 2010, Bennett was suspended for two months after he tested positive of dexamethasone in a doping test after the December 2009 championship play-off against Puntarenas.[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/11/deportes2260670.html Ponen sanción cautelar a Bennett por dopaje] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155820/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/11/deportes2260670.html |date=2015-04-02 }} - Nación {{in lang|es}}

He retired in March 2010 and a year later took the reins at third division side UNED.[http://www.uned.ac.cr/acontecer/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1051:try-bennett-grant-es-el-nuevo-entrenador-de-futbol-de-la-uned&catid=51:gestion-universitaria&Itemid=76 Try Bennett Grant es el nuevo entrenador de fútbol de la UNED] - UNED

International career

Bennett played in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Qatar.{{FIFA player|193668}}

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in an October 2002 friendly match against Ecuador and has earned a total of 24 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam03det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details] - RSSSF and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam07det.html UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details] - RSSSF as well as at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/03gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details] - RSSSF and the 2004 Copa América.[http://www.rsssf.com/tables/04safull.html Copa América 2004]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - RSSSF

His final international was a February 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

{{tooltip\|N.\|Goal number}}	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
align="center" \| 1.	29 March 2003	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	{{fb\|PAR}}	align="center" \| 2–1	align="center" \| 2–1	Friendly match

Personal life

He is the uncle of professional footballer Jewison Bennette. His brother Jéwisson Bennett[http://wvw.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2004/marzo/01/ovacion4.html El día de los Bennett] - Al Día {{in lang|es}} also played for the national team.