Trevor Benjamin

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Trevor Benjamin
Personal information
Full name	Trevor Benjamin
Date of birth	February 8, 1979 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kettering, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Boston United (on loan from Peterborough United)
Number	8
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2000 2000-2005 2001-2002 2002 2002 2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005 2005 2005- 2005 2006 2007-	Cambridge United Leicester City → Crystal Palace (loan) → Norwich City (loan) → West Bromwich Albion (loan) → Gillingham (loan) → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) → Northampton Town (loan) Northampton Town Coventry City Peterborough United → Watford (loan) → Swindon Town (loan) → Boston United (loan)	123 (35) 81 (11) 5 (1) 6 (0) 3 (1) 4 (1) 6 (1) 10 (5) 4 (2) 1 (0) 12 (1) 47 (8) 2 (0) 8 (2) 3 (0)
National team
2002	Jamaica	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1/3/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Trevor Benjamin (born February 8, 1979 in Kettering, England), is a Jamaican international footballer who is currently playing for Peterborough United. He is a striker or winger, he is left footed and is 6ft 2in (1.88m) tall and weighs 13st 2lb (83.6kg). He grew up in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, supporting Arsenal with Ian Wright as his idol.

His first club was Wellingborough Colts were he excelled as a striker gaining representative honours with Northamptonshire. His potential was recognised and he played a friendly for Kettering Town, then a Conference side, at age 14. Soon he joined his brother Richard at Rushden. Trevor played in their youth team then started scoring regularly for the reserves. He then signed as a trainee for Cambridge United where he made his professional début as a 16-year-old, against Gillingham in a 0-0 draw, during his time there he scored 46 goals in 146 appearances. He signed for Leicester City (where his work rate and goal celebrations saw him become something of a cult figure) for a fee of £1.5 million by manager Peter Taylor. He made his début for Leicester, as a substitute, in a 0-0 draw with Sunderland, on Sunday the 1st of October 2000. Benjamin holds the record of most appearances made from the bench by any Leicester City player. In January 2005, however, new Leicester manager Craig Levein made the decision to cancel Benjamin's contract. Having had a previous loan spell at Northampton, he signed permanently on January 19, 2005. Trevor was later signed up by Coventry manager Micky Adams (under whom he had played at Leicester) until the end of the season. After this he was released again and later signed for Peterborough United on a three year deal, stating his main motivation was to gain first team football. Benjamin also had a brief spell at Watford on loan in September 2005.

He was also previously an England Under-21, making his only appearance as a substitute against Mexico at Filbert Street. He made his international début for Jamaica on the 20th of November 2002 against Nigeria, in Lagos. He moved on loan to Macclesfield Town in March 2007.

Trevor has one son who is of primary school age and still lives in the small Leicestershire village of Tilton on the Hill.

[edit] External links

• Leicester City Football Club's Official Website
  • Trevor Benjamin's Profile on LCFC.com
• Trevor Benjamin's Profile at Premierleague.com
• Trevor Benjamin career stats at Soccerbase
• Info on Trevor at Sporting-heroes.net
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk

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