Elliott Bennett

Elliott Bennett ( born December 18, 1988 in Telford ) is an English footballer. The mostly right midfield acting extremely responsive winger is a former graduate of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy and is since the beginning of the 2011/12 season at the Premier League newly promoted Norwich City under contract.

Sports career

In 1998, the talent scouts of Wolverhampton Wanderers nine-year old Elliott Bennett discovered during a " mini-tournament " in which the teams competed with five players. Prompt occurred in the incident above-average quickness talent of the youth department of the " Wolves ". He performed a U -12 selection as captain of the club at a tournament staged in Japan. To this end, he made himself a name in school sports early, won with his team regularly trophies and took it as a 200-meter sprinter for the County of Shropshire to the British University Championships in Athletics.

Together with the age-matched Lee Collins Bennett received after finishing school a scholarship to the Academy of Wolves and in March 2007 he signed his first professional contract here. However, to use a league in the first team he should not come then - his first two games duty in August 2007 against Bradford City and Morecambe FC (both in the League Cup ) his last stakes were the same in the first team Wolverhampton Wanderers. Instead, the club management lent him the end of October 2007 to the third division Crewe Alexandra and extended the initially set at one month deadline for the end.

A very successful period witnessed Bennett between February 2008 and the end of the 2008/09 season at the fourth division FC Bury. Thither had the Wolves the " winger " borrowed to collect further match practice. He was with 46 league inserts and three gates an important part of the league of the " Shakers " and was especially in his coach Alan Knill at a premium because - despite the still mostly age-related deficits - with his speed posed a constant problem for opposing defenses.

On 20 August 2009, signed Bennett, attributed to some experts ' Premier League potential, " the third division side Brighton & Hove Albion a three-year contract. With Brighton he succeeded in the 2010/11 season promotion to the Football League Championship. Bennett had drawn attention to himself by his good performances Norwich City and moved on 14 June 2011 on the Premier League promoted.

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