Manuel Benson

Manuel Benson Hedilazio (born 28 March 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Antwerp.[1]

Manuel Benson
Personal information
Full name Manuel Benson Hedilazio
Date of birth (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
Place of birth Lokeren, Belgium
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger, right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Antwerp
Number 29
Youth career
Lokeren
Anderlecht
000–2014 Lierse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Lierse 68 (9)
2017–2019 Genk 11 (0)
2018–2019 → Mouscron (loan) 26 (4)
2019– Antwerp 35 (5)
2020–2021 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 13 (0)
National team
2014 Belgium U19 2 (0)
2017–2019 Belgium U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:48, 11 December 2020 (UTC).

His father, Jorge Hedilazio, is a former Angolan footballer who played for Lokeren in the 1990s.

Early life

He was born in Lokeren to an Angolan father, Jorge Hedilazio, and a Belgian mother, Gina Pieters.[2] His parents met in the 1990s at Bobby's Club, a dance bar in Lokeren, while his father was playing for the local club.[3]

Club career

Benson made his top flight debut, playing for Lierse, on 19 April 2014 against KV Oostende in a 0–2 home defeat. He replaced Ahmed Sayed after 87 minutes.[4] In the 2016–17 season he played 37 league games for Lierse, scoring 7 goals,[5] four of which in 9 Europa League play-offs games.[6] In this season Benson also tied with Kevin Kis for the league's top assist provider.[7]

In 2017, he moved to RC Genk, and was loaned out to Royal Excel Mouscron for the 2018–19 season. He played a total of 28 games for Mouscron, scoring 6 goals. Benson had the most assists in the regular season behind Hans Vanaken and Alejandro Pozuelo with 8.[8][9]

In September 2019, he moved to Royal Antwerp FC on a permanent move.

In the 2020–21 season, Benson played five games in the Belgian First Division A and 3 games in the UEFA Europa League, scoring one goal in Antwerp's 3–1 win over Ludogorets, which allowed them to advance to the Round of 32.[10] On 26 January 2021, Benson moved to Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a loan deal until the end of the season.[11] He had the most assists of his team in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, recording four assists in 13 league games.[12][13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 January 2022[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse 2013–14 Jupiler Pro League 1000––10
2014–15 Jupiler Pro League 9000–2[lower-alpha 1]0110
2015–16 Belgian Second Division 21200––212
2016–17 Belgian Second Division 37[lower-alpha 2]711––388
Total 68911–207110
Genk 2017–18 Jupiler Pro League 8030––110
2018–19 Jupiler Pro League ––1[lower-alpha 3]0–10
2019–20 Jupiler Pro League 30––1[lower-alpha 4]040
Total 110301010160
Mouscron (loan) 2018–19 Jupiler Pro League 26[lower-alpha 5]422––286
Antwerp 2019–20 Jupiler Pro League 11051––161
2020–21 Jupiler Pro League 50–3[lower-alpha 6]1–81
2021–22 Jupiler Pro League 225107[lower-alpha 7]1–306
Total 38561102–548
PEC Zwolle (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 130–––130
Career total 156181241123018224
  1. Appearance(s) in relegation play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in Belgian Second Division and Europa League play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League qualifying phase
  4. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Belgian Jupiler League and Europa League play-offs
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Genk

Antwerp

Individual

  • Belgian Second Division top assist provider: 2016–17 (joint – 7 assists)[7]

References
  1. "Belgium - M. Benson - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  2. ""Je ne veux pas qu'on m'appelle le nouveau Bailey"". Le Vif/L'Express. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. "'Ik was mentaal niet klaar om alleen naar het buitenland te trekken'". Knack (magazine). 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. "Lierse vs. KV Oostende - 19 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  5. "Benson Manuel". Sport.be. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. "Manuel Benson officially arrives at the Excel Mouscron". JMG News. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. "Division 1B - Belgium - Season 2016/2017". FootballCritic. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. Soccerway. "First Division A 2018/2019 - Regular Season -Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. "L'Antwerp officialise l'arrivée de Steven Defour et annonce celles de Manuel Benson et Zinho Gano" (in French). L'Avenir. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  10. Van Den Broeck, David (3 December 2020). "Antwerp klopt Ludogorets en plaatst zich voor de 1/16de finales van de Europa League" (in Dutch). De Standaard. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  11. "PEC Zwolle huurt Benson Manuel tot het einde van het seizoen". www.telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  12. Soccerway. "PEC Zwolle Squad statistics 2020/2021 season". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  13. "'PEC Zwolle mag hopen op langer verblijf, Benson aast op vertrek bij Antwerp'" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  14. Manuel Benson at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  15. "Landskampioen Genk opent seizoen met Supercup-winst tegen KV Mechelen". Sporza. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  16. "Club Brugge v Antwerp". goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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