Trevor Benjamin

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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 64st 2lb. He grew up in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, supporting Arsenal with Ian Wright as his idol. He is currently in a blossoming relationship with most women from Thomas Cook.

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.

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

[edit] Player statistics

Below is the statistical breakdown of Trevor's career so far:

Start End Club Starts Sub Goals
1995 2000 Cambridge United 115 31 46
2000 2005 Leicester City 37 54 12
December 2001 January 2002 Crystal Palace (loan) 5 1 1
February 2002 March 2002 Norwich City (loan) 3 3 0
March 2002 April 2002 West Bromwich Albion (loan) 0 3 1
September 2003 October 2003 Gillingham (loan) 1 3 1
November 2003 January 2004 Rushden & Diamonds (loan) 5 1 1
January 2004 March 2004 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 10 0 5
December 2004 January 2005 Northampton Town (loan) 5 0 2
January 2005 February 2005 Northampton Town (loan) 1 0 0
January 2005 July 2005 Coventry City 6 6 1
July 2005 Present Peterborough United 20 20 8
September 2005 October 2005 Watford (loan) 2 0 0
January 2006 May 2006 Swindon Town (loan) 5 3 2

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Peterborough United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Tyler | 2 Holden | 3 Stirling | 4 Arber | 5 Branston | 7 Newton | 8 Butcher | 9 Richards | 10 Benjamin | 11 Gain | 12 Davis | 13 McShane | 14 McLean | 15 Opara | 16 Crow | 17 Day | 18 Huke | 19 Fry | 20 Yeo | 21 Wall | 22 Ghaichem | 23 Futcher | 24 Turner | 26 Hicks | 27 Smith | 28 Morgan | Manager: Alexander
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