Daniel Bennett

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Personal information
Daniel Bennett

Full name	Daniel Mark Bennett
Date of birth	January 7, 1978 (1978-01-07) (age 30)
Place of birth	Great Yarmouth, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Singapore Armed Forces FC
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995 1999-2000 2001 2001-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007-	Tiong Bahru Balestier Central Tanjong Pagar United Wrexham Singapore Armed Forces FC Wrexham Singapore Armed Forces FC Woodlands Wellington Singapore Armed Forces FC	0? (?) 0? (?) 35 (0) 06 (0) 11 (0) 18 (0) 42 (1) 57 (4) 0? (?)
National team²
2002-	Singapore	68 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 27, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 27, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Mark Bennett (born January 7, 1978, in Great Yarmouth, England) is a professional soccer player who plays for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) and the Singapore national football team.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Personal life
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Club career

Bennett has previously played for S.League clubs Woodlands Wellington, Tanjong Pagar United and Balestier Central. He won the S.League's 'Player of the Year' award in 2001, when he played for Tanjong Pagar.

He also had two stints playing for Wrexham in the English football league in 2001 and 2003.

Bennett currently plays for Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) in Singapore's S.League.

[edit] International career

Bennett was born a British citizen, but changed his nationality to Singaporean in 2002 in order to play international football for Singapore.

Daniel Bennett at Changi Airport, returning home with the triumphant Singapore team after the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship final.

He made his debut for the Singapore national team in 2002 against the Philippines at Singapore's National Stadium. He had a goal disallowed that day (an effort that he still maintains was a legitimate goal).

Bennett was a key member of the teams which won the ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as the 'Tiger Cup') in 2005 and 2007.

[edit] Personal life

Bennett was born in the United Kingdom. His family moved to Singapore when he was two years old. He was educated in Singapore at Tanglin Trust School and the United World College of South East Asia (where his father, Andrew Bennett, was a teacher and later Headmaster until 2004). He then returned the UK to study at Loughborough University, before coming back to Singapore to play professional football.