Gary Bennett (footballer born 1961)

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Personal information
Gary Bennett
Full name	Gary Ernest Bennett
Date of birth	4 December 1961 (1961-12-04) (age 46)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	Ashton United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1981 1981-1984 1984-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000	Manchester City Cardiff City Sunderland Carlisle United Scarborough Darlington	000 0(0) 087 (11) 369 (23) 026 0(5) 088 (18) 034 0(4)
Teams managed
2000-2001	Darlington
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

For the former striker of Chester City and Wrexham, among others, see Gary Bennett (footballer born 1962)

Gary Ernest Bennett (born 4 December 1961 in Manchester) is a former English professional footballer who is most known for playing for Sunderland A.F.C. from 1985 to 1996. He originally started his career with Manchester City, but moved on to Cardiff City in 1981, without making any first team appearances, on a free transfer where he linked up with his brother Dave.

He left Cardiff for £65,000 in July 1984 to join Sunderland. Bennett went on to play 369 league games with Sunderland scoring over 23 goals before joining Carlisle United 11 years later. He later played in the Football League for Scarborough and Darlington (where he was also manager until being released in October 2001^[1]).

He now works as a radio pundit and has regularly commentates on Sunderland games.

[edit] References

^ "Bennett leaves Darlington" BBC Sport Retrieved on 3 January 2008

[edit] External links

Gary Bennett at Football-Heroes.net

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