Paul Benson

Luton Town
Head of Youth Development

Born on : December 02, 1979 (44 years) at Southend-on-Sea

Nationality : England

Height : 1m85

Weight : 71 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Main position
Striker	91%

Identities

Paul Benson

Paul Andrew Benson

Benson's career statisticsLast updated on 25/05/2024 at 15:36

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2018/2019

Bedford Town

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Bedford Town	FA Trophy	2					2		137	0	100%	1	67%			0%	50%	50%

2017/2018

Boreham Wood

456

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Boreham Wood	Vanarama National League	14	1		456		11	2	456	9	29%	18	30%	1		43%	21%	36%
Boreham Wood	FA Cup									9		2	0%

2016/2017

D&R

240

322

254

Club	Competition												V	D	L
D&R	Vanarama National League	32	5	240	11	8	1202	0	25%	31	70%	3	53%	13%	34%
D&R	FA Cup	2			2	1	97	14	50%	1	100%	1	0%	50%	50%
D&R	FA Trophy	1	1	77	1		77	0	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
D&R	Conference Playoffs	2			3		148	0	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%

2015/2016

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Luton Town	League Two	19	4	2	305	20	6	1220	9	68%	17	41%	3	1	21%	32%	47%
Luton Town	Capital One Cup	2	1		140	1		140	9	50%	1	100%			50%	50%	0%
Luton Town	FA Cup	1				1		31	9	0%	1	50%			100%	0%	0%

2014/2015

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Luton Town	League Two	21	1	1	1431	20	6	1431	9	76%	6	46%	4	1	38%	19%	43%
Luton Town	Capital One Cup	1						71	9	100%		100%	1		0%	0%	100%
Luton Town	Football League Trophy	1				1		90	9	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Luton Town	FA Cup	1	1		90	2		90	9	100%		25%			100%	0%	0%

2013/2014

Luton Town

181

176

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Luton Town	Conference	36	17	12	181		29	18	3076	26	100%		86%	4		67%	22%	11%
Luton Town	FA Cup	1	1		90		2		90	26	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2012/2013

Cheltenham

302

347

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cheltenham	League Two	16	4	2	302		12	5	1206	19	94%	1	89%	1		38%	38%	25%
Cheltenham	League Two Play-Off	2					2		180	19	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2012/2013

Portsmouth

301

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Portsmouth	League One	7	2		301		13		602	14	100%		78%	1		0%	29%	71%

2012/2013

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Swindon Town	League Cup	3	2	1	112	3	1	224	14	100%		75%		67%	0%	33%
Swindon Town	League One	9	1	1	405	4	4	405	14	67%	3	53%	1	33%	44%	22%
Swindon Town	Football League Trophy	1						65	14	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%

2011/2012

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Swindon Town	League Two	22	11	2	169	10	15	1855	9	91%	2	96%	5	77%	9%	14%
Swindon Town	FA Cup	2	1		135	2		135	9	50%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Swindon Town	Football League Trophy	2				2	1	180	9	100%		67%		50%	0%	50%

2011/2012

Charlton

103

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Charlton	League One	1						1	9	14	0%	1	4%			100%	0%	0%
Charlton	League Cup	2	1		94		1		94	14	100%		100%			50%	0%	50%

2010/2011

Charlton

253

292

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Charlton	Football League Trophy	3					2	114	17	33%	2	75%			67%	33%	0%
Charlton	League One	32	10	3	253	40	8	2526	17	88%	4	76%	1	2	34%	31%	34%
Charlton	FA Cup	4				3	2	284	17	75%	1	80%	2		50%	50%	0%

2010/2011

D&R

Club	Competition															V	D	L
D&R	League One	3					5		270	14	100%		100%	1		0%	33%	67%
D&R	League Cup	1					1		69	14	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2009/2010

D&R

237

104

207

Club	Competition											V	D	L
D&R	League Two	45	17	5	237	54	12	4028	100%	98%	5	44%	27%	29%
D&R	League Cup	1				3		90	100%	100%		0%	0%	100%
D&R	Football League Trophy	1				3		72	100%	100%		0%	0%	100%
D&R	FA Cup	1	1		90	6		90	100%	100%		0%	0%	100%
D&R	League Two Play-Off	3	4		68	4	1	270	100%	100%		67%	0%	33%

2008/2009

D&R

155

180

158

Club	Competition											V	D	L
D&R	League Two	33	18	155	30	10	2787	94%	2	72%	2	52%	21%	27%
D&R	League Cup	1			2		90	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
D&R	Football League Trophy	3	2	90	7	1	180	100%		100%		67%	0%	33%
D&R	FA Cup	3	1	269	4	1	269	100%		100%		33%	33%	33%

2007/2008

D&R

286

106

226

Club	Competition											V	D	L
D&R	League Two	22	6	286	30	4	1716	86%	3	48%	2	18%	27%	55%
D&R	Football League Trophy	2			6		139	100%		67%		0%	50%	50%
D&R	FA Cup	2	3	60	1	1	180	100%		67%		100%	0%	0%

2006/2007

D&R

257

Club	Competition															V	D	L
D&R	Conference	3	1		257		3	2	257	14	100%					67%	0%	33%

2005/2006

D&R

Club	Competition															V	D	L
D&R	FA Cup	1					1		9	0	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%

Total

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Notes

Overall

60/100

Physical

13/20

Mental

11/20

Technical

11/20

Offense

10/20

Defense

6/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

League One	1	2012
League Two	1	2012
National League	2	20072014

Runner-ups

EFL Trophy

2012

Transfers

04/05/23 >	Luton Town	H. o. Y. D.
01/07/19 > 04/05/23	Bedford Town	y. c.

01/07/19 >	Retired
01/07/18 > 01/07/19	Bedford Town
14/06/17 > 01/07/18	Boreham Wood
06/08/16 > 14/06/17	D&R	Free
01/07/14 > 10/05/16	Luton Town
26/08/13 > 30/06/14	Luton Town	Loan
28/01/13 > 31/05/13	Cheltenham	Loan
15/11/12 > 17/01/13	Portsmouth	Loan
01/01/12 > 01/07/14	Swindon Town
30/08/10 > 01/01/12	Charlton
19/05/05 > 30/08/10	D&R	Free

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 25/05/2024 at 15:36

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Bedford Town	2				137			100%2	0%0	50%1
Boreham Wood	14	1		456	456	1		29%4	43%6	36%5
Charlton	42	11	3	275	3027	3	2	81%34	40%17	29%12
Cheltenham	18	4	2	347	1386	1		94%17	33%6	33%6
D&R	162	59	5	204	12040	14		81%131	41%67	38%61
Luton Town	83	25	15	250	6239	12	2	84%70	47%39	30%25
Portsmouth	7	2		301	602	1		100%7	0%0	71%5
Swindon Town	39	15	4	191	2864	6		85%33	62%24	23%9

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Barnet	14	9	5	0
Lincoln City	7	4	2	1
Wrexham	6	3	2	2
Accrington	10	3	3	1
Northampton	9	3	2	0
Bradford	7	2	3	0
Hereford	7	4	4	1
D&R	7	3	1	1
Grimsby Town	6	3	2	0
Bournemouth	3	2	0	0
Notts County	8	3	3	0
Chesterfield	8	3	4	0
Macclesfield	8	6	4	1
Tranmere	7	2	0	0
Halifax Town	7	2	1	2
Torquay	6	4	0	0
Burton	6	3	2	1
Morecambe	6	3	4	1
Bury	6	2	3	2
Crawley Town	5	3	2	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Northampton	9	6	10
Shrewsbury	9	6	19
MK Dons	6	4	9
Rotherham	9	4	12
Notts County	8	4	11
Walsall	3	3	5
Wycombe	4	3	7
Chesterfield	8	3	10
Accrington	10	3	12
Barnet	14	3	12
Burton	6	3	6
Halifax Town	7	3	11
Aldershot	11	3	22
Exeter City	5	3	9
Rochdale	7	3	9
Leicester	2	2	5
Wrexham	6	2	3
Oxford	3	2	5
Orient	4	2	5
Port Vale	5	2	8

Results with or without him

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2018/2019	Bedford Town	0%	50%	2	100%	0%	1	-
2017/2018	Boreham Wood	43%	36%	14	41%	22%	41	Very slightly positive
2016/2017	D&R	46%	38%	37	64%	21%	14	Slightly negative
2015/2016	Luton Town	27%	41%	22	53%	37%	30	Very negative
2014/2015	Luton Town	38%	46%	24	43%	29%	28	Slightly negative
2013/2014	Luton Town	65%	14%	37	64%	9%	11	-
2012/2013	Cheltenham	33%	33%	18	100%	0%	2	-
2012/2013	Portsmouth	0%	71%	7	0%	50%	2	-
2012/2013	Swindon Town	38%	31%	13	60%	30%	10	Negative
2011/2012	Swindon Town	73%	19%	26	0%	50%	2	-
2011/2012	Charlton	67%	33%	3	64%	12%	25	-
2010/2011	Charlton	38%	28%	39	25%	50%	12	Positive
2010/2011	D&R	0%	75%	4	0%	0%	0	-
2009/2010	D&R	43%	33%	51	0%	100%	1	-
2008/2009	D&R	50%	30%	40	15%	54%	13	Extremely positive
2007/2008	D&R	23%	50%	26	37%	48%	27	Negative
2006/2007	D&R	67%	33%	3	60%	16%	45	-
2005/2006	D&R	0%	100%	1	39%	37%	49	-

Key figures

Benson hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 away from home matches

Benson hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 7 matches

The player hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 at home matches

Benson hasn't scored away from home all competitions included for 878 minutes.

Paul Benson hasn't scored all competitions included for 1217 minutes.

Paul Benson hasn't scored at home all competitions included for 587 minutes.

Benson hasn't scored at home in National League for 587 minutes.

The player hasn't scored in National League for 1037 minutes.

Paul Benson hasn't scored away from home in National League for 608 minutes.

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Dagenham and Redbridge
05/11/2005	FAC	Hartlepool - D&R	2 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
03/09/2006	C	Altrincham - D&R	0 - 5	First start, first victory, first goal
01/12/2007	FAC	D&R - Kidderminster	3 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals
22/11/2008	LT	D&R - Notts County	6 - 1	First time scoring 3 goals
18/08/2009	LT	D&R - Shrewsbury	5 - 0	First time scoring 4 goals
Charlton
31/08/2010	FLT	Charlton - D&R	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
04/09/2010	LO	Exeter City - Charlton	1 - 0	First loss
28/09/2010	LO	Charlton - Milton Keynes	1 - 0	First goal
09/10/2010	LO	Plymouth - Charlton	2 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
01/01/2011	LO	Colchester - Charlton	3 - 3	First red card
Swindon Town
02/01/2012	LT	Swindon Town - AFC Wimbledon	2 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
07/01/2012	FAC	Swindon Town - Wigan	2 - 1	First goal
14/01/2012	LT	Rotherham - Swindon Town	1 - 2	First start
28/01/2012	FAC	Leicester - Swindon Town	2 - 0	First loss
25/02/2012	LT	Swindon Town - Accrington	2 - 0	First time scoring 2 goals
Portsmouth
17/11/2012	LO	Portsmouth - Doncaster	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
26/12/2012	LO	Portsmouth - Crawley Town	1 - 2	First goal
Cheltenham
02/02/2013	LT	Cheltenham - Torquay United	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
09/02/2013	LT	D&R - Cheltenham	1 - 0	First loss
12/02/2013	LT	Southend - Cheltenham	1 - 2	First goal
Luton Town
31/08/2013	C	Kidderminster - Luton Town	0 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first victory
13/09/2013	C	Wrexham - Luton Town	2 - 0	First loss
17/09/2013	C	Luton Town - Dartford	3 - 0	First goal
19/10/2013	C	Tamworth - Luton Town	3 - 4	First time scoring 2 goals
14/04/2015	LT	D&R - Luton Town	0 - 0	First red card
Boreham Wood
05/08/2017		Fylde - Boreham Wood	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start
08/08/2017		Boreham Wood - D&R	1 - 2	First loss
12/08/2017		Boreham Wood - Solihull Moors	4 - 1	First victory, first goal
Bedford Town
15/12/2018		Aldershot Town - Bedford Town	3 - 3	First match with the club, first start
12/01/2019		Chesterfield - Bedford Town	1 - 0	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 25/05/2024 at 15:36

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
FA Cup	FA Cup	18	8	159		1275	72%13		44%8	22%4	33%6
League Cup	League Cup	11	4	195	1	778	91%10		36%4	9%1	55%6
League One	League One	52	13	293	4	3812	85%44	2	29%15	33%17	38%20
EFL Trophy	EFL Trophy	13	2	420		840	85%11		38%5	15%2	46%6
League Two	League Two	178	61	233	12	14243	89%159	2	43%76	24%43	33%59
League Two Play-Off	League Two Play-Off	5	4	113		450	100%5		40%2		60%3
National League	National League	85	24	208	12	4991	60%51		58%49	18%15	25%21
Conference Playoffs	Conference Playoffs	2				148	100%2			50%1	50%1
FA Trophy	FA Trophy	3	1	214		214	100%3			33%1	67%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2017/2018	Boreham Wood	5	4	75	46	20	15	11	64	47
2016/2017	D&R	5	4	84	46	26	6	14	79	53
2015/2016	Luton Town	4	11	66	46	19	9	18	63	61
2014/2015	Luton Town	4	8	68	46	19	11	16	54	44
2013/2014	Luton Town	5	1	101	46	30	11	5	102	35
2012/2013	Cheltenham	4	6	75	46	20	15	11	58	51
2012/2013	Portsmouth	3	23	21	26	5	6	15	29	44
2012/2013	Swindon Town	3	6	29	17	8	5	4	25	14
2011/2012	Swindon Town	4	1	93	46	29	6	11	75	32
2011/2012	Charlton	3	1	51	23	15	6	2	47	19
2010/2011	Charlton	3	13	59	46	15	14	17	62	66
2010/2011	D&R	3	23	1	3	0	1	2	2	5
2009/2010	D&R	4	7	72	46	20	12	14	69	58
2008/2009	D&R	4	8	68	46	19	11	16	77	53
2007/2008	D&R	4	20	49	46	13	10	23	49	70
2006/2007	D&R	5	1	95	46	28	11	7	93	48
2005/2006	D&R	5	10	58	42	16	10	16	63	59

Last games

Date	Competition	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
January 12, 2019	12/01	2nd round	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Bedford Town	70 Minutes
December 18, 2018	18/12	First round	Bedford Town	7 - 0	Aldershot Town	On the bench
December 15, 2018	15/12	First round	Aldershot Town	3 - 3	Bedford Town	67 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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