Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lincoln City.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin House[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 July 1999||
Place of birth | Guildford, England | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Aldershot Town | ||
2016–2017 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 3 | (2) |
2020 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Eastleigh | 54 | (13) |
2022– | Lincoln City | 63 | (15) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
2019 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:11, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC) |
Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.
Born in Guildford,[3] House started his career in the youth team of Aldershot Town before signing for the youth team of Reading in 2016.[4] In July 2017, House signed his first professional contract with Reading.[5] On 15 March 2018, House signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020.[6]
On 4 January 2019, House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]
On 12 November 2019, House joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 1 January 2020.[8] On 30 January 2020, House returned to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season.[9]
On 2 July 2020, Reading announced House had left the club after his contract had expired.[10]
In August 2020 he signed for Eastleigh.[11] House made his Eastleigh debut on 3 October 2020, an opening day 5–1 victory at Barnet where House also scored his first goal for the club, to make it 3–1 in the 56th minute of the game.[12] On 9 November, House was awarded National League Player of the Month award for October, scoring five league goals in his first month at the club.[13]
On 24 January 2022, House signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] He made his debut on 29 January 2022, coming off the bench against Burton Albion.[16] He scored his first goal for the club against Portsmouth on 15 April 2022.[17] During the 2022–23 season, he won the Player's Player of the Season award, as well as finishing as the club's top scorer.[18] On 2 August 2023, House signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025.[19]
House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[20] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[21]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading U23 | 2017–18[22] | — | — | — | 2[a] | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Reading | 2018–19[23] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2019–20[24] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Swindon Town (loan) | 2018–19[23] | League Two | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 2019–20[2] | National League | 9 | 2 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
Eastleigh | 2020–21[2] | National League | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 40 | 10 | |
2021–22[2] | National League | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | ||
Total | 54 | 13 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 60 | 15 | |||
Lincoln City | 2021–22[25] | League One | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
2022–23[26] | League One | 38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
2023–24[27] | League One | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
Total | 63 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 16 | ||
Career total | 131 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 150 | 33 |
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