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Steven Benda

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Steven Benda
Benda with Fulham in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Steven-Andreas Benda[1]
Date of birth (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1. FC Heidenheim
2016–2017 1860 Munich
2017–2019 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Swansea City 27 (0)
2019–2020 → Swindon Town (loan) 24 (0)
2022 → Peterborough United (loan) 9 (0)
2023–2026 Fulham 0 (0)
2025–2026 → Millwall (loan) 9 (0)
2026 → Feyenoord (loan) 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:15, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Steven-Andreas Benda (born 1 October 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Career

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Swansea City

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Born in Stuttgart, Benda spent his early career with 1. FC Heidenheim and TSV 1860 Munich.[2] He signed for Swansea City in August 2017 and signed a new three-year contract in June 2019.[3] He joined the Swansea first-team in the 2018–19 season following an injury to Erwin Mulder.[4]

He moved on loan to Swindon Town in September 2019.[5] He made his senior debut on 8 October 2019, in the EFL Trophy, and made his Football League debut on 12 October 2019.[6]

He moved on loan to Peterborough United in January 2022.[7][8] He made his debut for the club on 22 January 2022 in a 3–0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.[9]

After his return to Swansea, appearing in 21 games as the club's number one goalkeeper for the 2022–23 season, Benda suffered a "significant" knee injury in January 2023.[10]

Fulham

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Benda training with Fulham in 2024.

Benda signed for Premier League club Fulham on 30 August 2023 for an undisclosed fee.[11][12] He made his debut for the club on 27 August 2024, in a 2–0 win against Birmingham City in the EFL Cup.[13]

In July 2025, Benda joined Championship club Millwall on a season-long loan deal.[14][15] He made his debut for the club on 9 August 2025, in a 2–1 win against Norwich City.[16] The loan ended early, in January 2026.[17]

On 3 February 2026, Benda joined Eredivisie side Feyenoord on loan until the end of the season.[18] Upon his return from loan, Fulham announced Benda would depart the club following the expiry of his contract.[19]

Career statistics

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As of match played 15 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City U23 2018–19[20] ———4[a]040
Swansea City 2019–20[6] Championship 0000000000
2020–21[21] Championship 100000—10
2021–22[22] Championship 500020—70
2022–23[23] Championship 2101010—230
Total 270103000310
Swindon Town (loan) 2019–20[6] League Two 24020001[a]0270
Peterborough United (loan) 2021–22[22] Championship 90200000110
Fulham 2023–24[24] Premier League 000000—00
2024–25[25] Premier League 002020—40
2025–26[26] Premier League 000000—00
Total 0020200040
Millwall (loan) 2025–26[26] Championship 90101000110
Feyenoord (loan) 2025–26 Eredivisie 10———10
Career total 700806050890
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

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Swindon Town

References

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  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Swansea City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 Steven Benda at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Benda signs new Swansea City deal | Swansea". swanseacity.com.
  4. ↑ "Erwin Mulder: Broken finger rules out Swansea City keeper for rest of season". BBC. 28 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Steven Benda: Swansea City goalkeeper joins Swindon Town on loan". BBC. 2 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Posh Secure Loan Signing Of Swans Keeper | Peterborough United – POSH". theposh.com.
  8. ↑ "Posh sign Swansea's Benda on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Peterborough United". ESPN. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Swans keeper Benda out with 'significant' injury". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 January 2023.
  11. ↑ FC, Fulham (30 August 2023). "Fulham Sign Benda". Fulham FC.
  12. ↑ "Fulham sign Swansea keeper Benda". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Birmingham City 0–2 Fulham". ESPN. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "Millwall announce loan deal for Steven Benda". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Millwall: New duo arrive in midfielder Massimo Luongo and goalkeeper Steven Benda". BBC Sport. 25 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Norwich City 1–2 Millwall". ESPN. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Steven Benda returns to Fulham from Millwall after loan spell". BBC Sport. 12 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Duitse doelman Steven Benda komt naar Feyenoord". feyenoord.com (in Dutch). 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  19. ↑ "Player contract updates". Fulham FC. 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Steven Benda in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  27. ↑ "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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