Ben House

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Ben House
Personal information
Full name Benjamin House[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 22)[2]
Place of birth Guildford, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Eastleigh
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2016 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– Eastleigh 33 (9)
National team‡
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2019– Scotland U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:53, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eastleigh.

Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.

Club career[]

Reading[]

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]

Eastleigh[]

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]

International career[]

House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[14] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[15]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 15 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading U23 2017–18[16] — — — 2[a] 1 2 1
Reading 2018–19[17] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[18] Championship 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19[17] League Two 6 0 — — — 6 0
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2019–20[2] National League 9 2 — — 2[b] 0 11 2
Eastleigh 2020–21[19] National League 33 9 2 1 — 1[b] 0 36 10
Career total 48 11 3 1 0 0 5 1 56 13
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours[]

Individual

  • National League Player of the Month: October 2020[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 6 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ben House at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ Ben House at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ "ACADEMY RETURNS BIGGER & BETTER IN 2017–18". Aldershot Town F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Fresh Academy talent sign professional contracts". Reading F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "House and Driscoll sign up until 2020". Reading F.C. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Ben House & Canice Carroll: Swindon Town sign Reading and Brentford youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ^ "House and Medford-Smith make National League loan moves". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  9. ^ "House heads back to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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