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Manuel Benson Hedilazio (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Burnley. Born in Belgium, he represented it on junior international levels, before choosing to play for the Angola national team on senior level.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Benson Hedilazio[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 28 March 1997||
Place of birth | Lokeren, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Burnley | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lokeren | |||
Anderlecht | |||
–2014 | Lierse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Lierse | 68 | (9) |
2017–2019 | Genk | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Royal Excel Mouscron (loan) | 26 | (4) |
2019–2022 | Royal Antwerp | 51 | (5) |
2021 | → PEC Zwolle (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2022– | Burnley | 41 | (11) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
2024– | Angola | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:12, 20 July 2024 (UTC) |
His father, Jorge Hedilazio, is a former Angolan footballer who played for Lokeren in the 1990s.[3]
Benson was born in Lokeren to an Angolan father, Jorge Hedilazio, and a Belgian mother, Gina Pieters.[4] His parents met in the 1990s at Bobby's Club, a dance bar in Lokeren, while his father was playing for the local club.[5]
Benson made his top flight debut, playing for Lierse, on 19 April 2014 against KV Oostende in a 2–0 home defeat. He replaced Ahmed Sayed after 87 minutes.[6] In the 2016–17 season he played 37 league games for Lierse, scoring 7 goals,[7] four of which in 9 Europa League play-offs games.[8] In this season Benson also tied with Kevin Kis for the league's top assist provider.[9]
In 2017, he moved to RC Genk, and was loaned out to Royal Excel Mouscron for the 2018–19 season. He played a total of 28 games for Mouscron, scoring 6 goals. Benson had the most assists in the regular season behind Hans Vanaken and Alejandro Pozuelo with 8.[10][11]
In September 2019, he moved to Royal Antwerp FC on a permanent move.
In the 2020–21 season, Benson played five games in the Belgian First Division A and 3 games in the UEFA Europa League, scoring one goal in Antwerp's 3–1 win over Ludogorets, which allowed them to advance to the Round of 32.[12] On 26 January 2021, Benson moved to Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a loan deal until the end of the season.[13] He had the most assists of his team in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, recording four assists in 13 league games.[14][15]
On 4 August 2022, Benson joined EFL Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.[16] He scored his first goal for Burnley in a 2–1 win against Bristol City on 17 September 2022.[17] He scored his first FA Cup goals on 7 January 2023, notching a pair in an away game against Bournemouth.[18]
Benson made his debut for the Angola national team on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Eswatini at the Estádio 11 de Novembro. He substituted Felício Milson in the 69th minute of Angola's 1–0 victory.[19]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lierse | 2013–14[2] | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2014–15[2] | Belgian Pro League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
2015–16[2] | Belgian Second Division | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
2016–17[2] | Belgian First Division B | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 38 | 8 | ||||
Total | 68 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 71 | 10 | ||||
Genk | 2017–18[2] | Belgian First Division A | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2018–19[2] | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2019–20[2] | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
Mouscron (loan) | 2018–19[2] | Belgian First Division A | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 | 6 | |||
Antwerp | 2019–20[2] | Belgian First Division A | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
2020–21[2] | Belgian First Division A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2021–22[2] | Belgian First Division A | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 42 | 6 | |||
2022–23[2] | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 51 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | — | 69 | 8 | ||||
PEC Zwolle (loan) | 2020–21[2] | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Burnley | 2022–23[2] | Championship | 33 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 13 | ||
2023–24[20] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2024–25[21] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 13 | ||||
Career total | 210 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 37 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Angola | |||
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Genk
Antwerp
Burnley
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