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Benson Manuel

Benson Manuel

Attack - Right Winger  at Swansea City
Age29
CitizenshipAngola Belgium
Height1.66 m
Footleft
BornMarch 28, 1997
at Swansea City 265 days · joined 2025-09-01
👕200+ Apps
Market value €3.50m
Right Winger Attack

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
13/14
debut season
0.16
goals / match
Lierse SK (-2018)
top club · 71 apps

Career highs

€7.00m
peak value · 2023
€4.00m
top transfer fee · 22/23
13
best season · 22/23
8 / 0
int'l caps / goals
250Appearances
39Goals
40Assists
11Yellow cards
0Red cards
37Full matches (90′)
Full nameBenson Manuel
Name in home countryBenson Manuel Hedilazio
Date of birth1997-03-28 (29 yrs)
Place of birthLokeren, Angola
CitizenshipAngola Belgium
PositionAttack - Right Winger (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height166.00 m
Current clubSwansea City
On loan from ↩ Burnley FC parent contract: 2027-06-30
Joined2025-09-01
Contract expires2026-05-31
AgentYouonegoal
OutfitterPuma
May 2026
Transfer: Swansea → Burnley
25/26 · Return from loan
Sep 2025
Transfer: Burnley → Swansea
25/26 · Loan
Jul 2025
25/26 — Burnley FC U21
2 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2024
Injury: unknown
19 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Burnley FC
5 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2024
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Dec 2023
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Sep 2023
Injury: unknown
25 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Burnley FC
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2023
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Aug 2022
Transfer: Royal Antwerp → Burnley
22/23 · Transfer · €4.00m
Jul 2022
22/23 — Burnley FC, Royal Antwerp FC
40 matches · 13 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2022
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Royal Antwerp FC
42 matches · 6 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions
Jun 2021
Transfer: PEC Zwolle → Royal Antwerp
20/21 · Return from loan
Mar 2021
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jan 2021
Transfer: Royal Antwerp → PEC Zwolle
20/21 · Loan
Sep 2020
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — PEC Zwolle, Royal Antwerp FC
21 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2020
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2019
Transfer: KRC Genk → Royal Antwerp
19/20 · Transfer · €3.00m
Jul 2019
19/20 — Royal Antwerp FC, KRC Genk
20 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2019
Transfer: Mouscron → KRC Genk
18/19 · Return from loan
Mar 2019
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Aug 2018
Transfer: KRC Genk → Mouscron
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022), KRC Genk
29 matches · 6 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — KRC Genk
11 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Lierse SK → KRC Genk
17/18 · Transfer · €1.25m
Jul 2016
16/17 — Lierse SK (-2018)
38 matches · 8 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Lierse SK (-2018)
21 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2015
Transfer: Lierse SK U19 → Lierse SK
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — Lierse SK (-2018)
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Lierse SK (-2018)
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
Transfer: Lierse SK U17 → Lierse SK U19
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
Transfer: Lierse SK Yth. → Lierse SK U17
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
Transfer: Anderlecht Yth. → Lierse SK Yth.
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2007
Transfer: Lokeren Youth → Anderlecht Yth.
07/08 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €7.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 34 other Attack - Right Wingers with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.60/90
97
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.60/90
74
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
68
3,345 min
Minutes played by club
Burnley FC U21 4.5%
Burnley FC 6.4%
Royal Antwerp FC 24.8%
PEC Zwolle 0.0%
KRC Genk 0.0%
Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 27.4%
Lierse SK (-2018) 36.9%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Burnley FC U21 1 25/26 25/26 2 1 0 150
Burnley FC 3 22/23 24/25 51 14 4 213
Royal Antwerp FC 4 19/20 22/23 69 8 11 831
PEC Zwolle 1 20/21 20/21 13 0 4 0
KRC Genk 3 17/18 19/20 16 0 1 0
Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 1 18/19 18/19 28 6 9 917
Lierse SK (-2018) 4 13/14 16/17 71 10 11 1,234

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

5€1.8M9€3.5M14€5.3M18€7M15/16 — 2 goals (Lierse SK (-2018))15/16 — 3 assists515/1616/17 — 8 goals (Lierse SK (-2018))16/17 — 8 assists1616/1717/18 — 1 assists117/1818/19 — 6 goals (Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022))18/19 — 9 assists1518/1919/20 — 1 goals (Royal Antwerp FC)19/20 — 2 assists319/2020/21 — 1 goals (Royal Antwerp FC)20/21 — 4 assists520/2121/22 — 6 goals (Royal Antwerp FC)21/22 — 8 assists1421/2222/23 — 13 goals (Burnley FC)22/23 — 5 assists1822/2323/2424/25 — 1 goals (Burnley FC)124/2525/26 — 1 goals (Burnley FC U21)125/2615/16 — €200K16/17 — €450K17/18 — €900K18/19 — €900K19/20 — €4M20/21 — €2.4M21/22 — €1.4M22/23 — €3M23/24 — €7M24/25 — €5M25/26 — €3.5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

13/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 6618/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 6621/2222/23: 131322/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 1124/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

13/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 9918/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 4420/2121/22: 8821/2222/23: 5522/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Premier League 2 Burnley FC U21 2 1 0 0 0 150
24/25 Championship Burnley FC 3 1 0 1 0 43
24/25 FA Cup Burnley FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Burnley FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Premier League Burnley FC 8 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Championship Burnley FC 33 11 3 2 0 135
22/23 EFL Cup Burnley FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Burnley FC 1 2 0 0 0 35
22/23 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 UECL Quali Royal Antwerp FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
21/22 Croky Cup Royal Antwerp FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Europa League Royal Antwerp FC 5 0 2 0 0 0
21/22 Europa League Qualifying Royal Antwerp FC 2 1 0 0 0 131
21/22 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 28 5 5 2 0 341
21/22 JPL Play-Offs I Royal Antwerp FC 6 0 1 1 0 0
20/21 Eredivisie PEC Zwolle 13 0 4 1 0 0
20/21 Europa League Royal Antwerp FC 3 1 0 0 0 100
20/21 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 5 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Croky Cup Royal Antwerp FC 5 1 0 0 0 259
19/20 JPL KRC Genk 3 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 11 0 2 0 0 0
19/20 Pro L. Supercup KRC Genk 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Croky Cup Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 2 2 0 0 0 49
18/19 Europa League Qualifying KRC Genk 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 JPL Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 22 2 8 3 0 748
18/19 JPL Playoff II Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 4 2 1 0 0 120
17/18 Croky Cup KRC Genk 3 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 JPL KRC Genk 8 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Croky Cup Lierse SK (-2018) 1 1 1 0 0 63
16/17 JPL Playoff II Lierse SK (-2018) 9 4 1 0 0 203
16/17 Proximus League Lierse SK (-2018) 28 3 6 0 0 605
15/16 Croky Cup Lierse SK (-2018) 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Proximus League Lierse SK (-2018) 21 2 3 0 0 363
14/15 Endrunde Jupiler Pro League Lierse SK (-2018) 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 JPL Lierse SK (-2018) 6 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Jupiler Pro League Abstiegs-Playoffs Lierse SK (-2018) 3 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 JPL Playoff II Lierse SK (-2018) 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2007-07-01 Lokeren Youth Anderlecht Yth. Transfer 0
10/11 2010-07-01 Anderlecht Yth. Lierse SK Yth. Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 Lierse SK Yth. Lierse SK U17 Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-01 Lierse SK U17 Lierse SK U19 Transfer 0
14/15 2015-01-01 Lierse SK U19 Lierse SK Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-01 Lierse SK KRC Genk Transfer 900000 €1.25m
18/19 2018-08-18 KRC Genk Mouscron Loan 700000
18/19 2019-06-30 Mouscron KRC Genk Return from loan 4000000
19/20 2019-09-02 KRC Genk Royal Antwerp Transfer 4000000 €3.00m
20/21 2021-01-26 Royal Antwerp PEC Zwolle Loan 1400000
20/21 2021-06-30 PEC Zwolle Royal Antwerp Return from loan 1000000
22/23 2022-08-04 Royal Antwerp Burnley Transfer 3000000 €4.00m
25/26 2025-09-01 Burnley Swansea Loan 3500000
25/26 2026-05-31 Swansea Burnley Return from loan 3500000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Meniscus injury 2019-03-18 2019-05-03 47 11
19/20 Foot injury 2020-02-26 2020-03-02 6 1
20/21 Muscle tear 2020-09-25 2020-11-16 53 12
20/21 Knock 2021-03-21 2021-04-08 19 4
21/22 Knee injury 2022-01-25 2022-03-05 40 7
22/23 unknown injury 2023-02-04 2023-03-13 38 10
23/24 Ankle injury 2023-09-28 2023-12-15 79 25
23/24 Knock 2023-12-22 2024-01-11 21 6
24/25 Achilles tendon problems 2024-03-27 2024-06-30 96 10
24/25 Achilles tendon problems 2024-08-18 2024-12-10 115 19
Current€3.50m
Peak€7.00m
Low€150k
Δ since start+€3.35m
€150k€1.86m€3.58m€5.29m€7.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #16338 #17 2 0 retired national player
Team #9315 #7 2 0 retired national player
Team #3585 4 0 recent national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Ally Samatta 1 2 930
Issahaku Yakubu 2 0 0
Zizo 2 0 0
Taylor Harwood-Bellis 2 0 0
Jack Cork 2 1 0
Michel-Ange Balikwisha 2 3 0
Arijanet Murić 2 0 0
Pieter Gerkens 2 1 0
Jonas Vinck 2 2 0
Dylan De Belder 2 1 0
Jean Butez 2 0 0
Josh Brownhill 2 1 0
Abdoulaye Seck 2 0 0
Aurélio Buta 2 1 0
Michael Frey 2 2 0
Connor Roberts 2 4 0
Koen Weuts 2 0 0
Josh Cullen 2 2 0
Birger Verstraete 2 0 0
Sabir Bougrine 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
22/23 Championship Burnley FC 11 33
21/22 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 5 28
16/17 JPL Playoff II Lierse SK (-2018) 4 9

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
18/19 JPL Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 8 22
16/17 Proximus League Lierse SK (-2018) 6 28
21/22 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 5 28

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
25/26 2026-05-31 Swansea Burnley Return from loan €3.50m
25/26 2025-09-01 Burnley Swansea Loan €3.50m
20/21 2021-06-30 PEC Zwolle Royal Antwerp Return from loan €1.00m
20/21 2021-01-26 Royal Antwerp PEC Zwolle Loan €1.40m
18/19 2019-06-30 Mouscron KRC Genk Return from loan €4.00m
18/19 2018-08-18 KRC Genk Mouscron Loan €700k

Last 50 matches for Swansea City The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2024-08-28 CGB Swansea City 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers INJURED Achilles tendon problems
2024-08-13 CGB Swansea City 3–1 Gillingham FC Available
2023-08-29 CGB Swansea City 2–3 AFC Bournemouth Available
2023-08-08 CGB Swansea City 3–0 Northampton Town Available
2022-08-09 CGB Oxford United 5–3 Swansea City Available
2021-09-22 CGB Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Swansea City Available
2021-08-24 CGB Swansea City 4–1 Plymouth Argyle Available
2021-08-10 CGB Reading FC 0–3 Swansea City Available
2021-02-10 GB1 Swansea City 1–3 Manchester City Available
2020-09-05 CGB Newport County 2–0 Swansea City Available
2020-06-30 GB2 Millwall FC 1–1 Swansea City Available
2020-06-27 GB2 Swansea City 0–1 Luton Town Available
2020-06-20 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 0–3 Swansea City Available
2020-03-07 GB2 Swansea City 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Available
2020-02-29 GB2 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Swansea City INJURED Foot injury
2020-02-26 GB2 Fulham FC 1–0 Swansea City INJURED Foot injury
2020-02-22 GB2 Swansea City 3–1 Huddersfield Town Available
2020-02-14 GB2 Hull City 4–4 Swansea City Available
2020-02-11 GB2 Swansea City 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Available
2020-02-08 GB2 Swansea City 2–3 Derby County Available
2020-02-01 GB2 Preston North End 1–1 Swansea City Available
2020-01-25 GB2 Stoke City 2–0 Swansea City Available
2020-01-18 GB2 Swansea City 2–1 Wigan Athletic Available
2020-01-12 GB2 Cardiff City 0–0 Swansea City Available
2020-01-02 GB2 Swansea City 1–0 Charlton Athletic Available
2019-12-29 GB2 Swansea City 0–0 Barnsley FC Available
2019-12-26 GB2 Brentford FC 3–1 Swansea City Available
2019-12-21 GB2 Luton Town 0–1 Swansea City Available
2019-12-14 GB2 Swansea City 3–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2019-12-11 GB2 Swansea City 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Available
2019-12-08 GB2 West Bromwich Albion 5–1 Swansea City Available
2019-11-29 GB2 Swansea City 1–2 Fulham FC Available
2019-11-26 GB2 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Swansea City Available
2019-11-23 GB2 Swansea City 0–1 Millwall FC Available
2019-11-09 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Swansea City Available
2019-11-02 GB2 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Swansea City Available
2019-10-27 GB2 Swansea City 1–0 Cardiff City Available
2019-10-22 GB2 Swansea City 0–3 Brentford FC Available
2019-10-19 GB2 Barnsley FC 1–1 Swansea City Available
2019-10-05 GB2 Swansea City 1–2 Stoke City Available
2019-10-02 GB2 Charlton Athletic 1–2 Swansea City Available
2019-09-28 GB2 Swansea City 1–1 Reading FC Available
2019-09-24 CGB Watford FC 2–1 Swansea City Available
2019-09-21 GB2 Bristol City 0–0 Swansea City Available
2019-09-14 GB2 Swansea City 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-08-31 GB2 Leeds United 0–1 Swansea City Available
2019-08-28 CGB Swansea City 6–0 Cambridge United Available
2019-08-25 GB2 Swansea City 3–0 Birmingham City Available
2019-08-21 GB2 Queens Park Rangers 1–3 Swansea City Available
2019-08-17 GB2 Swansea City 3–2 Preston North End Available

Teams faced most often by Benson Manuel's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
RSC Anderlecht 17 3 7 7 14 22 -8 18%
Club Brugge KV 15 3 4 8 14 22 -8 20%
KRC Genk 15 3 6 6 18 30 -12 20%
KAA Gent 13 5 4 4 16 13 +3 38%
Watford FC 12 6 3 3 15 10 +5 50%
Liverpool FC 12 2 2 8 9 21 -12 17%
Chelsea FC 12 0 4 8 7 30 -23 0%
Everton FC 12 4 2 6 12 21 -9 33%
Standard Liège 11 3 5 3 13 11 +2 27%
Arsenal FC 11 1 3 7 6 15 -9 9%
Sporting Charleroi 10 3 2 5 10 14 -4 30%
Southampton FC 10 4 3 3 14 11 +3 40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
13/14 Senior debut season
15/16 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 5 43 1 0 0 2.09
22/23 40 170 2 0 0 1.06
21/22 42 472 3 0 0 0.57
20/21 21 100 1 0 0 0.9
18/19 29 917 3 0 0 0.29
17/18 11 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
36 apps
12 G
3 A
JPL
84 apps
7 G
15 A
JPL Playoff II
14 apps
6 G
2 A
Proximus League
49 apps
5 G
9 A
Croky Cup
12 apps
4 G
2 A
FA Cup
3 apps
2 G
0 A
Europa League
8 apps
1 G
2 A
Premier League 2
2 apps
1 G
0 A
Europa League Qualifying
3 apps
1 G
0 A
Eredivisie
13 apps
0 G
4 A

Frequently asked about Benson Manuel

Who is Benson Manuel?

Benson Manuel is an Angola professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swansea City.

How old is Benson Manuel?

Benson Manuel is 29 years old. He was born on March 28, 1997 in Lokeren.

What position does Benson Manuel play?

Benson Manuel plays as a right winger (Attack - Right Winger).

What club does Benson Manuel play for?

Benson Manuel currently plays for Swansea City.

How many career goals has Benson Manuel scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Benson Manuel has scored 39 goals in 250 appearances.

What is Benson Manuel's market value?

Benson Manuel's most recent reported market value is €3.50m.