Thomas Bender
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Thomas Joseph "Tom" Bender (born 19 January 1993) is a footballer who plays for Football League Two
side Accrington Stanley F.C.
on loan from Colchester United
. He has represented Wales at various youth levels.
academy. He made his senior debut on 19 September 2009 for Colchester in a 2–0 win against Hartlepool United
, becoming the second youngest player ever to represent the club at 16 years and 243 days, just 26 days older than the record holder Lindsay Smith
. Bender was named on the bench for six further games that season against Tranmere Rovers
, Brentford
, Wycombe Wanderers
, Exeter City
, Charlton Athletic
and Huddersfield Town
. On 19 January 2010, Bender signed his first professional contract until the summer of 2012.
On 21 October, he was listed for loan to get some matches under his belt along with Sam Corcoran
, Steven Gillespie
and Carl Pentney
. Bender did not leave on loan and instead continued playing with the Under 18s. He was named on the bench for first team games against Charlton, Leyton Orient, Swansea City in the FA Cup
, Bournemouth, Notts County and Bristol Rovers.
On 30 August 2011 Bender joined Football League Two
club Accrington Stanley
on a season-long loan deal. He was given shirt number 20 and made his debut as a substitute against Barnet
, and had his first career start came against Carlisle United
in the Football League Trophy
.
On 4 October 2011, Bender was involved in a three-way collision in a match in the 39th minute between Ian Dunbavin
of Accrington Stanley and Lucas Akins
of Tranmere Rovers in a Football League Trophy match between the two teams. The match was subsequently abandoned because of the seriousness of the injury. Having received a full blow from his own keeper's fist, he was rushed to hospital for a brain scan. Despite unfounded rumours that he had broken his neck, Bender regained consciousness in hospital and only suffered severe concussion.
side in September 2009, playing in the opening two matches in the qualifying round of the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
, a 3-2 win over Iceland
and a 2-2 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bender was called up for the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
Elite Round on 10 March 2010 but withdrew from the squad due to first team commitments with Colchester.
Bender was called up by the Wales under-17
side for a friendly tournament in Sweden from 20 July - 24 July. Bender captained Wales for the first game of the tournament against Iceland, Wales lost the game 2-1. Bender was also captain for the second game of the tournament against Norway in which he scored his first international goal, Wales drew 1-1. Bender also
played in the third and final game of the tournament a 1 - 1 draw with Sweden.
side on 18 April for a friendly against Northern Ireland. But he didn't feature in the game.
On 10 October 2010 Bender was called up for three 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
games against Turkey, Iceland and Kazakhstan. Bender played in the 3 - 3 draw against Turkey. He also came on as a sub against Iceland and Kazakhstan.
Bender was named in a squad for a warm-weather training camp from 3 April to 8 April 2011.
Bender was called up for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
matches in Norway. Bender withdrew from the squad to finish the season with Colchester.
In September 2011 Bender was involved in three games in the Qualifying round of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He captained the team against Belgium but was subbed off, He played the full 90 minutes as captain against Scotland and in the third game he came off the bench to score against Slovenia.
side for a friendly against Malta on 10 August 2010. He was named on the bench for the game, coming on to make his debut as a substitute in place of David Stephens
.
Bender was also named in the squad for 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3
matches against Italy and Hungary. But he didn't feature in those games.
Bender was put on the Stand-By list for a friendly against Austria on 17 November. Bender was called up on 15 November to be part of the squad for the friendly against Austria. Bender came on as a 79th minute sub against Austria as Wales won the game 1 - 0.
Bender was once again called up for the Under 21's this time for a friendly against Northern Ireland
on 9 February 2011. He came on as a substitute in the 56th minute.
Bender was called up for a 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3 match against Andorra on 29 March 2011, He was named on the bench for this game. but was unused.
Bender was called up for a friendly on 10 August vs Hungary. He came on as a sub for this game.
Bender was named as as Stand-By player for a qualifier against Montenegro.
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
side Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
on loan from Colchester United
Colchester United F.C.
Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....
. He has represented Wales at various youth levels.
Club career
Bender is a product of the Colchester UnitedColchester United F.C.
Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....
academy. He made his senior debut on 19 September 2009 for Colchester in a 2–0 win against Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United F.C.
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...
, becoming the second youngest player ever to represent the club at 16 years and 243 days, just 26 days older than the record holder Lindsay Smith
Lindsay Smith (footballer)
Lindsay James Smith , is an English footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League.-External links:*...
. Bender was named on the bench for six further games that season against Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
, Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
, Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
, Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
, Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
and Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
. On 19 January 2010, Bender signed his first professional contract until the summer of 2012.
On 21 October, he was listed for loan to get some matches under his belt along with Sam Corcoran
Sam Corcoran
Samuel Joseph "Sam" Corcoran is an English footballer who plays for Chelmsford City as a midfielder.-Career:Corcoran was first involved with the Colchester United first team after being named on the bench for a League One game against Millwall on 31 March 2009, while he was in the second year of...
, Steven Gillespie
Steven Gillespie
Steven Gillespie is an English professional footballer currently playing for Colchester United.-Early career:Gillespie, who plays as a striker, began his career as a trainee for Liverpool....
and Carl Pentney
Carl Pentney
Carl Benjamin Pentney is an English footballer who plays for Hayes & Yeading United as a goalkeeper, on loan from Colchester United .-Leicester City:...
. Bender did not leave on loan and instead continued playing with the Under 18s. He was named on the bench for first team games against Charlton, Leyton Orient, Swansea City in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
, Bournemouth, Notts County and Bristol Rovers.
On 30 August 2011 Bender joined Football League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
club Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
on a season-long loan deal. He was given shirt number 20 and made his debut as a substitute against Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
, and had his first career start came against Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
in the Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
.
On 4 October 2011, Bender was involved in a three-way collision in a match in the 39th minute between Ian Dunbavin
Ian Dunbavin
Ian Stuart Dunbavin is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Accrington Stanley F.C.....
of Accrington Stanley and Lucas Akins
Lucas Akins
Lucas-Jordan Jeremiah "LJ" Akins is a professional footballer who plays for Football League One side Tranmere Rovers.-Youth career:...
of Tranmere Rovers in a Football League Trophy match between the two teams. The match was subsequently abandoned because of the seriousness of the injury. Having received a full blow from his own keeper's fist, he was rushed to hospital for a brain scan. Despite unfounded rumours that he had broken his neck, Bender regained consciousness in hospital and only suffered severe concussion.
International career
Born in England, Bender instead chose to represent Wales and has represented them at every level up to U-21 level.Under 17
He made his debut for the Wales under-17Wales national under-17 football team
The Wales national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Wales and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales.-Current squad:...
side in September 2009, playing in the opening two matches in the qualifying round of the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
-Group B:---------------------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:6 goals Francisco Alcácer3 goals Connor Wickham Gerard Deulofeu Artun Akçakin2 goals Ross Barkley Anthony Koura Paul Pogba Yaya Sanogo Ricardo Esgaio...
, a 3-2 win over Iceland
Iceland national under-17 football team
The Iceland national under-17 football team represents Iceland in international football at this age level and is controlled by Knattspyrnusamband Íslands , the governing body for football in Iceland.-Latest Squad:*Jon Gisli Strom...
and a 2-2 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bender was called up for the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
-Group B:---------------------Knockout Map:-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:6 goals Francisco Alcácer3 goals Connor Wickham Gerard Deulofeu Artun Akçakin2 goals Ross Barkley Anthony Koura Paul Pogba Yaya Sanogo Ricardo Esgaio...
Elite Round on 10 March 2010 but withdrew from the squad due to first team commitments with Colchester.
Bender was called up by the Wales under-17
Wales national under-17 football team
The Wales national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Wales and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales.-Current squad:...
side for a friendly tournament in Sweden from 20 July - 24 July. Bender captained Wales for the first game of the tournament against Iceland, Wales lost the game 2-1. Bender was also captain for the second game of the tournament against Norway in which he scored his first international goal, Wales drew 1-1. Bender also
played in the third and final game of the tournament a 1 - 1 draw with Sweden.
Under 19
Bender was called up for the Wales under-19Wales national under-19 football team
The Wales national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Wales and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship held every year.-Recent history:...
side on 18 April for a friendly against Northern Ireland. But he didn't feature in the game.
On 10 October 2010 Bender was called up for three 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification
The qualifying round of the 2011 UEFA U-19 Championship was the first of two qualifying rounds for the finals tournament of the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship...
games against Turkey, Iceland and Kazakhstan. Bender played in the 3 - 3 draw against Turkey. He also came on as a sub against Iceland and Kazakhstan.
Bender was named in a squad for a warm-weather training camp from 3 April to 8 April 2011.
Bender was called up for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2011....
matches in Norway. Bender withdrew from the squad to finish the season with Colchester.
In September 2011 Bender was involved in three games in the Qualifying round of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He captained the team against Belgium but was subbed off, He played the full 90 minutes as captain against Scotland and in the third game he came off the bench to score against Slovenia.
Under 21
Bender was called up as a stand-by player for the Wales under-21Wales national under-21 football team
The Wales national under-21 football team, also known as the Wales U21s, is the national under-21 football team of Wales and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
side for a friendly against Malta on 10 August 2010. He was named on the bench for the game, coming on to make his debut as a substitute in place of David Stephens
David Stephens
David Rhys R. Stephens is a footballer who plays for Hibernian as a defender.-Youth team at Norwich:Born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Stephens joined Norwich City's Academy as a 13-year old...
.
Bender was also named in the squad for 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3
The teams competing in Group 3 of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying competition were Italy, Wales, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Luxembourg.-Standings:Qualification*Italy secured a qualification to the UEFA Play-Offs....
matches against Italy and Hungary. But he didn't feature in those games.
Bender was put on the Stand-By list for a friendly against Austria on 17 November. Bender was called up on 15 November to be part of the squad for the friendly against Austria. Bender came on as a 79th minute sub against Austria as Wales won the game 1 - 0.
Bender was once again called up for the Under 21's this time for a friendly against Northern Ireland
on 9 February 2011. He came on as a substitute in the 56th minute.
Bender was called up for a 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3 match against Andorra on 29 March 2011, He was named on the bench for this game. but was unused.
Bender was called up for a friendly on 10 August vs Hungary. He came on as a sub for this game.
Bender was named as as Stand-By player for a qualifier against Montenegro.
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Colchester United Colchester United F.C. Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910.... |
2009–10 2009–10 Football League One The Football League 2009–10 , was be the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Football League Championship The 2010–11 Football League Championship was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley F.C. Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system.... (loan) |
2011–12 2011–12 Football League Two The 2011–12 Football League Two is the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format.-From League Two:... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thomas Bender player profile at cu-fc.com
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