Manuel Benson

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Manuel Benson
Personal information
Full name Manuel Benson Hedilazio[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Lokeren, Belgium
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
(on loan from Burnley)
Number 21
Youth career
2003–2007 Lokeren
2007–2010 Anderlecht
2010–2014 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 44 (12)
2025– → Swansea City (loan) 6 (0)
International career‡
2014 Belgium U19 2 (0)
2017–2019 Belgium U21 2 (0)
2024– Angola 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:29, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:22, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Manuel Benson Hedilazio (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Swansea City on loan from Premier League club Burnley. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Angola national team.

Early life

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Benson was born in Lokeren to an Angolan father, Jorge Hedilazio, and a Belgian mother, Gina Pieters.[3] His parents met in the 1990s at Bobby's Club, a dance bar in Lokeren, while his father was playing for the local club.[4]

Club career

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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.[5] In the 2016–17 season he played 37 league games for Lierse, scoring 7 goals,[6] four of which in 9 Europa League play-offs games.[7] In this season Benson also tied with Kevin Kis for the league's top assist provider.[8]

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.[9][10]

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.[11] On 26 January 2021, Benson moved to Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a loan deal until the end of the season.[12] He had the most assists of his team in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, recording four assists in 13 league games.[13][14]

On 4 August 2022, Benson joined EFL Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.[15] He scored his first goal for Burnley in a 2–1 win against Bristol City on 17 September 2022.[16] He scored his first FA Cup goals on 7 January 2023, notching a pair in an away game against Bournemouth.[17]

International career

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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.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 25 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
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[c] 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[d] 0 — 1 0
2019–20[2] Belgian First Division A 3 0 — — 0 0 1[e] 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[d] 1 — 8 1
2021–22[2] Belgian First Division A 34 5 1 0 — 7[d] 1 — 42 6
2022–23[2] Belgian Pro League 1 0 — — 2[f] 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[19] Premier League 8 0 0 0 1 0 — — 9 0
2024–25[20] Championship 3 1 2 0 0 0 — — 5 1
2025–26[21] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 44 12 3 2 4 0 — — 51 14
Swansea City (loan) 2025–26[2] Championship 6 0 0 0 2 0 — — 8 0
Career total 219 30 15 6 6 0 13 2 3 0 256 38
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Belgian Pro League relegation play-offs
  4. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 14 November 2025[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Angola
2024 2 0
2025 5 0
Total 7 0

Honours

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Genk

Antwerp

Burnley

Individual

  • Belgian Second Division top assist provider: 2016–17 (joint – 7 assists)[8]

References

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