Benik Afobe

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Benik Afobe
Benik Afobe 2017.jpg
Benik Afobe, 2017
Personnel
Surname Benik Tunani Afobe
birthday February 12, 1993
place of birth Leyton , London ,  England
size 183 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
2001-2010 Arsenal FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2015 Arsenal FC 0 0(0)
2010-2011 →  Huddersfield Town  (loan) 9 0(0)
2011 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 19 0(5)
2012 →  Reading FC  (loan) 3 0(0)
2012-2013 →  Bolton Wanderers  (loan) 20 0(2)
2013 →  Millwall FC  (loan) 5 0(0)
2014 →  Sheffield Wednesday  (loan) 12 0(2)
2014-2015 →  Milton Keynes Dons  (loan) 22 (10)
2015-2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 (22)
2016-2018 Bournemouth AFC 63 (10)
2018 →  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (loan) 16 0(6)
2018-2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 0(0)
2018-2019 →  Stoke City  (loan) 26 0(6)
2019– Stoke City 20 0(2)
2019– →  Bristol City  (loan) 5 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2008 England U-16 3 0(4)
2009-2010 England U17 23 (11)
2010–2012 England U-19 10 0(7)
2012-2013 England U-21 2 0(1)
2017-2018 DR Congo 6 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of April 16, 2020

Benik Tunani Afobe (born February 12, 1993 in Leyton , London ) is a Congolese - English football player.

Career

society

Benik Afobe joined Arsenal FC's youth academy at the age of six ; previously he was discovered by scouts at a local club. In the 2007/08 season he scored forty goals for the U-16s, in 2008/09 he scored eleven times in thirteen games and in 2009/10 he scored 21 goals in 24 games for the U-18s. That season he was voted Player of the Year. He signed his first professional contract for Arsenal in February 2010 after being watched by FC Barcelona .

On November 20, 2010 he was loaned to Huddersfield Town in Football League One for two months . He made his debut that evening in a 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday . After the game, he received high praise from his coach and longtime Newcastle United player Lee Clark . He scored his first two goals in the Football League Trophy in a 5-2 win over Rotherham United . After the loan period ended on January 4th, he returned to Huddersfield Town on January 28th until the end of the season. Due to the serious injury of Anthony Pilkington , he got a permanent place in the second half of the season and was voted "Man of the Match" four times. Despite Afobe's good performance, scoring five goals in 28 league games, Huddersfield failed in the playoffs to qualify for the new season in the Football League Championship . At the end of the season he returned to London .

In the pre-season 2011/12, he made a good impression at the Emirates Cup when he was substituted on for Jack Wilshere in the 7th minute of the game against the New York Red Bulls due to an injury, but was also injured in the 74th minute .

On March 22, 2012 Afobe was loaned to Reading FC for the rest of the season , where he only came to three league appearances. On August 3, he moved to Bolton Wanderers on loan for a year . A day later he made his debut in a friendly against Portsmouth FC in the Trotters' shirt . A few days later, he scored all three goals for Bolton in a 3-1 friendly win over Tranmere Rovers . After being substituted on for Kevin Davies in his first league game against Burnley FC in the second half and two more appearances as a substitute, he made his debut in the League Cup against Crawley Town , where he made the interim 1-0 Leadership scored. On October 23, he scored his first goal of the season in a 2-2 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers . Although the loan period should run until the end of the season, Afobe returned to Arsenal in January 2013.

Afobe was loaned to Millwall FC in February 2013 , but after only five games for the Lions , a knee injury threw him back and he was no longer operational by the end of the loan period. On January 30, 2014, Afobe was awarded to Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season . After twelve league games and two goals by the end of the season, he was loaned to Milton Keynes Dons for the 2014/15 season.

After Afobe scored 19 goals in 30 competitive games for MKD in the Hinserie, he moved to the second division Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Sky Bet Championship in January 2015. The Wolves are transferring around 2.5 million euros to their home club Arsenal. The attacker then played a sensational second half of the season and ensured that the Wolves almost made it into the playoffs. In the end, they only missed the playoffs because of the poorer goal difference. With the Wolves he formed an almost perfect trio with Bakary Sako and Nouha Dicko . The fans dedicated a song to the three of them, which was sung at the games.

In the transfer period 2015/16, Premier League promoted Norwich City wanted to transfer around 13 million euros for the attacker to the Wolves. But the club refused. After strong performances in autumn with nine goals in 25 games, he moved to the Premier League in early January. The striker signed a contract with newly promoted AFC Bournemouth until June 2020. The transfer fee should be 13.3 million euros, making Afobe the most expensive purchase of the Cherries.

National team

Afobe led the England U-12 national team as captain at the 2005 Junior World Cup in France . In 2008 he was part of the squad that started the Victory Shield , where he scored four goals in three games. He set the record for the most hits in Michael Owen's U-16s . With the U-17 national team, he won the U-17 European Football Championship in May 2010 . In August 2010, he dared to make the leap to the U-19 national team. In June 2011, he was part of the U-20 squad for the U-20 World Cup in Colombia , but was called back by Arsenal FC to do the season preparation with the professionals.

On November 13, 2012, he made his debut for the England U-21 national team against Northern Ireland and scored a goal.

Personal

His father came to England in 1990 because of the political unrest in the Congo . Afobe attended Monteagle Primary School and Jo Richardson Community School , both in Dagenham . He has two sisters and a brother.

titles and achievements

Arsenal FC
Reading FC
National team

Web links

  • Benik Afobe in the database of weltfussball.de
  • Benik Afobe in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
  • Benik Afobe in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
  • Benik Afobe , international matches on the homepage of the English association

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benik Afobe . In: Arsenal.com . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2009/10 Player Review: Benik Afobe . In: Arsenal.com . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ Alex Lewis: Three more Arsenal starlets with an England future . In: The First Post . Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  4. ^ Alan Dawson: Barcelona Target Benik Afobe Signs Professional Contract With Arsenal . In: Goal.com . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  5. ^ Leyton teen signs for Premier League Arsenal . In: East London and West Essex Guardian Series . Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Terriers loan Arsenal starlet . In: SkySports.com . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  7. ^ Sheff Wed 0-2 Huddersfield . In: BBCsport . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  8. ↑ Lee Clark hails 'complete' Huddersfield Town . In: BBC Sport . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  9. ^ Rotherham 2-5 Huddersfield . In: BBCsport . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  10. ↑ Emirates Cup 2011: Arsenal 1-1 New York Red Bulls ( Memento from October 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), arsenal.com
  11. ↑ Reading sign Arsenal forward Benik Afobe on loan , bbc.co.uk
  12. ^ Afobe Joins on Loan . Bolton Wanderers FC August 3, 2012. Accessed July 1, 2013.
  13. ^ Afobe joins Bolton on loan for the season . Arsenal.com. 3rd August. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  14. ↑ Report: Portsmouth 3 Wanderers 0 . Bolton Wanderers FC August 4, 2012. Accessed July 1, 2013.
  15. ↑ Report: Tranmere 1 Wanderers 3 . Bolton Wanderers FC August 7, 2012. Accessed July 1, 2013.
  16. ↑ Crawley 2–1 Bolton , BBC Sport. August 28, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2013. 
  17. ↑ Wolverhampton 2 Bolton Wanderers 2: match report , telegraph.co.uk
  18. ↑ Benik Afobe: Knee injury curtails Millwall loan spell , bbc.co.uk
  19. ↑ Benik Afobe joins Sheffield Wednesday , swfc.co.uk
  20. ↑ Record transfer at Bournemouth . In: transfermarkt.at . Retrieved January 11, 2016. 
  21. ^ Lions win Victory Shield . In: TheFA.com . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  22. ↑ Afobe wins it for Lions . In: TheFA.com . Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  23. ^ Jon Troup: Gunner make history at 15 . In: The Sun . Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  24. ^ Alistair Magowan: England U-17s beat Spain to win European Championship . In: BBC News . Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  25. ↑ Glenn Lavery: Silverware wanted: Benik Afobe reveals Young Lions' hunger for Euro glory . In: The FA . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  26. ^ Nicholas Veevers: Blake names squad for Slovakia . In: The FA . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  27. ^ World Cup squad announced , thefa.com
  28. ^ England 2-0 Northern Ireland , thefa.com
personal data
SURNAME Afobe, Benik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Afobe, Benik Tunani (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese-English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Leyton , London, England