Steven Benda

For the American businessman, see Steven Bender.

Steven Benda
Benda with Fulham in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Steven-Andreas Benda[1]
Date of birth (1998-10-01) 1 October 1998
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Feyenoord
(on loan from Fulham)
Number 13
Youth career
1. FC Heidenheim
2016–2017 1860 Munich
2017–2019 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Swansea City 27 (0)
2019–2020 → Swindon Town (loan) 24 (0)
2022 → Peterborough United (loan) 9 (0)
2023– Fulham 0 (0)
2025–2026 → Millwall (loan) 9 (0)
2026– → Feyenoord (loan) 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:15, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Steven-Andreas Benda (born 1 October 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord on loan from Premier League club Fulham.

Career

Swansea City

Born in Stuttgart, Benda spent his early career with 1. FC Heidenheim and TSV 1860 Munich.[2] He signed for Swansea City in August 2017 and signed a new three-year contract in June 2019.[3] He joined the Swansea first-team in the 2018–19 season following an injury to Erwin Mulder.[4]

He moved on loan to Swindon Town in September 2019.[5] He made his senior debut on 8 October 2019, in the EFL Trophy, and made his Football League debut on 12 October 2019.[6]

He moved on loan to Peterborough United in January 2022.[7][8] He made his debut for the club on 22 January 2022 in a 3–0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.[9]

After his return to Swansea, appearing in 21 games as the club's number one goalkeeper for the 2022–23 season, Benda suffered a "significant" knee injury in January 2023.[10]

Fulham

Benda signed for Premier League club Fulham on 30 August 2023 for an undisclosed fee.[11][12] He made his debut for the club on 27 August 2024, in a 2–0 win against Birmingham City in the EFL Cup.[13]

In July 2025, Benda joined Championship club Millwall on a season-long loan deal.[14][15] He made his debut for the club on 9 August 2025, in a 2–1 win against Norwich City.[16] The loan ended early, in January 2026.[17]

On 3 February 2026, Benda joined Eredivisie side Feyenoord on loan until the end of the season.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swansea City U23 2018–19[19] — — — 4[a] 0 4 0
Swansea City 2019–20[6] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21[20] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2021–22[21] Championship 5 0 0 0 2 0 — 7 0
2022–23[22] Championship 21 0 1 0 1 0 — 23 0
Total 27 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 31 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2019–20[6] League Two 24 0 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 27 0
Peterborough United (loan) 2021–22[21] Championship 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Fulham 2023–24[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2024–25[24] Premier League 0 0 2 0 2 0 — 4 0
2025–26[25] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Millwall (loan) 2025–26[25] Championship 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
Feyenoord (loan) 2025–26 Eredivisie 1 0 — — — 1 0
Career total 70 0 8 0 6 0 5 0 89 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Swindon Town

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Swansea City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Steven Benda at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Benda signs new Swansea City deal | Swansea". swanseacity.com.
  4. ^ "Erwin Mulder: Broken finger rules out Swansea City keeper for rest of season". BBC. 28 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Steven Benda: Swansea City goalkeeper joins Swindon Town on loan". BBC. 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Games played by Steven Benda in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Posh Secure Loan Signing Of Swans Keeper | Peterborough United – POSH". theposh.com.
  8. ^ "Posh sign Swansea's Benda on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2022.
  9. ^ "West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Peterborough United". ESPN. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Swans keeper Benda out with 'significant' injury". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 January 2023.
  11. ^ FC, Fulham (30 August 2023). "Fulham Sign Benda". Fulham FC.
  12. ^ "Fulham sign Swansea keeper Benda". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Birmingham City 0–2 Fulham". ESPN. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Millwall announce loan deal for Steven Benda". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Millwall: New duo arrive in midfielder Massimo Luongo and goalkeeper Steven Benda". BBC Sport. 25 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Norwich City 1–2 Millwall". ESPN. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Steven Benda returns to Fulham from Millwall after loan spell". BBC Sport. 12 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Duitse doelman Steven Benda komt naar Feyenoord". feyenoord.com (in Dutch). 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  19. ^ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Games played by Steven Benda in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  23. ^ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  24. ^ "Games played by Steven Benda in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  25. ^ a b "Games played by Steven Benda in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  26. ^ "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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