Ben House

Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eastleigh.

Ben House
Personal information
Full name Benjamin House[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999[2]
Place of birth Guildford, England
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Eastleigh
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2016 Aldershot Town
2016–2017 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 3 (2)
2020 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 6 (0)
2020– Eastleigh 8 (6)
National team‡
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2019– Scotland U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:48, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Born in England, he represented Scotland at youth international level.

Club career

Reading

Born in Guildford,[3] House started his career in the youth team of Aldershot Town before signing for the youth team of Reading in 2016.[4] In July 2017, House signed his first professional contract with Reading.[5] On 15 March 2018, House signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020.[6]

On 4 January 2019, House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]

On 12 November 2019, House joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 1 January 2020.[8] On 30 January 2020, House returned to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season.[9]

On 2 July 2020, Reading announced House had left the club after his contract had expired.[10]

Eastleigh

In August 2020 he signed for Eastleigh.[11] House made his Eastleigh debut on 3 October 2020, an opening day 5–1 victory at Barnet where House also scored his first goal for the club, to make it 3–1 in the 56th minute of the game.[12] On 9 November, House was awarded National League Player of the Month award for October, scoring five league goals in his first month at the club.[13]

International career

House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[14] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading U23 2017–18[16] ———2[lower-alpha 1]121
Reading 2018–19[17] Championship 000000—00
2019–20[18] Championship 001000—10
Total 001000—10
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19[17] League Two 60———60
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2019–20[19] National League 92——2[lower-alpha 2]0112
Eastleigh 2020–21[20] National League 8621—00107
Career total 2383100413010
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Individual

  • National League Player of the Month: October 2020[13]

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. Ben House at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. Ben House at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. "ACADEMY RETURNS BIGGER & BETTER IN 2017–18". Aldershot Town F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. "Fresh Academy talent sign professional contracts". Reading F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. "House and Driscoll sign up until 2020". Reading F.C. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. "Ben House & Canice Carroll: Swindon Town sign Reading and Brentford youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. "House and Medford-Smith make National League loan moves". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  9. "House heads back to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  10. "🖋️ Contract update – New U23s contracts offered, two professional deals expire and all loanees agree to extensions until the end of July". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. "Eastleigh sign striker House and defender Bird | Non League Daily".
  12. "Barnet 1–5 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. "October's National League Monthly Award Winners Confirmed!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  14. Ben House at the Scottish Football Association
  15. "Scotland U21s 0 Mexico U22s 0 as Mikey Johnston misses last-gasp penalty – 3 talking points". Daily Record. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  16. "Games played by Ben House in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  17. "Games played by Ben House in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  18. "Games played by Ben House in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  19. Ben House at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  20. "Games played by Ben House in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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