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

Ben House

Personal information
Full name	Benjamin House[1]
Date of birth	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth	Guildford, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Lincoln City
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)
2020–2022	Eastleigh	54	(13)
2022–	Lincoln City	21	(6)
National team‡
2018	Scotland U20	1	(0)
2019	Scotland U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 19 November 2022 (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]

Lincoln City

On 24 January 2022, House signed for Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] He made his debut on 29 January 2022, coming off the bench against Burton Albion.[16] He scored his first goal for the club against Portsmouth on 15 April 2022.[17]

International career

House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[18] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2022

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
Reading U23	2017–18[20]	—			—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	1	2	1
Reading	2018–19[21]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20[22]	Championship	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Swindon Town (loan)	2018–19[21]	League Two	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	2019–20[2]	National League	9	2	—		—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	11	2
Eastleigh	2020–21[2]	National League	37	9	2	1	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	40	10
	2021–22[2]	National League	17	4	3	1	—		0	0	20	4
	Total		54	13	5	2	—		1	0	60	15
Lincoln City	2021–22[23]	League One	6	1	—		—		—		6	1
	2022–23[24]	League One	15	5	0	0	2	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	6
	Total		21	6	0	0	2	1	2	0	25	7
Career total			90	21	6	2	2	1	7	1	105	25

Honours

Individual

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

References

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