Manuel Benson Hedilazio (born 28 March 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Burnley.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Benson Manuel Hedilazio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lokeren, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Burnley | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lokeren | |||
| Anderlecht | |||
| 000–2014 | 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 | 18 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 2014 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Belgium U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:37, 17 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
His father, Jorge Hedilazio, is a former Angolan footballer who played for Lokeren in the 1990s.
Benson was born in Lokeren to an Angolan father, Jorge Hedilazio, and a Belgian mother, Gina Pieters.[2] His parents met in the 1990s at Bobby's Club, a dance bar in Lokeren, while his father was playing for the local club.[3]
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.[4] In the 2016–17 season he played 37 league games for Lierse, scoring 7 goals,[5] four of which in 9 Europa League play-offs games.[6] In this season Benson also tied with Kevin Kis for the league's top assist provider.[7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10] On 26 January 2021, Benson moved to Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a loan deal until the end of the season.[11] He had the most assists of his team in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, recording four assists in 13 league games.[12][13]
On 4 August 2022, Benson joined EFL Championship club Burnley for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.[14] He scored his first goal for Burnley in a 2–1 win against Bristol City on 17 September 2022.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lierse | 2013–14[1] | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15[1] | Belgian Pro League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16[1] | Belgian Second Division | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2016–17[1] | Belgian First Division B | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 38 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 71 | 10 | ||||
| Genk | 2017–18[1] | Belgian First Division A | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19[1] | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20[1] | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Mouscron (loan) | 2018–19[1] | Belgian First Division A | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 | 6 | |||
| Antwerp | 2019–20[1] | Belgian First Division A | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21[1] | Belgian First Division A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22[1] | Belgian First Division A | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 42 | 6 | |||
| 2022–23[1] | Belgian First Division A | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | — | 69 | 8 | ||||
| PEC Zwolle (loan) | 2020–21[1] | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Burnley | 2022–23[1] | Championship | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 187 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 217 | 29 | ||
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