Julian Bennett

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Julian Bennett
Full name	Julian Bennett
Date of birth	December 17, 1984 (1984-12-17) (age 23)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Full back
Club information
Current club	Nottingham Forest
Number	29
Youth clubs
1999-2004	Nottingham Forest Walsall
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2006 2006-	Walsall Nottingham Forest	51 (3) 82 (8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Julian Bennett (born December 17, 1984 in Nottingham, England) is an English footballer. He is a left-back, currently playing for Nottingham Forest.

Bennett, who is a Nottingham Forest fan,^{[citation needed]} joined Forest as a youth but was released when he was 15 years old. He went onto join Walsall soon after and eventually became a first-team player. He made over 40 appearances for the club before he got the chance he returned to Nottingham Forest, signing a five-year deal.

Forest manager Colin Calderwood didn't play him regularly earlier in the 2006-07 season, but he eventually established himself as the first-choice left-back.

In the 2007-08 season, the signing of Matt Lockwood put Bennett's chances to maintain his defensive position under pressure. However, due to injury to Lockwood, he scored his first goal of the season in Forest's 2-1 loss at Luton Town. He received praise^{[citation needed]} from Colin Calderwood after assisting both goals in Forest's 2-0 success against Tranmere Rovers after admitting it would be difficult to take him out of the team with Lockwood nearing a return.^{[citation needed]} But he then an injury in late November that kept him sidelined him until the new year

On January 12, 2008, Bennett put pen to paper on a new two-and-a-half year deal, committing to the club until the summer of 2010. On return to fitness, he managed to dislodge Matt Lockwood from the starting line-up and continued in the same vein of form. He netted two goals in two games in February 2008 against Millwall and Leeds, including a goal-line clearance at Elland Road. He scored in the last game of the season, the first in Forest's 3-2 victory over Yeovil at the City Ground, which saw Forest finish second in League One in a dramatic last day of the season, and promotion to the Championship. His form in defence helped Forest keep 24 clean sheets that season, a league record. He was named in the League One team of the year along with fellow team mate Kris Commons, as well as being voted player of the year by the Forest supporters.