Ben Bender

#16 · Age 22 (7 Mar 2001) · 183 cm · Both-footed · €280k · Contract until 2027

17 apps918 min

Ben Bender produced 3 goals and 2 assists in 17 appearances this season. Used mainly off the bench — 10 appearances as a substitute. Clinical in front of goal, beating his non-penalty xG by 1.6.

Goals

0.29 /90

Assists

0.20 /90

1.45

0.14 /90

npxG

1.45

0.14 /90

Non-pen goals

0.29 /90

Shots

1.67 /90

Key passes

1.86 /90

Career — season by season

Season	Team	Apps	Starts	Min	G	A	xG	npxG	Sh	KP
2026	Philadelphia Union	8	7	433	1	0	0.24	0.24	6	11
2025	Philadelphia Union	7	4	329	0	0	0.22	0.22	5	2
2024	Charlotte FC	6	4	191	1	0	0.14	0.14	4	3
2023	Charlotte FC	17	7	918	3	2	1.45	1.45	17	19
Career (4 seasons)		38	22	1871	5	2	2.05	2.05	32	35

League play only, across all leagues in the dataset (cups and international tournaments excluded).

Goals — match by match

@New York Red Bulls2–22 goals22 Jun 2023
@Toronto FC2–22 Apr 2023
3 goals across 2 matches

Per-90 percentile rank vs Major League Soccer

Similar players — closest per-90 profile

Cosine similarity over per-90 percentile profile, within the same position group.

Percentiles computed across qualified league players (600+ minutes).

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Ben Bender

Charlotte FC · MF

#16 · Age 22 (7 Mar 2001) · 183 cm · Both-footed · €280k · Contract until 2027

17 apps918 min

Ben Bender produced 3 goals and 2 assists in 17 appearances this season. Used mainly off the bench — 10 appearances as a substitute. Clinical in front of goal, beating his non-penalty xG by 1.6.

Goals

0.29 /90

Assists

0.20 /90

1.45

0.14 /90

npxG

1.45

0.14 /90

Non-pen goals

0.29 /90

Shots

1.67 /90

Key passes

1.86 /90

Career — season by season

Season	Team	Apps	Starts	Min	G	A	xG	npxG	Sh	KP
2026	Philadelphia Union	8	7	433	1	0	0.24	0.24	6	11
2025	Philadelphia Union	7	4	329	0	0	0.22	0.22	5	2
2024	Charlotte FC	6	4	191	1	0	0.14	0.14	4	3
2023	Charlotte FC	17	7	918	3	2	1.45	1.45	17	19
Career (4 seasons)		38	22	1871	5	2	2.05	2.05	32	35

League play only, across all leagues in the dataset (cups and international tournaments excluded).

Goals — match by match

@New York Red Bulls2–22 goals22 Jun 2023
@Toronto FC2–22 Apr 2023
3 goals across 2 matches

Per-90 percentile rank vs Major League Soccer

Similar players — closest per-90 profile

Cosine similarity over per-90 percentile profile, within the same position group.

Percentiles computed across qualified league players (600+ minutes).