Ben House
English-born Scottish footballer
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Benjamin House (born 5 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Lincoln City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin House[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Guildford, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | 132 | (25) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Scotland U21 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:36, 21 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals 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] During the 2022–23 season, he won the Player's Player of the Season award, as well as finishing as the club's top scorer.[18] On 2 August 2023, House signed a new contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2025.[19] Following the end of the 2024–25 season an option was taken up in his contract.[20]
In October 2025, he signed a new contract until the summer of 2028, following good form at the start to the 2025–26 campaign.[21]
International career
House has represented Scotland at under-20 international youth level.[22] He made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2019.[23]
Career statistics
- As of 21 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading U23 | 2017–18[24] | — | — | — | 2[a] | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Reading | 2018–19[25] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[26] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2018–19[25] | League Two | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 2019–20[2] | National League | 9 | 2 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Eastleigh | 2020–21[2] | National League | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 1[b] | 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[27] | League One | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23[28] | League One | 38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| 2023–24[29] | League One | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2024–25[30] | League One | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 44 | 6 | |
| 2025–26[31] | League One | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1[a] | 1 | 31 | 6 | |
| Total | 132 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 147 | 28 | ||
| Career total | 200 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 226 | 45 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
Individual
- National League Player of the Month: October 2020[13]
