Jason Bent

Jason Bent

Personal information
Full name	Jason Andrew Bent
Date of birth	August 3, 1977 (1977-08-03)
Place of birth	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	midfielder (retired)
Youth career
1996	Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	FSV Zwickau	13	(0)
1998–2000	Colorado Rapids	58	(2)
2000–2004	Plymouth Argyle	64	(5)
National team‡
1993	Canada U-17	3	(0)
1996–1997	Canada U-20	9	(0)
1998–2000	Canada U-23	7	(0)
1997–2003	Canada	32	(0)
Teams managed
2008–2011	TFC Academy U-18
2011–	Toronto FC (Assistant Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 4, 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2009

Jason Andrew Bent (born August 3, 1977 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a former Canadian international football player. He currently works as an assistant coach for Toronto FC.

Club career

After playing college soccer for the University of Maryland, Bent started his pro career with the Colorado Rapids in the MLS. During his time with the Rapids he helped the team reach the finals for the first time, and in 1999 he again helped the Rapids reach the finals in the US Open Cup.

Bent was really close to signing a long term contract with FC Copenhagen in 2001. But later in the year Bent signed with Plymouth Argyle helping the team win the English Third Division Championship in 2002, and the English Second Division Championship in 2004.

International career

Bent played at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan, in a team alongside Paul Stalteri and Jeff Clarke. He then also played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia, again with Stalteri and Clarke.

He made his senior his debut for Canada in an October 1997 World Cup qualification match against Mexico. He earned a total of 32 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2001 Confederations Cup.

He was a member of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning squad, but did not play because of injury. In 2002 Bent also scored a decisive penalty kick against Martinique in the 2002 Gold Cup quarter-finals where Canada finished in third place.

His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against Republic of Ireland, in which Bent suffered a serious knee injury. For two full years he spent every day in physiotherapy, but nothing could be done to save his career. Bent announced his official retirement on March 23, 2006 after failing to recover from knee injuries.

Manager Career

Jason started his managerial career in 2008 as assistant coach of TFC Academy, after the academies inaugural season Bent took over the as head coach of the U-18 program. He served as the academies U-18 manager until 2011 with two players, Doneil Henry and Nicholas Lindsay graduating into Toronto FC first team. On February 22, 2011 it was announced that Bent would become assistant coach to the Toronto FC first team joining newly appointed manager Aron Winter and first assistant Bob de Klerk.

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

• Division Three: 2001-02
• Division Two: 2003-04

External links

• Player profile - CanadaSoccer
• Bundesliga statistics
• Jason Bent career stats at Soccerbase
• Career stats - National Football Teams
• MLS stats - MLSnet