Daniel Bennie


Daniel Bennie is a professional soccer player who plays as a winger for club Queens Park Rangers. Born in Hong Kong, he is a youth international for Australia.

Club career

Perth Glory

Bennie, a youth player in Perth, signed his first professional contract with Perth Glory on 10 July 2023, and made his unofficial debut for the club less than a week later, scoring Perth's second goal in a 6–2 defeat to West Ham. He was one of nine youth players to feature against the Premier League side.
Bennie made his competitive debut as a substitute on 18 July 2023 in a 4–0 cup defeat to Macarthur FC. He made his starting debut on 22 October 2023 at Perth Rectangular Stadium in a 2–2 league draw with Newcastle Jets.

Queens Park Rangers

On 30 May 2024, Perth Glory announced that Bennie had signed for English club Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee that was rumoured to be around 250 thousand pounds. On 10 August, he made his debut for the club, as a substitute, in a 3-1 loss against West Bromwich Albion in the league. Bennie scored on his Carabao Cup debut in a 3-2 defeat away to Plymouth in Aug 2025. He was also part of the winning team for the 2025 Premier League Cup, beating Brentford 3-1 in the final.
In the 25/26 season he has so far scored 7 goals in 9 games for QPR’s reserves.

International career

Bennie received his first international call-up for the soccer team|Australian under-17] side in June 2023 ahead of the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup. He scored once during the tournament as Australia reached the quarter-final stage before being knocked out by Japan. Bennie was part of the Australian u20 team that won the Asia Cup for the first time in February 2025 beating Saudi Arabia in the final. Bennie scored twice on the way to the final.
As of February 2025, having not yet been tied to the Australia men's national soccer team, he is potentially eligible for the Hong Kong national football team, having been born in Hong Kong and spent between the ages of four to 11 going to school at the Australian International School Hong Kong, where his father, Niall, was the Director of Sport.

Personal life

Bennie was born in Hong Kong and started playing football at a young age whilst living there, before moving to Perth.
Bennie attended Lake Joondalup Baptist College in Joondalup, where he met John Walmsley, the head coach of Perth Glory Youth.

Honours

Australia U-20