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David Michael Bentley (born August 27 1984 in Peterborough ) is an English Football player. He currently plays for Blackburn Rovers . Bentley started his career at Arsenal . He is a former captain of the England under-18 team, and is a current England Under-21 international, with four caps and three goals. A Forward , he sometimes plays in ' The Hole' , and he was handed his senior debut for Arsenal in January 2003 , coming on as a substitute for Kolo Touré in the 77th minute of a 2-0 FA Cup Third Round win over Oxford United . He prefers to play deep and has been compared to Dennis Bergkamp , especially after having scored his first goal for Arsenal, an audacious lob in a 4-1 Carling Cup win over Middlesbrough in January 2004. Bentley spent the whole of the 2004-05 season on loan to Norwich City , playing 26 games and scoring 2 goals. He returned to Arsenal in the summer of 2005 , but submitted a transfer request, citing his desire for first team football. Desiring a permanent move, Bentley was linked with a number of clubs including Wolverhampton Wanderers , before being dispatched on a further season's loan to Blackburn Rovers , on summer transfer deadline day, August 31 2005 . On the winter transfer deadline day, 31 January 2006 , Blackburn announced they had signed Bentley on a permanent basis from Arsenal. In Bentley's first match after permanently signing for Blackburn, against Manchester United , he scored his first senior Hat Trick in a 4-3 victory. This made him the first player in the history of the Premiership to score three goals in one game against United; the previous player to have scored a league hat-trick against United was Dennis Bailey of QPR , in an old First Division match in 1992. CLUB CAREER ''(Correct as of January 3, 2006)'' EXTERNAL LINKS
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