Charlison Benschop

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Charlison Benschop
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Charlison Benschop
Personal information
Full name Charlison Girigorio Benschop[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
SV Sandhausen
Number 35
Youth career
SCO '63
VV Spijkenisse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 RKC 69 (18)
2010–2012 AZ 45 (6)
2012–2013 Brest 18 (3)
2013–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf 58 (25)
2015–2018 Hannover 96 16 (2)
2017–2018 Hannover 96 II 5 (1)
2018–2019 FC Ingolstadt 9 (1)
2019De Graafschap (loan) 14 (3)
2019–2020 Groningen 18 (3)
2020–2021 Apollon Limassol 35 (10)
2021– SV Sandhausen 5 (0)
National team
2010 Netherlands U21 1 (1)
2017– Curaçao[3] 10 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Charlison Girigorio Benschop (born 21 August 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for German 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen.[2][4]

Club career[]

Benschop played youth football with SCO '63 and VV Spijkenisse,[5] and began his senior professional career with RKC Waalwijk during the 2007–08 season.[6] He signed a five-year contract with AZ in March 2010.[7][8][9]

In summer 2012, Benschop moved abroad to play in France for Stade Brest,[10] only to move on to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf a year later.[11]

On 4 June 2015, Benschop joined Hannover 96 from Fortuna Düsseldorf on a three-year contract.[12]

On 11 May 2018, Benschop joined FC Ingolstadt 04 on a three-year deal.[13]

He joined FC Groningen in July 2019.[14]

In January 2020, Benschop signed with Apollon Limassol until 2021.[15]

International career[]

Benschop played international football at youth level for the Netherlands.[9][16] Benschop was called up to the preliminary Curaçao national football team for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[17] Benschop made his debut for Curaçao in a 2–1 friendly win over Qatar on 10 October 2017.[18][19]

Personal life[]

He is the uncle of Kevin Felida.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Curaçao" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ a b Charlison Benschop at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ June 2021.html Charlison Benschop at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Charlison Benschop at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Charlison Benschop" (in Dutch). Ronald Zwiers. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Benschop" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  7. ^ Reyes, Leon (17 March 2010). "Charlison Benschop van RKC naar AZ" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  8. ^ "AZ versterkt zich met Benschop" (in Dutch). AZ.nl. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011.
  9. ^ a b "AZ haalt Charlison Benschop van RKC" (in Dutch). Noordhollands Dagblad. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  10. ^ AZ-spits Charlison Benschop naar Stade Brest – RTVNH (in Dutch)
  11. ^ Benschop is op weg van Brest naar Fortuna Düsseldorf – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  12. ^ "96 sign Charlison Benschop". Hannover 96. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Charlison #Benschop becomes a #Schanzer & joins FC Ingolstadt 04. The 28-year-old striker signed a contract until 2020. Welcome to Ingolstadt, Charlie!