Charlison Benschop

Charlison Girigorio Benschop (born 21 August 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol, and the Curaçao national football team, as a striker.[3][4]

Charlison Benschop
Charlison Benschop
Personal information
Full name Charlison Girigorio Benschop[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989
Place of birth Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Apollon Limassol
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 04 9 (1)
2019 → De Graafschap (loan) 14 (3)
2019–2020 FC Groningen 18 (3)
2020– Apollon Limassol 17 (8)
National team‡
2010 Netherlands U21 1 (1)
2017– Curaçao 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:54, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

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. Charlison Benschop at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. Charlison Benschop at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  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. "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! 😊". FC Ingolstadt. 11 May 2018.
  14. "FC Groningen haalt spits Charlison Benschop". RTV Noord (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  15. "Charlinson Benschop until 2021". apollon.com. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  16. "onsoranje". www.onsoranje.nl.
  17. "Curaçao National Team Roster – Gold Cup". 5 June 2017.
  18. "Cookies op VI.nl". www.vi.nl.
  19. "Überraschungssieg gegen WM-Gastgeber: Benschop gibt Länderspiel-Debüt für Curaçao".
  20. derwesten.de, DerWesten- (22 July 2014). "Von Curaçao bis nach Bad Blankenburg". www.derwesten.de.
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