Charlison Girigorio Benschop (born 21 August 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for German 3. Liga club Alemannia Aachen.[2][4] Born in the Netherlands Antilles, he has represented the Netherlands U21 national team and the Curaçao senior national team.
 Benschop in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charlison Girigorio Benschop[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 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) |
| 2019 | → De Graafschap (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Groningen | 18 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Apollon Limassol | 35 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | SV Sandhausen | 13 | (0) |
| 2022 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | De Graafschap | 31 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | Wuppertaler SV | 32 | (13) |
| 2024– | Alemannia Aachen | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Curaçao[3] | 10 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBenschop 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 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 two-year deal.[13]
He joined FC Groningen in July 2019.[14]
In January 2020, Benschop signed with Apollon Limassol until 2021.[15]
On 31 January 2022, he signed for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard on a contract until mid-2023.[16]
On 1 August 2022, Benschop returned to De Graafschap on a one-year contract with an option to extend.[17]
On 8 July 2023, Benschop signed with Wuppertaler SV in the German fourth-tier Regionalliga West.[18]
On 6 May 2024, Benschop agreed to move to Alemannia Aachen in 3. Liga.[19]
International career
editBenschop played international football at youth level for the Netherlands.[9][20] Benschop was called up to the preliminary Curaçao national team for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[21] Benschop made his debut for Curaçao in a 2–1 friendly win over Qatar on 10 October 2017.[22][23]
Personal life
editHe is the uncle of Kevin Felida.[24]
References
edit- ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Curaçao" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Bernews.
- ^ a b Charlison Benschop at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ accessdate-19 June 2021 at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Charlison Benschop at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Charlison Benschop" (in Dutch). Ronald Zwiers. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "Benschop" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ Reyes, Leon (17 March 2010). "Charlison Benschop van RKC naar AZ" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "AZ versterkt zich met Benschop" (in Dutch). AZ.nl. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011.
- ^ a b "AZ haalt Charlison Benschop van RKC" (in Dutch). Noordhollands Dagblad. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ AZ-spits Charlison Benschop naar Stade Brest Archived 2 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine – RTVNH (in Dutch)
- ^ Benschop is op weg van Brest naar Fortuna Düsseldorf – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ "96 sign Charlison Benschop". Hannover 96. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ FC Ingolstadt [@Schanzer_EN] (11 May 2018). "Charlison #Benschop becomes a #Schanzer & joins FC Ingolstadt 04. The 28-year-old striker signed a contract until 2020. Welcome to Ingolstadt, Charlie! 😊" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "FC Groningen haalt spits Charlison Benschop". RTV Noord (in Dutch). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Charlinson Benschop until 2021". apollon.com. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Fortuna Sittard haalt Benschop terug naar de Eredivisie".
- ^ "Aanvaller Charlison Benschop keert terug bij De Graafschap" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Charlison Benschop stürmt ab sofort für den WSV" [Charlison Benschop is now attacking for the WSV] (in German). Wuppertaler SV. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "CHARLISON BENSCHOP VERSTÄRKT ALEMANNIA-ANGRIFF" [CHARLISON BENSCHOP STRENGTHENS ALEMANNIA ATTACK] (in German). Alemannia Aachen. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "onsoranje". www.onsoranje.nl.
- ^ "Curaçao National Team Roster – Gold Cup". 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Qatar-Curaçao (10-10-2017)". Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Überraschungssieg gegen WM-Gastgeber: Benschop gibt Länderspiel-Debüt für Curaçao". Sportbuzzer.de.
- ^ derwesten.de, DerWesten- (22 July 2014). "Von Curaçao bis nach Bad Blankenburg". www.derwesten.de. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.