Charlison Benschop
Benschop in 2011
Personal information
Full name Charlison Girigorio Benschop[1]
Date of birth (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Wuppertaler SV
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– Wuppertaler SV 2 (1)
International career‡
2010 Netherlands U21 1 (1)
2017– Curaçao[3] 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2023
‡ 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 forward for German club Wuppertaler SV.[2][4] Born in the Netherlands Antilles, he has represented the Netherlands U21 national team and the Curaçao senior national team.

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 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]

International career

Benschop played international football at youth level for the Netherlands.[9][19] Benschop was called up to the preliminary Curaçao national team for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[20] Benschop made his debut for Curaçao in a 2–1 friendly win over Qatar on 10 October 2017.[21][22]

Personal life

He is the uncle of Kevin Felida.[23]

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. ^ accessdate-19 June 2021 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. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  10. ^ AZ-spits Charlison Benschop naar Stade Brest Archived 2 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine – 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. ^ 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)
  14. ^ "FC Groningen haalt spits Charlison Benschop". RTV Noord (in Dutch). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Charlinson Benschop until 2021". apollon.com. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Fortuna Sittard haalt Benschop terug naar de Eredivisie".
  17. ^ "Aanvaller Charlison Benschop keert terug bij De Graafschap" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "onsoranje". www.onsoranje.nl.
  20. ^ "Curaçao National Team Roster – Gold Cup". 5 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Cookies op VI.nl". www.vi.nl.
  22. ^ "Überraschungssieg gegen WM-Gastgeber: Benschop gibt Länderspiel-Debüt für Curaçao". Sportbuzzer.de.
  23. ^ 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.
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