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Fred Benson

Fred Benson

Ghanaian footballer

For other uses, see Freddie Benson.

Fredua Buadee Benson Erchiah (born 10 April 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Ghana, he represented Netherlands at youth international level.

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Club career

In January 2005 Benson was promoted to the Eredivisie team from Vitesse Arnhem. In two years, he played 62 games, scoring 14 goals before transferring to RKC Waalwijk in July 2007.[2]

On 11 February 2010, it was announced that Benson had joined Shandong Luneng on a five-month-long loan deal.[3][4]

In July 2011 Benson joined Lechia Gdańsk on a two-year contract.[5] In total for Lechia he made 12 appearances, 11 of which came in the Ekstraklasa.[6] His debut came against Jagiellonia Białystok, with his first and only goal coming against Cracovia, making him the first Lechia Gdańsk player and overall first player to score in the newly built PGE Arena Gdańsk.[7] After a run of 10 games without a goal Benson was deemed as surplus to requirements and wasn't picked for the first training camp of the winter break. Knowing his time would be limited Benson chose to terminate his contract with mutual agreement in January 2012.[8]

On 20 June 2014, Benson signed for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol.[9]

Six months later, on 23 January 2015, Benson left Sheriff Tiraspol by mutual consent.[10] Shortly after leaving Sheriff Tiraspol, Benson signed a six-month contract with Rapid București.[11]

In summer 2016, Benson returned to RKC after spending time in Dutch amateur football with IJsselmeervogels.[12] Benson initially moved to ASV De Dijk on 25 January 2018, but the transfer was later rejected.[13]

International career

In 2006, he was part of the Netherlands squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 December 2015[15]
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Honours

RKC Waalwijk

PEC Zwolle

Netherlands U21

References

  1. [1]
    "Fred Benson (RKC Waalwijk)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. [2]
    Player Profile : Fred Benson
  3. [3]
    Fred Benson op huurbasis naar Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    鲁能俱乐部与班森完成签约 Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    "Fred Benson piłkarzem Lechii Gdańsk". sport.onet.pl.
  6. [6]
    "2011/12 Ekstraklasa". lechia.net.
  7. [7]
    "Lechia – Cracovia 1:1. Otwarcie stadionu w Letnicy (14.08.2011)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  8. [8]
    "Fred Benson rozwiązał kontrakt z Lechią Gdańsk". gol24.pl.
  9. [9]
    Фред Бенсон переходит в Шериф. www.fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  10. [10]
    Фред Бенсон покидает Шериф. www.fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  11. [11]
    "Fred Benson, noul atacant al giuleștenilor, nu se teme de situația de la Rapid: Putem să ne salvăm". sportnews.libertatea.ro/ (in Romanian). sportnews.libertatea. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  12. [12]
    RKC sluit met Benson opnieuw verloren zoon in de armen - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  13. [13]
    Fred Benson toch niet naar asv De Dijk‚ nhnieuws.nl, 25 January 2018
  14. [14]
    "Dutch invite Fred Benson again". Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  15. [15]
    "F. Benson". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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