John Benson (footballer, born 1991)

John Benson
Personal information
Full name John Benson
Date of birth (1991-08-27) 27 August 1991
Place of birth Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al Ahli
Number 88
Youth career
2002-2005 Ajax Football Academy
2005-2006 Goldfields academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Ashanti Gold SC 6 (2)
2006–2009 ASPIRE Academy 16 (4)
2009– Al Ahli 46 (1)
National team
2009 Ghana U-20 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John Benson (born 27 August 1991 in Obuasi) is a Ghanaian footballer currently playing for Qatari Stars League club Al Ahli.[1][2]

Career

Benson began his career with possitive youth and latter join Shaggy Fc and also join ajax Football Academy in [obuasi] before transferred in 2006 to Goldfields academy, then in February 2006 signed from ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence[3] and has after the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup[4] signed for the Qatar Stars League side Al Ahli.[5]

International career

He represented the Ghana U-20 team in Egypt at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6]

Titles and Honours

International

Ghana U-20

References

  1. ↑ QSL.com.qa　– John Benson
  2. ↑ Benson sure of Ghana return
  3. ↑ ASPIRE welcomes Ghana U-20 team
  4. ↑ Think Ghana: Benson Eager To Make Satellites Grade
  5. ↑ Benson sure of Ghana return
  6. ↑ Ghana Pick Provisional Squad For U-20 World Cup


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.