Colleen Benjamin ( Eng. , German: Collin Benjamin ; August 3, 1978 , Windhoek , Namibia ) is a Namibian footballer . He acted as an extreme defender and defensive midfielder . In the team of Namibia , where he was the captain , often even performed the role of striker .
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| Nickname | Chippa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Windhoek , Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 182 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | extreme defender defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
Benjamin began his football career at the Civics Club from his hometown. In 1999, he moved to Germany , where he first played for amateur clubs “Germany” from the Schnelsen district of Hamburg and “Raspo” from Elmshorn .
Then he moved to Hamburg , where he first played for the second team, and for the first he made his debut on August 4, 2001 in the game against Stuttgart . [2] He scored his first goal for her after just over a month in the game“Krasnoshtannikov” against “ Borussia ” from Monchengladbach , which ended with the score 3: 3. [2] Benjamin played for Hamburg until 2011, making him the biggest old-timer on the team. At the end of the 2010/11 season, his contract with the club was not renewed, and he left him after more than 10 years spent there.
In early June 2011, the Namibian footballer moved to the Second Bundesliga club “ Munich 1860 ”, with whom he signed a one-year contract with the possibility of extension for another year. [3] Before the winter break in the 11/12 season, he played in 15 meetings, mostly coming on as a substitute. In late June 2012, Colleen announced his retirement.
Team
Benjamin has played for the Namibian national team since 1998. In 2008, he participated with her at the Africa Cup in Ghana .
Achievements
Hamburg
- Intertoto Cup Winner: 2005 , 2007
- German League Cup Winner: 2003
Personal life
Colleen Benjamin has founded and has been running the Collin Benjamin Football Academy in Namibia for several years now. Its goal is to provide assistance and support to local youth involved in football. From this academy came the Namibian Second League club Tura Magic. [four]
Benjamin is married, has two children: a daughter and a son.
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 Collin Benjamin: Besondere Spiele (German) . transfermarkt.de
- ↑ Collin Benjamin ist da! (German) . abendzeitung-muenchen.de (06/20/2011)
- ↑ Der Arbeiter (German) . taz.de (10.25.2010)
Links
- Player profile on the official website of the 1860 Munich Club (inaccessible link) (German)
- Player profile on Transfermarkt
- Player profile on fussballdaten.de (German)
- Player profile on weltfussball.de (German)
- Player profile on kicker.de (German)
- Player profile on nationalfootballteams.com