Charlison Benschop
Professional footballer (born 1989)
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Charlison Girigorio Benschop (born 21 August 1989) is a Curaçaoan professional footballer who plays as a forward for German Regionalliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf II[2][4] and the Curaçao senior national team.
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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 | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | ||
| 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) |
| 2024–2025 | Alemannia Aachen | 22 | (2) |
| 2025– | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 8 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Curaçao[3] | 10 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
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]
On 6 May 2024, Benschop agreed to move to Alemannia Aachen in 3. Liga.[19]
In July 2025 he signed for Fortuna Düsseldorf II.[20]
International career
Benschop played international football at youth level for the Netherlands.[9][21] Benschop was called up to the preliminary Curaçao national team for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[22] Benschop made his debut for Curaçao in a 2–1 friendly win over Qatar on 10 October 2017.[23][24]
Personal life
He is the uncle of Kevin Felida.[25]