Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kurlson Benjamin | ||
Date of birth | (1984-12-07) 7 December 1984 (age 40) | ||
Place of birth | Dominica | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007– | Bath Estate | ||
2010 | Alpha United | ||
International career | |||
2008– | Dominica | 23 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2011 |
Kurlson Benjamin (born 7 December 1984) is a Dominican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bath Estate and the Dominica national team.
He plays as a striker. He is currently his country's all-time top goalscorer with 14 goals.
Club career
Born in Dominica, he joined Bath Estate in 2007.
Near the end of 2010 he played in Guyana's Kashif and Shanghai cup competition for Alpha United as a guest player alongside Grenada international Kithson Bain.
International career
He made his debut for Dominica on 18 January 2008 against Guadeloupe. It took him until his fourth game to score, when he netted in a 4–0 win over the British Virgin Islands. He netted his second goal, in a 2–0 win over Barbados in a friendly. Just a day later he scored all three of Dominica's goals as he scored a hat-trick against the same team. On 15 October 2010, he scored five in a 10–0 win over the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Cup, he scored another two later in the tournament as Dominica were beaten 4–2 by Cuba.
International goals
- Scores and results list Dominica's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 December 2009 | Windsor Park, Roseau | British Virgin Islands | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
2. | 25 September 2010 | Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown | Barbados | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
3. | 26 September 2010 | Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown | Barbados | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
4. | 2–1 | |||||
5. | 3–1 | |||||
6. | 15 October 2010 | Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal | British Virgin Islands | 4–0 | 10–0 | 2010 Caribbean Cup qualifier |
7. | 6–0 | |||||
8. | 7–0 | |||||
9. | 8–0 | |||||
10. | 9–0 | |||||
11. | 10 November 2010 | Antigua Recreation Ground, Saint John's | Cuba | 1–1 | 2–4 | |
12. | 2–4 | |||||
13. | 25 September 2012 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | Aruba | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2012 Caribbean Cup qualifier |
14. | 3–2 |
Honours
Bath Estate
- DFA Premier League: 2013
References
- "Kurlson Benjamin". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "Benjamin, Kurlson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- Alpha United may not defend their second K&S title this year end Archived 2020-03-12 at the Wayback Machine – Guyana Chronicle
- "Dominica 0 – 3 Guadeloupe". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "Dominica 4 – 0 British Virgin Islands". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "Barbados 0 – 2 Dominica". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "Barbados 1 – 3 Dominica". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "British Virgin Islands 0 – 10 Dominica". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "Cuba 4 – 2 Dominica". Caribbean Football Database. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- "Bath Estate wins DFA premier division". dominicanewsonline.com. The Dominica News. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
External links
- Kurlson Benjamin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Caribbean Football Database profile
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