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Full name | Fredua Buadee Benson Erchiah | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 April 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
FC Amstelland | |||||||||||||||||
Zeeburgia | |||||||||||||||||
Ajax | |||||||||||||||||
Vitesse | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Vitesse | 62 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | RKC Waalwijk | 114 | (45) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | → Shandong Luneng (loan) | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Lechia Gdańsk | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | PEC Zwolle | 61 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Rapid București | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | IJsselmeervogels | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2006 | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.
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]
In 2006, he was part of the Netherlands squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal. [14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
RKC Waalwijk | 2007–08 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 11 | – | – | 28 | 11 | ||||
2008–09 | 34 | 13 | – | 4 | 2 | 38 | 15 | |||||
2009–10 | Eredivisie | 20 | 4 | – | – | 20 | 4 | |||||
2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 17 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 35 | 21 | |||
Total | 113 | 45 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 121 | 51 | ||
Shandong Luneng Taishan (loan) | 2010 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 12 | 3 | |||
Lechia Gdańsk | 2011–12 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0 | ||
PEC Zwolle | 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 32 | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 37 | 12 | ||
2013–14 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 32 | 10 | ||||
Total | 61 | 15 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 69 | 22 | ||
Sheriff Tiraspol | 2014–15 | Divizia Națională | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
Rapid București | 2014–15 | Liga I | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||
IJsselmeervogels | 2015–16 | Topklasse | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 2 | ||
Career total | 213 | 64 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 237 | 80 |
RKC Waalwijk
PEC Zwolle
Netherlands U21
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