Kelsey Benjamin

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Kelsey Benjamin
Personal information
Full name Kelsey The First Benjamin [1]
Date of birth (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Georgetown, Guyana
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Guyana Defence Force
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Buxton United
2016–2017 Georgetown
2017 Morvant Caledonia United
2017–2018 Grove Hi-Tech
2018 Georgetown
2018 Western Tigers
2019–2020 Morvant Caledonia United
2021– Guyana Defence Force
International career
2017– Guyana 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Kelsey The First Benjamin (born 8 May 1999) is a Guyanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for GFF Elite League club Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana national team.

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International career

Benjamin represents Guyana at international level. His first goal with the national team came in a 3–1 loss to Suriname on 16 March 2019. [2]

International goals

Guyana score listed first, score column indicates score after the Benjamin goal.
List of international goals scored by Kelsey Benjamin
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1416 March 2019Ashraf Pierkhan Stadion, Nieuw Nickerie, GuyanaFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 3–13–1 Friendly [3]
21718 April 2022 Stade Georges-Chaumet, Cayenne, GuyanaFlag of French Guiana.svg  French Guiana 1–02–1 Friendly
3259 September 2023 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 3–05–1 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B
42612 September 2023 Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, GuyanaFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 3–13–2 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B

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References

  1. Kelsey Benjamin at Global Sports Archive
  2. Kelsey Benjamin at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Suriname vs. Guyana". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)