Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kurlson Benjamin | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 December 1984||
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.
Born in Dominica, he joined Bath Estate in 2007. [2]
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. [3]
He made his debut for Dominica on 18 January 2008 against Guadeloupe. [4] It took him until his fourth game to score, when he netted in a 4–0 win over the British Virgin Islands. [5] He netted his second goal, in a 2–0 win over Barbados in a friendly. [6] Just a day later he scored all three of Dominica's goals as he scored a hat-trick against the same team. [7] On 15 October 2010, he scored five in a 10–0 win over the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Cup, [8] he scored another two later in the tournament as Dominica were beaten 4–2 by Cuba. [9]
# | 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 |
Bath Estate
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