Taylor Benjamin
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Taylor Benjamin | ||
Date of birth | March 27, 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Algonquin Thunder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Capital City | 20 | (0) |
2013 | Kingston | 1 | (0) |
2014 | London City | ||
2014–2015 | Morvant Caledonia United | 4 | (1) |
2014–2015 | North East Stars | ||
2015–2016 | SV Fortuna Regensburg | 26 | (0) |
2016–2017 | SG Bogen | 5 | (0) |
2016–2017 | TSV Bogen | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | SV Neukirchen Hl. Blut | 11 | (1) |
2017–2018 | SV Fortuna Regensburg | 17 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Guyana | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 19, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 21, 2012 |
Taylor Benjamin (born March 27, 1990) is a Canadian-born Guyanese former footballer and was a member of the Guyanese national football team.
Career
College and Amateur
Born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, Benjamin attended Woodroffe High School in Ottawa, Ontario, played youth soccer with Ottawa Royals S.C. and FC Outaouais. He played one year of OCAA soccer at Algonquin College.[1] After one season, he moved to Limeira, Brazil to play for Associação Atlética Internacional.
Professional
Benjamin signed his first professional contract when he signed for Capital City F.C. in the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) on May 18, 2011.[2] He made his professional debut on 20 May 2011, in a 2–0 loss to Toronto Croatia. In 2013, he signed with Kingston FC, and assisted in securing the First Division title.[3] He featured in the CSL Championship finals with Kingston, but fell short after losing to SC Waterloo Region.[4] In 2014, he played abroad in the TT Pro League with Morvant Caledonia United, and later was transferred to North East Stars.[5][6][7]
In 2015, he returned to the CSL to play with London City.[8] For the remainder of the season he played abroad in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte with SV Fortuna Regensburg.[9] He had a brief stint in the A-Klasse Bogen to play with SG Bogen.[10][11] In 2016, he played in the Bayernliga Süd with TSV Bogen.[12] He returned to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte to sign with SV Neukirchen Hl. Blut for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[13] In 2017, he returned to play with SV Fortuna Regensburg.[14]
International
On November 11, 2011, Benjamin was called up to Guyana for their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Trinidad & Tobago.[15] He made his international debut in the return-leg against Trinidad at Hasely Crawford Stadium on November 15, 2011.[16][17]
Honors
Kingston FC
- Canadian Soccer League First Division (1): 2013
References
- ^ "ALGONQUIN, SENECA PREPARE FOR NATIONAL TITLE RUNS". Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Kingston FC – The Official Website of Kingston's Professional Men's Soccer Club » Kingston FC 2013 Official Roster & Player Bios". 2013-09-16. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ Glover, Robin. "November 3, 2013 CSL Final--Kingston FC vs SC waterloo (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Taylor Benjamin". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Taylor Benjamin". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ^ "Taylor Benjamin". socawarriors.net. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ Adamson, Stan (May 16, 2015). "ATOMIC WIN 4-2 OVER LONDON CITY…..SC Scarborough 2, Toronto Croatia 1 – Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Würthele, Florian (August 6, 2015). "Fortuna-Knaller: Ein Nationalspieler kommt". fupa.net. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "PERSÖNLICHE DATEN - Taylor Benjamin". fupa.net. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Zwei Nachrichten, eine gute und eine schlechte, gibt es aus dem Lager des Bayernligisten TSV Bogen: Die Rautenstädter sind auf der Suche nach dem gewünschten defensiven Mittelfeldspieler fündig geworden". ovb-online.de. July 11, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Seidl, Thomas (December 1, 2016). "Taylor Benjamin verlässt TSV Bogen". fupa.net. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bogen legt mit Benjamin und Marcinkovic nach". fupa.net. July 7, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sperger, Michael (July 12, 2017). "Ein kompakter Gegner als Auftakt". mittelbayerische.de. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Another twin-tower to descend on November 11". 2 November 2011.
- ^ "'Golden Jaguars' lose to 'Soca Warriors' 0-2". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ "Taylor Benjamin - Guyana - Caribbean Football". caribbeanfootballdatabase.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
External links
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Toronto
- Sportspeople from Etobicoke
- Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players
- Kingston FC players
- London City players
- Morvant Caledonia United players
- North East Stars F.C. players
- TT Pro League players
- Canadian soccer players
- Guyanese footballers
- Guyana international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent
- Black Canadian soccer players
- Guyanese football biography stubs