Eleni Benson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Willington, Connecticut, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Yale Bulldogs | ||
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Greece | 25 (?) | (0) |
Eleni Benson (born 12 January 1983) is an American-born Greek former footballer who played as a defender. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.
College career
Benson attended the Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
International career
Benson played for Greece at senior level in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Personal life
Benson is married and has added her married name, Rettig, to her American nationality.
See also
References
- ^ "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Greece (GRE)". FIFA. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eleni Benson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Yale Daily News
- www.greeknewsonline.com
- Timothy F. Grainey (1 May 2012). Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 192–. ISBN 0-8032-4036-8.
- www.ussoccer.com
- yalebulldogs.com
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Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Women's association football defenders
- Greek women's footballers
- Greece women's international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Greece
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Connecticut
- People from Willington, Connecticut
- American people of Greek descent
- Yale Bulldogs women's soccer players
- Greek women's football biography stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs