Eleni Benson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eleni Marie Benson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Willington, Connecticut, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Yale Bulldogs | ||
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Greece | 25 (?) | (0) |
Eleni Marie Benson (Greek: Ελένη Μπένσον; 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
[edit]Before college, Benson was a star high school soccer player at E. O. Smith High School, in Mansfield, Connecticut. Benson went on to attend and play for Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
International career
[edit]Benson played for Greece at senior level in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Benson is married and has added her married name, Rettig, to her American nationality.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Duret, Sébastien (5 April 2005). "International Matches (Women) 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Greece (GRE)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- 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 978-0-8032-4036-0.
- www.ussoccer.com
- yalebulldogs.com
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Women's association football defenders
- Greek women's footballers
- Greece women's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for 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
- Sportspeople of Greek descent
- Yale Bulldogs women's soccer players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
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