Charlison Benschop


Charlison Girigorio Benschop is a professional footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol, and the Curaçao national football team, as a striker.

Club career

Benschop played youth football with SCO '63 and Spijkenisse, and began his senior professional career with RKC Waalwijk during the 2007–08 season. He signed a five-year contract with AZ in March 2010.
In summer 2012, Benschop moved abroad to play in France for Stade Brest, only to move on to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf a year later.
On 4 June 2015, Benschop joined Hannover 96 from Fortuna Düsseldorf on a three-year contract.
On 11 May 2018, Benschop joined FC Ingolstadt 04 on a three-year deal.
He joined FC Groningen in July 2019.
In January 2020, Benschop signed with Apollon Limassol until 2021.

International career

Benschop played international football at youth level for the Netherlands. Benschop was called up to the preliminary Curaçao national football team for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Benschop made his debut for Curaçao in a 2–1 friendly win over Qatar on 10 October 2017.

Personal life

He is the uncle of Kevin Felida.