John Benedick

John Benedick
Personal information
Place of birth Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Students Union
Youth career
Southern Blues
2004–2005 CIL
2005–2007 Bharat Electronic Limited
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2011 Mumbai
2011–2013 Pune 0 (0)
2013–2014 HAL
2014– Students Union

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

John Benedick is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Students Union in the Bangalore Super Division.

Career

Born in Bangalore, Karnataka, Benedick started his footballing career at the age of seven.[1] He started out playing as a striker until his coach, Andrew, converted Benedick to a defender. After participating in a few school tournaments Benedick joined Andrew's club, Southern Blues.[1] After some good displays with Southern Blues, Benedick was selected to join the Karnataka U16 football team and eventually local club side CIL.[1] Benedick then joined Bharat Electronics Limited in 2005.[1]

Mumbai

After impressive displays with the Karnataka U21 side Benedick was selected for a trial with soon-to-be I-League 2nd Division side Mumbai.[1] After the trials, Benedick signed with Mumbai.[2] In his five seasons in Mumbai, Benedick was a regular starter for the club in both the I-League 2nd Division and the I-League.[3]

Pune

In 2011 Benedick signed for Mumbai I-League rivals, Pune.[1] Due to injury, Benedick missed the entirety of the 2011–12 season.[1] After two seasons, Benedick was released by Pune.

After Pune

After leaving Pune, Benedick joined Bangalore Super Division side HAL before signing for another Super Division club, Students Union.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Pune F.C. Profile Cache". ZoomInfo. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mumbai Football Club launched". Rediff. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "ONGC vs Mumbai". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Babu Cyriac, Biju. "Football's soldiers pump in money to run Students Union FC". Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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