David Benson

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David Benson
Statistics
Nationality 22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg Starblaydi
Hometown Jhanna
Position Right Midfielder
Caps 39
Goals 9
U21 Caps 0
U21 Goals 0
Clubs played for Jhanna City, Internashionale
Teams managed Hecia
Notes
Starblaydia All-Time XI Nomination

David Benson was, at 23, the was the youngest player Starblaydia sent to the World Cup 15 Qualifiers, their first attempt at Qualification for the World Cup. The young Jhanna City player found in training that he had the potential for a great on-field partnership with Stefan Haldorsson. When Stefan took the left-sided midfield berth, David was given a shot on the right side of midfield.

This was because of this excellent cross-field partnership with Stefan, that Internashionale tabled a large offer for David, which Jhanna accepted. David then joined in with Inter's excellent midfield and got to link up with Haldorsson for the rest of their careers in arguably the best Starblaydi club midfield ever. He was, however, soon supplanted at international level on the right by J.J. Stark.

Fast and a neat crosser, David was always ready to get back and defend like his life depended on it.


22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg Starblaydia squad - World Cup 15 Non-Qualifiers 22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg

1 Myhill | 2 Kilgallon | 3 Garry (c) | 4 Ifil | 5 S. Asante | 6 Bigon | 7 A. Matranga | 8 Owens | 9 Lazerevski | 10 Bentley | 11 Said Nasri | 12 Haldorsson | 13 Higgins | 14 P. Cole | 15 Benson | 16 Mannix | 17 Young | 18 de Souza Lima | 19 Ward | 20 N'Dumbu-Nsungu | 21 R. Cole | 22 Deacy | 23 Kabeya-Mbaya | Coach: Georges-Ringeaux

22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg Starblaydia squad - World Cup 16 Non-Qualifiers 22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg

1 Da Silva | 2 R. Cole | 3 Garry (c) | 4 Carter | 5 Martin | 6 P. Cole | 7 Haldorsson | 8 de Souza Lima | 9 Lazerevski | 10 S. Di Bradini | 11 Robertson | 12 Myhill | 13 Salaam | 14 Stark | 15 Brown | 16 Perriman | 17 Benson | 18 Torino | 19 A. Matranga | 20 Bentley | 21 Higgins | 22 Mannix | 23 Kilgallon | Coach: Georges-Ringeaux

22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg Starblaydia squad - World Cup 17 Quarter-Finalists 22pixStarblaydiFlag.jpg

1 Da Silva | 2 Salisbury | 3 Salaam | 4 Carter | 5 Martin (C) | 6 Brown | 7 Stark | 8 Hill | 9 Hall | 10 S. Di Bradini | 11 Hawthorne | 12 Griffiths | 13 Tsarev | 14 Haldorsson | 15 Tissot | 16 P. Cole | 17 R. Di Bradini | 18 Ol-wairain | 19 Torino | 20 Robertson | 21 Palmer | 22 Cragg | 23 Benson | Coach: N'Dumbu-Nsungu