John Benedick

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

John Benedick
Personal information
Place of birth Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team 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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. "Pune F.C. Profile". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  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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