Fredua Buadee Benson Erchiah (born 10 April 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. He most recently played for RKC Waalwijk.

Club career

In January 2005 Benson was promoted to the Eredivisie team from Vitesse Arnhem. In two years, he played 62 games, scoring 14 goals before transferring to RKC Waalwijk in July 2007.

Fred Benson

On 11 February 2010, it was announced that Benson had joined Shandong Luneng on a five-month-long loan deal.

Fred Benson

In July 2011 Benson joined Lechia Gdańsk on a two-year contract. In total for Lechia he made 12 appearances, 11 of which came in the Ekstraklasa. His debut came against Jagiellonia Białystok, with his first and only goal coming against Cracovia, making him the first Lechia Gdańsk player and overall first player to score in the newly built PGE Arena Gdańsk. After a run of 10 games without a goal Benson was deemed as surplus to requirements and wasn't picked for the first training camp of the winter break. Knowing his time would be limited Benson chose to terminate his contract with mutual agreement in January 2012.

Fred Benson

On 20 June 2014, Benson signed for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

Six months later, on 23 January 2015, Benson left Sheriff Tiraspol by mutual consent. Shortly after leaving Sheriff Tiraspol, Benson signed a six-month contract with Rapid București.

In summer 2016, Benson returned to RKC after spending time in Dutch amateur football with IJsselmeervogels. Benson initially moved to ASV De Dijk on 25 January 2018, but the transfer was later rejected.

International career

In 2006, he was part of the Netherlands squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

RKC Waalwijk

Eerste Divisie (1): 2010–11

PEC Zwolle

KNVB Cup (1): 2013–14

References

External links

Voetbal International profile

1984 births

Living people

Footballers from Accra

Men's association football forwards

Dutch men's footballers

Ghanaian men's footballers

Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent

AVV Zeeburgia players

SBV Vitesse players

RKC Waalwijk players

Shandong Taishan F.C. players

Lechia Gdańsk players

PEC Zwolle players

FC Sheriff Tiraspol players

FC Rapid București players

IJsselmeervogels players

Eredivisie players

Eerste Divisie players

Chinese Super League players

Ekstraklasa players

Moldovan Super Liga players

Liga I players

Derde Divisie players

Dutch expatriate men's footballers

Dutch expatriate sportspeople in China

Expatriate men's footballers in China

Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland

Expatriate men's footballers in Poland

Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Moldova

Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova

Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania

Expatriate men's footballers in Romania

Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers