John Benedick

John Benedick
Personal information
Place of birth	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Students Union
Youth career
	Southern Blues
2004–2005	CIL
2005–2007	Bharat Electronic Limited
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 "Pune F.C. Profile". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ "Mumbai Football Club launched". Rediff. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ "ONGC vs Mumbai". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ 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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[Profile_Pune-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 "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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