Collin Benjamin

Collin Benjamin
	Benjamin at practice with 1860 Munich in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Windhoek, South West Africa
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Namibia (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1999	Civics Windhoek
1999	TuS Germania Schnelsen
2000	FC Elmshorn 1920
2001–2011	Hamburger SV
2011–2012	1860 Munich
International career
1999–2012	Namibia
Managerial career
2018–2021	Namibia (assistant)
2022–	Namibia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Collin Benjamin (born 3 August 1978) is a Namibian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of the Namibia national football team. He spent most of his professional career with Hamburger SV while representing Namibia at international level.^[2]

Benjamin represented Namibia at the 2008 African Cup of Nations, earning 32 caps; he captained the team for several years. Benjamin was known for his speed and was mainly used for wing play as a defender.

He was named as the head coach of the Namibia national team in June 2022, succeeding Bobby Samaria.^[3]Shina Oludare (15 June 2022). "Collin Benjamin: Ex- Hamburger SV defender named as new Namibia coach". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

After his 10 years at Hamburg Benjamin ended his playing career in Germany at 1860 Munich, where he then spent time in the club's coaching set-up.

Benjamin, who won 41 caps for Namibia and captained his country, said he was up to the "daunting" challenge of coaching the Brave Warriors - but would require "resources to accomplish the task ahead" of him.

Namibia began their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a 1–1 draw against Burundi in neutral Johannesburg earlier in June 2022.

Honours[edit]

DFB-Ligapokal winner: 2003

Aside from representing Hamburg and 1860 Munich during his active days, Benjamin remains the only Namibian to play in the Uefa Champions League.

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 27 January 2024

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Namibia	14 June 2022	Present	17	5	6	6	13	17	−4	029.41

Note: win or lose by penalty shoot-out is counted as the draw in time.

References[edit]

^ "Player Profile". TSV 1860 Munich. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "Benjamin, Collin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
^ "Benjamin appointed Namibia coach". Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Collin Benjamin at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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[1] "Player Profile". TSV 1860 Munich. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[2] "Benjamin, Collin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 October 2010.

[3] "Benjamin appointed Namibia coach". Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

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