Eleni Marie Benson (; born 12 January 1983) is an American-born Greek former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
defender. She has been a member of the
Greece women's national team.
College career
Before college, Benson was a star high school soccer player at
E. O. Smith High School, in
Mansfield, Connecticut
Mansfield ( ) is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 25,892 at the 2020 census.
Pequot and Mohegan people lived in this region for centuries before the arri ...
. Benson went on to attend and play for
Yale University
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in
New Haven, Connecticut
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.
International career
Benson played for Greece at senior level in the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
.
Personal life
Benson is married and has added her married name, Rettig, to her American nationality.
See also
*
Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics
References
External links
*
Yale Daily Newswww.greeknewsonline.com
*
www.ussoccer.com
1983 births
Living people
Women's association football defenders
Greek women's footballers
Greece women's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Greece
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
American women's soccer players
Soccer players from Connecticut
People from Willington, Connecticut
American people of Greek descent
Sportspeople of Greek descent
Yale Bulldogs women's soccer players
21st-century American sportswomen
21st-century Greek sportswomen
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