Precious Benjamin
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| Date of birth | 1 October 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yenegoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
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Current team |
Austria Lustenau (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2025 | Grassrunners FC | |||||||||||||
| 2025– | TSG Hoffenheim | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | TSG Hoffenheim | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026 | → Rheindorf Altach (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026 | → Rheindorf Altach II (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026– | → Austria Lustenau (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Nigeria U20 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 May 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Precious Benjamin (born 1 October 2006) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Lustenau, on loan from Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim. He has represented Nigeria at under-20 level.[1][2][3][4]
Club career
[edit]Benjamin began his football career with Grassrunners FC, a football club based in Ogun State, Nigeria. In February 2025, he moved to Germany and joined Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.[5][6][7][8][9]
In January 2026, Benjamin joined Austrian Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach on a six-month loan. He made his league debut for the club on 8 February 2026, and went on to make a total of seven league appearances for Altach.[10][11]
In June 2026, Benjamin returned to Austria and joined Austria Lustenau on loan for the 2026–27 season.[12]
International career
[edit]Benjamin was called up to the Nigeria U20 national team for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. He helped the Nigerian side coached by Aliyu Zubairu to a third-place finish with five appearances in the tourney.[13]
Honours
[edit]Nigeria U20
- U-20 Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2025[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "N-Youth League Cup". N-Youth League Cup. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ "Grassrunners FC Transfers – Players Who Moved On to New Challenges". www.grassrunnersfc.com. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ "Precious Benjamin | TSG Hoffenheim". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ "Precious Benjamin". www.espn.com. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ "Precious Benjamin | TSG Hoffenheim". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ Hoffenheim, TSG 1899. "Precious Benjamin moves on loan to SCR Altach until the end of the season". www.tsg-hoffenheim.de. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Ochicha, Lovette (2026-06-15). "From Ogun to Austria: Nigerian Duo Benjamin Precious and Chukwu Emmanuel Return for New Bundesliga Mission". Sports247 Nigeria. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ Ademoh, Barikisu (2025-08-02). "Nigerian U20 Duo Benjamin, Chukwu Feature In Hoffenheim 3–0 Friendly Win Over Werder Bremen". Sports247 Nigeria. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ "Two promising Nigerians Chukwu and Benjamin join Akpoguma at Hoffenheim - Soccernet NG". 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ Hoffenheim, TSG 1899. "Precious Benjamin moves on loan to SCR Altach until the end of the season". www.tsg-hoffenheim.de. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Reporter, Score Nigeria (2026-01-21). "Bundesliga club ship out Flying Eagles striker on loan - Score Nigeria". Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ Nwosu, Chigozie (2026-06-30). "Transfer: 19-Year-Old Nigerian Striker Joins SC Austria Lustenau". Nigeriasportsnews.ng. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- 1 2 Ochicha, Lovette (2025-05-04). ""Eyes on Qualification" – Flying Eagles Forward Benjamin Fires Warning To Morocco". Sports247 Nigeria. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
External links
[edit]- Precious Benjamin at WorldFootball.net
- Precious Benjamin at Kicker (in German)
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
- SC Rheindorf Altach players
- SC Austria Lustenau players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria