# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robbie-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:26.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robbie-benson"
name: "Robbie Benson"
slug: "robbie-benson"
description: "Robert Benson is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has also played for his hometown club, Athlone Town, UCD, Dundalk, St Patrick's Athletic and Derry City. Benson has made 10 appearances in European competition throughout his career and was part of the Dundalk team that became the first Irish side ever to reach the play-off stage of the UEFA Champions League in August 2016. Benson scored twice for the club on their European run, including a volleyed goal against Legia Warsaw in the play-off round that received worldwide media coverage."
tagline: "Irish association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dundolk-Zenit_(13).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1992-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.45
  momentum:             3.147540983606558
  historical:           6.562205333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Бенсон, Робби (футболист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبي بينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبى بينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Benson"
    title: "Robbie Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Benson"
    title: "Robbie Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Benson"
    title: "Robbie Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Benson"
    title: "Robbie Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26251049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump