Robin Clemens Benzing (born 1 May 1989) is a German professional

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player for

Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna 103, commonly known as Fortitudo Bologna and currently known as Fortitudo Kiğılı Bologna for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Bologna, Italy and currently plays in the second division. Histor ...

of the Italian

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(LBA). He is also a member of the

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. Standing at , he plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Benzing played in Germany with

TV Langen TV Langen, nicknamed ''Die Giraffen'' (the Giraffes), is a German basketball club based in Langen, Hesse. The club men's senior team currently plays in the Regionalliga, the fourth tier of German basketball. Langen has played in the first tier ...

in the second-tier TV Langen until 2009. In 2008, he had signed a letter of intent with the

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, but eventually did not join the Wolverines due to NCAA initial eligibility requirements. From 2009 to 2011, Benzing played for

Ratiopharm Ulm Ratiopharm Ulm, officially stylized as ratiopharm Ulm, is a professional basketball club based in Ulm, Germany. The club has two teams, one professional team, which plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the major German professional league and one ...

in Germany's

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, followed by a four-year stint at

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. On 30 June 2015 he signed a two-year deal with

CAI Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...

of the Spanish

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. After two years playing in Spain, he returned to his home country in September 2017, signing a three-year contract with S.Oliver Würzburg. Benzing averaged 17.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in the 2017-18 season. On 4 September he signed a one-month deal with

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, with an option for nine additional months. On 27 July 2019 he signed a one-year deal with

Casademont Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...

of the

. Benzing re-signed with the team on 11 June 2020. On 10 August 2021 Benzig signed with

in the Italian

German national team

Benzing has been a member of the German national under-18 and German national under-20 teams. He played in the

2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Spain in 2007. Final ranking 1. 2. Greece 3. Latvia 4. Lithuania 5. Spain 6. France 7. Croatia 8. Turkey 9. Germany 10. Russia 1 ...

and the

2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece won their second title. Israel and Belgium were relegated to Divis ...

, where he was the tournament's leading scorer with 22.2 points per game. In 2009, he made his debut for the senior

in the

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. He also played the

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

and the

2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the Inte ...

. In 2021, Benzing helped his national team to qualify for the

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(which were postponed due to the

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). He scored 13 points in the qualifying tournament's final, in a 75-64 victory against

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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References

External links

Official websiteRobin Benzing
at draftexpress.com
Robin Benzing
at eurobasket.com
Robin Benzing
at euroleague.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Benzing, Robin 1989 births Living people 2010 FIBA World Championship players 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basket Zaragoza players Beşiktaş men's basketball players FC Bayern Munich basketball players Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players German expatriate basketball people in Spain German expatriate basketball people in Turkey German men's basketball players Liga ACB players Olympic basketball players of Germany Power forwards (basketball) Ratiopharm Ulm players Small forwards S.Oliver Würzburg players