Injury blow for HBenjamin

September 7, 2009

Hamburg defender Collin Benjamin will be out for "several months" after tearing knee ligaments playing for Namibia on Saturday.

The Bundesliga club confirmed the 31-year-old suffered the injury to his left knee in a friendly against Swaziland.

"Collin will be missing for several months," Hamburg team doctor Nikolai Linewitsch said on the club's official website.

Benjamin has been an unused substitute in Hamburg's opening four Bundesliga games.

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