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Franco Benítez
Personal information
Full name Franco Daniel Benítez
Date of birth (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo Merlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Nueva Chicago 12 (0)
2015 Sacachispas 28 (2)
2016–2018 Deportivo Merlo 78 (6)
2018–2019 Deportivo Español 3 (0)
2019–2020 Deportivo Laferrere 24 (2)
2020– Deportivo Merlo 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:36, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Franco Daniel Benítez (born 14 June 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Merlo.[2]

Career

Benítez started his career with Nueva Chicago.[2][3] He made one appearance in the 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana campaign as they won promotion via the play-offs.[4][5] Benítez was sent off on his Primera B Nacional debut in March 2013 versus Sarmiento, though soon returned to appear nine times as the club suffered relegation back to the third tier.[2][6] Benítez remained for two more seasons, the first of which ended as title winners, before leaving in 2015 to Sacachispas.[2][4] Two goals in twenty-eight came in Primera C Metropolitana.[4][7][8] January 2016 saw Benítez join Deportivo Merlo.[2] He scored six goals in two years there.[9][10]

On 17 August 2018, Benítez completed a move to Primera B Metropolitana's Deportivo Español.[2][11][12] He didn't appear competitively until May 2019, though would subsequently play two hundred and seventy minutes across fixtures with Justo José de Urquiza, Colegiales and Comunicaciones; as they were relegated to tier four.[2] Benítez spent 2019–20 with Deportivo Laferrere, before moving across Primera C Metropolitana to rejoin Deportivo Merlo in July 2020.[13]

Career statistics

As of 28 August 2020.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nueva Chicago 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
2012–13 Primera B Nacional 9 0 0 0 — — 0 0 9 0
2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana 2 0 0 0 — — 0 0 2 0
2014 Primera B Nacional 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Total 12 0 0 0 — — 0 0 12 0
Sacachispas 2015 Primera C Metropolitana 28 2 0 0 — — 0 0 28 2
Deportivo Español 2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 3 0 0 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Deportivo Laferrere 2019–20 Primera C Metropolitana 24 2 0 0 — — 0 0 24 2
Deportivo Merlo 2020–21 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Career total 67 4 0 0 — — 0 0 67 4

Honours

Nueva Chicago[4]

References

  1. ^ "Franco Benítez". World Football. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Argentina - F. Benítez". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Ya está en Santa Teresita". Solo Ascenso. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ficha Estadistica de FRANCO BENITEZ". BDFA. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Esto también ocurrió en el Estadio "República de Mataderos"". Diario Democracia. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "La Lepra logró un triunfo esperanzador aprovechando el traspié de Merlo". Los Andes. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. ^ "San Telmo 2 – Sacachispas 1: Era «obviedo» que iba a ganar". Vermouth Deportivo. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Con un retoque". Solo Ascenso. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Renovó Franco Benítez". Mundo Ascenso. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. ^ "La Copa se quedó en el Parque". Solo Ascenso. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Deportivo Merlo: Muchas bajas mientras tramitan los refuerzos". Vermouth Deportivo. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Llegaron los refuerzos". Mundo Ascenso. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Vuelve, pero como Manager". Mundo Ascenso. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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