Pedro Benítez (footballer, born 1901)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Manuel Benítez Arpolda | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Luque, Paraguay | ||
Date of death | 31 January 1974 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Luque, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1928–1931 | Libertad | ||
1932 | Atlanta | 9 | (0) |
International career | |||
1930 | Paraguay | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pedro Manuel Benítez Arpolda (12 January 1901[1] – 31 January 1974) was a Paraguayan football goalkeeper. In 1930, he played in the FIFA World Cup in Uruguay, for the Paraguayan team. In 1932, he played 9 matches in the Club Atlético Atlanta, in the Argentinian First League. This club, in those years, was contracted a complete team of Paraguayan footballers.[2]
References
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Pedro Benítez". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Top 12 Shortest Professional Soccer Goalkeepers in the World".
Categories:
- 1901 births
- 1974 deaths
- Sportspeople from Luque
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Paraguay men's international footballers
- 1930 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Paraguayan football biography stubs
- Association football goalkeeper stubs