Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1989)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Fabián Benítez | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Camioneros | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Lanús | 0 | (0) |
2010 | Real Zaragoza B | 12 | (0) |
2011 | General Lamadrid | 6 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Real Zaragoza B | 29 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Deportivo Armenio | 18 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Tiro Federal | 12 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Talleres | 3 | (0) |
2016– | Atlético Camioneros | 62 | (2) |
International career | |||
2009 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:21, 12 December 2018 (UTC) |
Marcelo Fabián Benítez (born 29 May 1989) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Atlético Camioneros.[1]
Career
Club
Benítez started his career with Argentine Primera División side Lanús in 2008, but left two years later without featuring.[2] In 2010, Benítez joined Spanish club Real Zaragoza B.[2] He made forty-one appearances, including twenty-nine in the 2011–12 Segunda División B season, either side of a spell back in Argentina with General Lamadrid.[1][2] He left Zaragoza in June 2013 to join Deportivo Armenio of Primera B Metropolitana.[1][2] His first appearance came on 18 September in a draw against Deportivo Merlo.[1] He played eighteen times for the club.[1][2] On 28 August 2014, Benítez joined Torneo Federal A club Tiro Federal.[1][2]
Twelve appearances followed for Tiro Federal during the 2014 campaign.[1][2] He subsequently joined fellow Torneo Federal A outfit Talleres in January 2015.[1][3] Benítez played a total of three times for Talleres in 2015, which included a red card in his second match versus Juventud Unida Universitario.[1][2] Talleres won the league title that season which secured promotion to Primera B Nacional.[1] Benítez was let go to join Atlético Camioneros of Torneo Federal B soon after.[1][2] They won promotion to Torneo Federal A in 2017.[2]
International
He played five times and scored one goal for the Argentina U20 team at the 2009 South American U-20 Championship, with the goal coming in a final stage draw with Venezuela.[1][2]
Honours
- Talleres[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Marcelo Benítez profile". Soccerway. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Marcelo Benítez profile". BDFA. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Talleres está casi listo: cuatro refuerzos más y cartón lleno". Mundod Lavoz. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
External links
- Marcelo Benítez at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Argentine Primera División players
- Tercera División players
- Primera B Metropolitana players
- Segunda División B players
- Torneo Federal A players
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers
- Real Zaragoza B players
- General Lamadrid footballers
- Deportivo Armenio footballers
- Tiro Federal footballers
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers