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Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1991)

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Not to be confused with Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1989).

Marcelo Benítez
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Nicolás Benítez
Date of birth (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth San Francisco Solano, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back, Left midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Cienciano
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2011 Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2022 Defensa y Justicia 168 (10)
2016–2017 → Godoy Cruz (loan) 23 (1)
2017–2018 → Belgrano (loan) 21 (1)
2018–2019 → Vitória (loan) 10 (0)
2022 → Rosario Central (loan) 19 (1)
2023 Central Córdoba (SdE) 21 (1)
2024– Cienciano 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2024

Marcelo Nicolás Benítez (born 13 January 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left midfielder for Peruvian club Cienciano.[2]

Career

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Benítez's professional career began in 2011 with Defensa y Justicia, with whom he made his debut with in March 2011 against Independiente Rivadavia in Primera B Nacional.[2] Almost a year later, Benítez scored the first goal of his career in a 3–2 defeat at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito against Rosario Central.[2] Between 2010–11 and 2013–14, Benítez made eighty-eight appearances and scored four goals for Defensa, almost half of those matches came during the club's promotion-winning campaign of 2013–14.[2] His first top-flight appearance came on 9 August 2014 versus Racing Club.[2]

In July 2016, Benítez joined Godoy Cruz on loan.[3] One goal in twenty-three league matches followed in Mendoza.[2][4] On 7 July 2017, Benítez completed a loan move to Belgrano.[5][6] A year after, he joined Vitória of Brazil's Série A on a temporary basis.[7]

On 9 February 2022, Benítez joined Rosario Central on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.[8]

Career statistics

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As of 23 August 2018.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Defensa y Justicia 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 7 0 0 0 — — 0 0 7 0
2011–12 30 2 1 0 — — 0 0 31 2
2012–13 10 0 1 0 — — 0 0 11 0
2013–14 41 2 0 0 — — 0 0 41 2
2014 Primera División 13 0 1 0 — — 0 0 14 0
2015 26 1 3 0 — — 0 0 29 1
2016 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 132 5 6 0 — 0 0 0 0 138 5
Godoy Cruz (loan) 2016–17 Primera División 23 1 3 0 — 4[c] 0 0 0 30 1
Belgrano (loan) 2017–18 21 1 1 0 — — 0 0 22 1
Vitória (loan) 2018 Série A 3 0 0 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Career total 179 7 10 0 — 4 0 0 0 193 7
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Four appearances in the 2017 Copa Libertadores

References

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  1. ^ Marcelo Benítez at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Marcelo Benítez at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Marcelo Benítez, nuevo refuerzo del Tomba". Vavel. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Marcelo Benítez profile". BDFA. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Marcelo Benítez se convirtió en el tercer refuerzo pirata". TyC Sports. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Conocé a Marcelo Benítez, un lateral que quiere dar pelea en Belgrano". Mundod Lavoz. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Novo lateral Argentino". Esporte Clube Vitória. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  8. ^ Rosario Central agreed with Marcelo Benítez and is approaching the sixth reinforcement, viapais.com.ar, 9 February 2022
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