Franco Benítez
Personal information
Full name Franco Daniel Benítez
Date of birth (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Excursionistas
Youth career
Nueva Chicago
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)
2020–2021 Deportivo Merlo 43 (2)
2022– Excursionistas 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:27, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Franco Daniel Benítez (born 14 June 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Excursionistas.[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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nueva Chicago 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana 1000——0010
2012–13 Primera B Nacional 9000——0090
2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana 2000——0020
2014 Primera B Nacional 0000——0000
Total 12000——00120
Sacachispas 2015 Primera C Metropolitana 28200——00282
Deportivo Español 2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 3000——0030
Deportivo Laferrere 2019–20 Primera C Metropolitana 24200——00242
Deportivo Merlo 2020–21 0000——0000
Career total 67400——00674

    Honours

    Nueva Chicago[4]

    References

    1. ↑ "Franco Benítez". World Football. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Argentina - F. Benítez". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
    3. ↑ "Ya está en Santa Teresita". Solo Ascenso. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
    4. 1 2 3 4 "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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