Ademar Benítez

Meliton Ademar Benítez Barbosa, known as Ademar Benítez, (born 21 May 1956) is a Uruguayan former football striker.

Ademar Benítez
Personal information
Full name Meliton Ademar Benítez Barbosa
Date of birth (1956-05-21) 21 May 1956
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Barcelona
1977–1979 Deportivo Quito
1979–1981 León 50 (16)
1981–1982 Pumas 18 (1)
1984 LDU de Quito 30 (9)
1985 Marítimo 5 (1)
1986–1988 Municipal
1988–1989 Club Deportivo FAS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Montevideo, Ademar moved to Ecuador where he enjoyed success with Deportivo Quito during the 1975 and 1976 seasons. He joined rivals Barcelona S.C. for two seasons, but did not enjoy the same level of success.[1]

Ademar moved to Mexico in 1979, playing in the Mexican Primera División with Club León and Pumas. He also had a brief spell in Portugal with C.S. Marítimo in 1985.

In 1986, he moved to Guatemala where he helped C.S.D. Municipal with its first league title in 11 years in 1987.[2] In 1988 he moved to El Salvador where he played for Club Deportivo FAS.

References

  1. Harb Viteri, Alfonso. "Los equipos de todos los tiempos: Barcelona" [The teams of all-time: Barcelona] (PDF) (in Spanish). Pocoweb.net. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. "Club Social y Deportivo Municipal" (in Spanish). Scarlatas. 18 September 2009.


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