Guillermo Benítez (footballer, born 1993)

Ángel Guillermo Benítez (born 8 December 1993) is an Argentine-born Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Huracán, on loan from Guaraní.[1]

Guillermo Benítez
Personal information
Full name Ángel Guillermo Benítez
Date of birth (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
Place of birth Buenos Aires
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Huracán
(on loan from Guaraní)
Number 14
Youth career
Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Argentinos Juniors 47 (0)
2014–2015 → Estudiantes BA (loan) 51 (2)
2018–2020 → Guaraní (loan) 45 (3)
2020– Guaraní 49 (1)
2022– → Huracán (loan) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:20, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Career

Benítez is the son of Paraguayan immigrants for which he has dual citizenship. Benítez made his Argentinos Juniors debut in 2013 in a Copa Argentina tie against Sportivo Belgrano, playing the full match in penalty shoot-out defeat.[1][3] In June 2014, Benítez joined Primera B Metropolitana side Estudiantes on loan for two seasons. His first professional league appearance came on 8 August in a 1–0 win over Deportivo Merlo.[1] He went onto play eleven times for Estudiantes during the 2014 campaign, prior to featuring in forty fixtures in 2015.[4] In May 2015, Benítez scored his first career goal versus Deportivo Armenio.[1] He made his Argentine Primera División debut for Argentinos on 6 February 2016 in a draw with Tigre.[1]

After getting relegated in that season, he subsequently played thirty-six times for the club in the 2016–17 Primera B Nacional season as Argentinos won the title and gained promotion.[1][5] His 100th career appearance arrived on 28 January 2018 in a 2–0 win versus San Martín.[1] Benítez departed Argentine football for the opening time in June 2018, after being loaned to Guaraní of the Paraguayan Primera División.[1] He remained on loan until May 2020, when he was signed permanently by the club he had made forty-five appearances for in the previous two years.[1][6] In December, Benítez signed a new contract through to 2024.[7] On 30 June 2022, Benítez returned to Argentina, as he signed on loan for Huracán until June 2023 with a purchase option of $300,000.[8]

Career statistics
As of 16 December 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 0010——0010
2013–14 0000——0000
2014 Primera B Nacional 0000——0000
2015 Argentine Primera División 0000——0000
2016 5000——0050
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 36010——00370
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 6010——0070
2018–19 0000—000000
2019–20 0000—000000
Total 47030—0000500
Estudiantes (loan) 2014 Primera B Metropolitana 11010——00120
2015 40230——00432
Total 51240——00552
Guaraní (loan) 2018 Paraguayan Primera División 13100—0000131
2019 31200—2[lower-alpha 1]000332
Guaraní 2020 16000—11[lower-alpha 2]000270
Total 60300—13000733
Career total 162370—130001823
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours
Argentinos Juniors[1]

References
  1. "Guillermo Benítez profile". Soccerway. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. Guillermo Benítez at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Verde esperanza". Olé. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. "Guillermo Benítez profile". BDFA. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. "Guillermo Benítez profile". Argentinos Juniors. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. "Guaraní aprovecha y asegura jugadores". D10. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. "Saca el aguinaldo y asegura tres fichas". ABC. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. Guillermo Benítez ya es refuerzo, cahuracan.com, 30 June 2022
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