Lorena Benítez

Flavia Lorena Benítez (born 3 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer and former futsal player[2] who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Série A1 club SE Palmeiras, on loan from Estudiantes de Buenos Aires,[6] and the Argentina women's national team.

Lorena Benítez
Benítez with Argentina in 2019
Personal information
Full name Flavia Lorena Benítez[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998[2]
Place of birth Luis Guillón, Argentina[3]
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[4]
Position(s) Midfielder[5]
Team information
Current team
 Palmeiras
(on loan from Estudiantes BA)
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2016 San Lorenzo 0 (0)
–2017 San Lorenzo (futsal) 0 (0)
2016–2021 Boca Juniors 0 (0)
2017–20?? Kimberley (futsal)
2022– Estudiantes (BA)
2023– → Palmeiras (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2015 Argentina U20
Argentina U20 (futsal)
2019– Argentina 3 (0)
Argentina (futsal)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2019

International career

Benítez was eligible to play for Argentina (birthplace) or Paraguay (parentage). Although her father wanted her to represent the latter, she was called up to the Albicelestes.[3] She was a part of the Argentine squad at the 2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship. She made her senior debut for Argentina on 3 March 2019 in a 0–2 friendly loss against New Zealand.

Personal life

Benítez is openly gay.[7] On 6 May 2019, her partner, Verónica Rivero, gave birth to their twins. [8] She is a supporter of San Lorenzo.[9] Upon her arrival at Palmeiras in early February 2023, she was a victim of gender-related discriminatory comments by Brazilian fans.[10]

Honours
San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors

References
  1. "Lorena Benítez, entre las mejores del mundo" (in Spanish). AFA. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "BENITEZ, Lorena" (in Spanish). coa. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. "Lorena Benítez: El futsal, la maternidad y el sueño mundialista" [Lorena Benítez: Futsal, motherhood and the World Cup dream] (in Spanish). Cielosports. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. Lorena Benítez at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. "Palmeiras anuncia contratação por empréstimo de Lorena Benítez, meia da seleção argentina" [Palmeiras announces loan signing of Lorena Benítez, midfielder for the Argentine national team]. Gazeta Esportiva (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. Lichinizer, Daniela (16 April 2019). "La historia de amor de Lorena Benítez, la jugadora de la selección argentina de fútbol que podría convertirse en mamá de mellizos durante el Mundial" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  8. Menayo, David (10 June 2019). "Lorena Benítez: futbolista, mundialista y reciente madre de mellizos". Marca.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. Lorena Benítez on Twitter
  10. Sundfeld, João Pedro Heleno (7 February 2023). "Palmeiras condena comentários discriminatórios em anúncio de Lorena Benítez" [Palmeiras condemns discriminatory comments in Lorena Benítez announcement]. Nossa Palestra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2023.


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