Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1991)

Marcelo Nicolás Benítez (born 13 January 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left midfielder for Argentine Primera División side Rosario Central on loan from Defensa y Justicia.[2]

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
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
 Rosario Central
(on loan from Defensa y Justicia)
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2011 Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– 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) 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:40, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

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
As of 23 August 2018.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 7000——0070
2011–12 30210——00312
2012–13 10010——00110
2013–14 41200——00412
2014 Primera División 13010——00140
2015 26130——00291
2016 5000——0050
2016–17 0000—000000
2017–18 0000—000000
2018–19 0000—000000
Total 132560—00001385
Godoy Cruz (loan) 2016–17 Primera División 23130—4[lower-alpha 3]000301
Belgrano (loan) 2017–18 21110——00221
Vitória (loan) 2018 Série A 3000——0030
Career total 1797100—40001937
  1. Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. Four appearances in the 2017 Copa Libertadores

References
  1. Marcelo Benítez at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Marcelo Benítez profile". Soccerway. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  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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