Sergio Benito

Sergio Benito Crujera (born 23 March 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera Federación club Fuenlabrada.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Benito and the second or maternal family name is Crujera.
Sergio Benito
Personal information
Full name Sergio Benito Crujera
Date of birth (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fuenlabrada
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2011 Rayo Vallecano
2011–2014 Real Madrid
2014–2017 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Rayo Vallecano B 25 (8)
2018–2019 → Barakaldo (loan) 28 (7)
2019–2020 → Cultural Leonesa (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2022 Valladolid B 38 (12)
2020–2022 Valladolid 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Badajoz (loan) 15 (1)
2022–2023 Córdoba CF 9 (1)
2023 Wisła Kraków 10 (0)
2023– Fuenlabrada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023

Club career

Born in Madrid, Benito began his career with Rayo Vallecano in 2005, aged six. In 2011, he joined Real Madrid's La Fábrica, but returned to Rayo in 2014.[2][3]

Benito made his senior debut with the reserves on 27 August 2017, playing the last 16 minutes of a 1–2 Tercera División away loss against CF Trival Valderas.[4] He scored his first senior goal six days later, netting his team's second in a 2–0 home win against RSD Alcalá.[5]

On 18 August 2018, Benito was loaned to Segunda División B side Barakaldo CF for the season.[6] On 9 August of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa also in a temporary deal.[7]

Whilst at Cultural, Benito scored an extra time winner in a 2–1 Copa del Rey success over Atlético Madrid,[8] but also saw his decisive penalty in the play-off final being saved by CE Sabadell FC's goalkeeper Ian Mackay, which led to a 6–7 loss in the shoot-out.[9] He returned to Rayo in July 2020, but signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid on 5 October, being assigned to the B-team also in division three.[10]

Benito made his first team debut on 15 December 2020, starting in a 5–0 away win against CD Cantolagua, for the season's Copa del Rey.[11] His professional – and La Liga – debut occurred the following 19 January, as he came on as a late substitute for Óscar Plano in a 2–2 home draw against Elche CF.[12]

On 25 August 2021, Benito moved to Primera División RFEF side CD Badajoz on loan for the 2021–22 season.[13]

On 27 January 2023, Benito left Spain for the first time in his career to join Polish second division club Wisła Kraków until June 2024, joining his compatriots Ángel Rodado, Miki Villar, Tachi, David Juncà, Luis Fernández and Álex Mula.[14] He made 10 league appearances before terminating his contract on 15 June.[15]

References
  1. Sergio Benito at Soccerway
  2. "Former Canterano Sergio Benito knocks out Atletico Madrid out of Copa del Rey alongside Castilla loanee". Tribuna. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Conoce a… Mario Hernández y Sergio Benito" [Know... Mario Hernández and Sergio Benito] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "Crónica: Trival Valderas 2–1 Rayo B" [Report: Trival Valderas 2–1 Rayo B] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Crónica: Rayo B 2–0 RSD Alcalá" [Report: Rayo B 2–0 RSD Alcalá] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. "Cesión del jugador Sergio Benito (Rayo Vallecano)" [Loan of player Sergio Benito (Rayo Vallecano)] (in Spanish). Barakaldo CF. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. "Acuerdo para la cesión de Sergio Benito" [Agreement for the loan of Sergio Benito] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  8. "El Atlético vuelve al pasado" [Atlético is back to the past] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  9. "'SuperMackay' prolonga el sueño del Sabadell hacia Segunda" ['SuperMackay' extends Sabadell's dream towards Segunda] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  10. "Sergio Benito potencia la delantera del Promesas" [Sergio Benito bolsters the forward lines of Promesas] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. "El Real Valladolid cumple con el expediente mostrando una buena cara" [Real Valladolid accomplish with the procedure by showing a good face] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. "Joaquín salva in extremis al Valladolid y oscurece la actuación de Josan" [Joaquín saves Valladolid in extremis and shadows Josan's performance] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  13. "Sergio Benito, al Badajoz" [Sergio Benito, to Badajoz] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  14. "Sergio Benito zawodnikiem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 27 January 2023.
  15. "Umowa z Sergio Benito rozwiązana za porozumieniem stron" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 15 June 2023.
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