Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (1 May 1986 – 29 July 2013), also known as Chucho, was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Following his death, the Ecuadorian Football Federation retired Benítez's number 11 jersey from the national team.[3] However, due to FIFA regulations they had to reinstate it for the 2014 World Cup squad.[5]
Personal life
Benitez was born in Quito,[1] the son of former Ecuador international footballer Ermen Benítez,[6] and of Rita Betancourt.[7] In 2007, he married Liseth, daughter of Cléber Chalá, also an Ecuador international;[8] she gave birth to twins in August 2009.[9]
He played under the nickname Chucho, a name "used in the Spanish-speaking Americas when referring affectionately to a small, pesky dog".[10]
Club career
El Nacional
Due to a series of strong performances for El Nacional, Benítez was scouted by clubs such as Villarreal of Spain,[11] though El Nacional denied any knowledge of the rumoured interest.[12]
Benítez contributed 29 goals in 83 league matches as El Nacional won both the 2005 Clausura and 2006 League Championships.
Despite interest from Portuguese club Benfica,[14] Benítez decided to remain in Mexico. His 10 goals made a major contribution to Santos winning the Clausura 2008 title, and his personal reward was selection as best player of the season.[4]
Loan to Birmingham City
On 3 June 2009, Birmingham City announced the signing of Benítez on a three-year contract for an undisclosed club record transfer fee, which press reports speculated to be in the region of £6 million rising to £9m.[15] The move was subject to the striker receiving a work permit and passing a medical.[6][16] The medical revealed unforeseen knee problems,[17] which prompted the deal to be renegotiated on a "protected purchase" basis. The club would pay an initial $2m (£1.2m) with an option to abort the deal on medical grounds after the first year; thereafter the fee could potentially rise, depending on appearances and success, to a club record $12.5m (£7.7m).[18][19] The player eventually signed on 7 July.[18] The club later clarified that the initial £1.2m was in fact a loan fee.[20][21] While recovering from shoulder surgery and awaiting his visa, Benítez played in an all-star match in Ecuador without asking the club's permission.[22]
He made his debut as a second-half substitute in Birmingham's opening match of the season, a 1–0 defeat at Manchester United, and came close to equalising, drawing a "wonderful one-handed diving save" from Ben Foster.[23] His first Premier League start came against Hull City on 19 September; he played a key role in a 1–0 win and "could have had a hat-trick but for the supreme goalkeeping of Boaz Myhill".[24] Benítez scored his first goal for the Blues on 9 November away to Liverpool, with a close-range header after Scott Dann had nodded the ball on, in a game which finished 2–2.[25] He scored the first of what manager Alex McLeish described as "two classy goals" as Birmingham knocked Everton out of the FA Cup at Goodison Park.[26] However, after his season produced only four goals and Birmingham's attempt to renegotiate the agreed transfer fee was unsuccessful, the club chose not to take up their option to purchase, and the player returned to Santos Laguna.[27][28]
Return to Santos Laguna 2010
On 21 July 2010, Benítez signed a new three-year deal with Santos Laguna,[29] in the first tournament after his return he was the top goalscorer with 16 goals. Leading the scoring table, Chucho led Santos to the 2010 Apertura Finals, losing to Monterrey.
Club América
2011–12 season
Benitez signed to play for América on 22 May 2011. The transfer fee was reported to be of $10 million, which established a record for a club in Mexico. He scored a goal in his debut on 24 July in the 2–1 win against Querétaro. On 21 August, Benítez made his first hat trick with América against Atlas in a 5–2 win. In his first Súper Clásico, Benítez scored a header in a 3–1 loss to Chivas.
Benítez scored the opening goal for Club América's Clausura 2012 season in a 2–0 win against Querétaro. He ended the season with 14 goals and ended up being the league's top scorer along with Iván Alonso.
2012–13 season
Benítez played his first game of the 2012–13 season on 21 July against Monterrey, in a 0–0 away draw. On 28 July, he scored his first goals of the season in a 4–2 victory over Chiapas. On 11 November, Benitez became joint top goal-scorer of the 2012 Apertura alongside Atlante's Esteban Paredes. Three days later, he scored both goals in a 2–0 play-off quarter-final win away to Morelia.
Benítez scored his first goals of the 2013 Clausura season in a 2–0 away win against Jaguares de Chiapas. On 2 March, he scored a hat trick, 2 headers and a left-footed strike against Cruz Azul in a 3–0 win. On 27 April, after losing 2–0 in an away match against Pachuca, Benitez scored a hat-trick to lead América to a 4–2 win. Benitez ended up as the Clausura 2013 Liga MX top scorer for the third consecutive season. On 26 May Benitez became Liga MX 2013 Clausura champions after defeating Cruz Azul 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out, where he converted the second penalty.
El Jaish
Benítez left the club on 6 July 2013, and signed a contract with Qatari club El Jaish.[30] He made his debut in a match against Qatar SC in the Sheikh Jassim Cup on 28 July "without complaining of any health problems", according to El Jaish officials.[31] This was the only match he played for the club. A day later, he died from cardiac arrest at age 27.
International career
Benítez was a member of the Ecuador national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Although considered by many as a surprise selection by coach Luis Fernando Suárez, he had impressed with his speed, elusiveness and skill in pre-World Cup showings against the Netherlands and Japan, in addition to his 2006 Copa Libertadores experience. He was a candidate for the Gillette Best Young Player Award, a new award made at the end of the FIFA World Cup to the best young player born on or after 1 January 1985. His only appearance was in the 3–0 loss to Germany, replacing Felix Borja midway through the match.
His first international goal came in September 2006 against Peru. Then, in April 2007, he scored another goal against Peru in Ecuador's 2–0 win in a friendly match held in the Mini Estadi in Barcelona, Spain. He also scored in a 1–1 draw with the Republic of Ireland, also in a friendly, played in New Jersey on 23 May 2007.[32] This added to the belief that he could excel in Europe.[33]
Benítez started all three games during the 2007 Copa América, scoring against Chile as Ecuador were eliminated in the first stage, losing all three matches. In an international friendly against El Salvador on 8 September 2007, Benítez scored twice in an emphatic 5–1 home win in Quito.[34]
On 29 July 2013, Benítez entered a hospital in Doha, Qatar, because of a strong pain in his abdomen. According to Miguel Herrera and other teammates in an interview with Mexican morning show Matutino Express, he did not receive immediate medical attention and a few hours later, Benítez went into respiratory failure.[37] He died from complications leading to cardiac arrest at the age of 27.[38][39]
Tens of thousands of people filed past the body, which lay in a glass-topped casket in the Coliseo General Rumiñahui in Quito, before the public funeral ceremony, which was attended by sporting and political figures including the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. The cortege received a police motorcycle escort through crowded streets to a private interment.[40][41]
Following his death, the Ecuadorian Football Federation announced that it would retire his number 11 jersey from the national team.[3] FIFA regulations required Ecuador to reinstate number 11 to their squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; it was allocated to Felipe Caicedo.[5] His international teammate Antonio Valencia had Benítez's number tattooed onto his upper arm in tribute after his death.[42]
^"El mejor gol navideño" [The best goal for Christmas]. Diario Extra (in Spanish). Guayaquil. 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008.
^Townsend, Walter (26 June 2007). "Ecuador Team Guide". About A Ball. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^Briones, Stalyn (16 January 2007). "El Nacional no conoce interès del Villarreal" [El Nacional is unaware of Villarreal's interest] (in Spanish). CRE Satelital Ecuador. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^Tattum, Colin (8 July 2009). "Birmingham City insist on 'get out' clause in new deal for Christian Benitez". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2009. Blues will pay just $2 million, about £1.2 million, for the next 12 months and at the end of that period have a 'get out' option to cover themselves should Benitez's knee have caused him grief in that time. Thereafter, they will shell out money over a period of years, incorporating chunks for appearances and success, that could take the eventual price to $12.5 million, or £7.75 million.
^Ávila, Andrés (15 March 2023). "Guayaquil City se muda al estadio Monumental" [Guayaquil City are moving to the Estadio Monumental]. Bendito Futbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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