Guillermo Benítez (footballer, born 1993)

Guillermo Benítez
Personal information
Full name Ángel Guillermo Benítez
Date of birth (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
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) 56 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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]

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentinos Juniors 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 0 0 1 0 — — 0 0 1 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2014 Primera B Nacional 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2015 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2016 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 36 0 1 0 — — 0 0 37 0
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 6 0 1 0 — — 0 0 7 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 0 3 0 — 0 0 0 0 50 0
Estudiantes (loan) 2014 Primera B Metropolitana 11 0 1 0 — — 0 0 12 0
2015 40 2 3 0 — — 0 0 43 2
Total 51 2 4 0 — — 0 0 55 2
Guaraní (loan) 2018 Paraguayan Primera División 13 1 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 13 1
2019 31 2 0 0 — 2[a] 0 0 0 33 2
Guaraní 2020 16 0 0 0 — 11[b] 0 0 0 27 0
Total 60 3 0 0 — 13 0 0 0 73 3
Career total 162 3 7 0 — 13 0 0 0 182 3
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Argentinos Juniors[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "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