Guillermo Benítez
Personal information
Full name Ángel Guillermo Benítez
Date of birth (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
Place of birth Buenos Aires
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) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:20, 20 August 2022 (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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 0010——0010
2013–14 0000——0000
2014 Primera B Nacional 0000——0000
2015 Argentine Primera División 0000——0000
2016 5000——0050
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 36010——00370
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 6010——0070
2018–19 0000—000000
2019–20 0000—000000
Total 47030—0000500
Estudiantes (loan) 2014 Primera B Metropolitana 11010——00120
2015 40230——00432
Total 51240——00552
Guaraní (loan) 2018 Paraguayan Primera División 13100—0000131
2019 31200—2[lower-alpha 1]000332
Guaraní 2020 16000—11[lower-alpha 2]000270
Total 60300—13000733
Career total 162370—130001823
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Argentinos Juniors[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "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
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