Pedro Benítez (footballer, born 1981)

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Pedro Benítez
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-23) 23 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth
San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Capiatá
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Sportivo San Lorenzo 15 (1)
2000–2001 Sportivo Luqueño 26 (2)
2002–2003 Olimpia Asunción 36 (2)
2004–2006
Cerro Porteño
55 (11)
2004–2005Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
2007–2008 Libertad 44 (6)
2008–2009
Tigres
37 (2)
2009–2010 Atlético Mineiro 13 (0)
2010–2012
Cerro Porteño
101 (12)
2013–2017 Libertad 106 (4)
2017 Rubio Ñu 14 (1)
2018–
Deportivo Capiatá
16 (2)
International career
2001 Paraguay U20 7 (0)
2004 Paraguay U23
2004–2010 Paraguay 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition

Pedro Juan Benítez Domínguez (born 23 March 1981) is a

Deportivo Capiatá
.

Benítez was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, who achieved a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying round, and, having finished second in the league, beat South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.[1]

During his career Benítez played for

.

He has also represented the Paraguay national football team 12 times since 2004, and he has scored one goal.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pedro Benítez Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

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