Benjamín Vidal
 Benjamín Vidal | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Fernando Vidal Allende | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Doñihue, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | C.D. Antofagasta | ||
| Number | -- | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cultural Doñihue | |||
| O'Higgins | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | O'Higgins | 46 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Universidad de Chile | 23 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Palestino | 23 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Universidad Católica | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Palestino (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Coquimbo Unido (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Coquimbo Unido | 26 | (3) |
| 2022 | Fernández Vial | 14 | (0) |
| 2023– | C.D. Antofagasta | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Chile U20 | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2020 | |||
Benjamín Fernando Vidal Allende (born 18 March 1991) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for C.D. Antofagasta as a centre back.
Career
[edit]Youth career
[edit]Fuentes started his career at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.
O'Higgins
[edit]
Vidal debuted with O'Higgins in the match against Everton on 14 November 2010. The match finished 0:0.[1]
In 2012, Vidal was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out. In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 10 of 18 matches.
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, playing the 90 minutes of the match.[2]
He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]
Universidad de Chile
[edit]For the 2014–15 season, Vidal is signed for Universidad de Chile for a US$1.5M fee.
In the U dispute the Copa Libertadores 2015 and consecrated champion of the Apertura 2014, the Supercopa of Chile 2015 and the Glass Chile 2015, although without having more protagonism in the stellar equipment. As a result, in June 2016, his transfer to Palestine is confirmed.
Palestino
[edit]In the team led by Nicolás Cordova takes up regularity and becomes the owner of the team, fulfilling an outstanding participation in the Copa Sudamericana 2016, where his team would be eliminated in the quarterfinals at the hands of San Lorenzo de Almagro, after having left in the Way to Flamengo from Brazil.
Universidad Catolica
[edit]After a big step for Palestino, where he is in several parties, he is bought by the UC, who is left with 65% of Benjamin's pass
International career
[edit]Vidal played for Chile at the U18 and U20 levels. He scored a goal against New Zealand U17.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- O'Higgins
- Universidad de Chile
- Palestino
- Universidad Católica
- Coquimbo Unido
Individual
[edit]O'Higgins
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Benjamín Vidal at Soccerway
- Benjamín Vidal at Football Lineups
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Cachapoal Province
- Footballers from O'Higgins Region
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Coquimbo Unido footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players