Fabricio Benítez

Fabricio Benítez
Personal information
Full name	Fabricio Javier Benítez Piriz
Date of birth	June 11, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mixco (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2004	Cobán Imperial
2004–2005	Marquense
2005–2007	Antigua
2007–2010	Suchitepéquez
International career‡
1998–2003	Guatemala
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2010; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2010

Fabricio Javier Benítez Piriz (born 11 June 1975) is a former Guatemalan football midfielder and manager. He is currently the manager for Liga Nacional club Mixco. Of Uruguayan descent, he is the son of Raul Washington Benitez Touzet, a famous Uruguayan player who played in the decade of the 70's and 80's in Guatemala, and son of Teresita Gladyz Piriz Nuñes, also Uruguayan. He has a younger sister, Jessica Benitez, and an older brother, Eduardo Benitez. He made his debut as a striker in C.D Panzos in 1990

Club career

Benítez has played for Cobán Imperial, Marquense and Antigua at Guatemala's highest level before joining Suchitepéquez in 2007.^[1] He was put on the Suchi transfer list in May 2010.^[2]

International career

He made his debut for Guatemala in a February 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals match against Jamaica and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[3] and played at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup^[4] as well as at the 1998 and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[5]

His final international was a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras.

References

^ “Estoy feliz en Suchi”. Fabricio Benítez^{[permanent dead link]} - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
^ Lista de Jugadores Transferibles Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine - CD Suchitepéquez (in Spanish)
^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2003 - Details Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

External links

Fabricio Benítez at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] “Estoy feliz en Suchi”. Fabricio Benítez^{[permanent dead link]} - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)

[2] Lista de Jugadores Transferibles Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine - CD Suchitepéquez (in Spanish)

[3] Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

[4] UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2003 - Details Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

[5] CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

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