| Benjamín Galdames | |
| Full Name: | Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Height: | 1.71m |
| Currentclub: | Atlético San Luis |
| Clubnumber: | 27 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Unión Española |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Unión Española |
| Caps1: | 39 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Atlético San Luis |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mexico U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | Mexico U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 17 March 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 18 June 2023 |
Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán (born 24 February 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis.
In October 2020, Galdames received his first ever call up to the Mexico national under-20 team by Raúl Chabrand for training camp.
On 9 October 2021, Galdames made his Mexico under-21 debut in a friendly match against the Romania U21 side. He was called up by Raúl Chabrand to participate with the under-21 team at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament,[1] where Mexico finished the tournament in third place.[2]
In December 2021, Galdames was included in the senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a friendly match against Chile set to take place on December 8.[3] He had also been called up for Chile by the coach Martín Lasarte, but he rejected that chance.[4]
Galdames is the son of Chilean former international footballer Pablo Galdames.[5] He was born in Mexico City due to his father being a Cruz Azul player at the time. Due to the fact that he holds dual Mexican-Chilean nationality, he can play for the Chile national team as well as the Mexico national team.[6]
From his paternal line, he is the younger brother of the Chilean footballers Pablo Jr. and Thomas[5] and the half-brother of the also footballer Mathías.[7] [8] In addition, through his maternal line, he and his brothers are related to the Spanish footballer Nerea Sánchez Millán.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Unión Española | 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 46 | 1 | ||||
| Atlético San Luis | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 16 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 55 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4 | |||
Individual