Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1989) should not be confused with Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1991).
| Marcelo Benítez | |
| Fullname: | Marcelo Fabián Benítez |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Gimnasia Concepción |
| Years1: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Lanús |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | Real Zaragoza B |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Clubs3: | General Lamadrid |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011–2013 |
| Clubs4: | Real Zaragoza B |
| Caps4: | 29 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs5: | Deportivo Armenio |
| Caps5: | 18 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs6: | Tiro Federal |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs7: | Talleres |
| Caps7: | 3 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs8: | Atlético Camioneros |
| Caps8: | 62 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Years9: | 2020 |
| Clubs9: | Racing de Córdoba |
| Caps9: | 3 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Clubs10: | Fénix de Pilar |
| Caps10: | 8 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2021 |
| Clubs11: | Ciudad de Bolívar |
| Caps11: | 18 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2022– |
| Clubs12: | Gimnasia Concepción |
| Caps12: | 2 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 14:56, 24 April 2022 (UTC) |
Marcelo Fabián Benítez (born 29 May 1989) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gimnasia Concepción.[1]
Benítez started his career with Argentine Primera División side Lanús in 2008, but left two years later without featuring.[2] In 2010, Benítez joined Spanish club Real Zaragoza B.[2] He made forty-one appearances, including twenty-nine in the 2011–12 Segunda División B season, either side of a spell back in Argentina with General Lamadrid.[1] [2] He left Zaragoza in June 2013 to join Deportivo Armenio of Primera B Metropolitana.[1] [2] His first appearance came on 18 September in a draw against Deportivo Merlo.[1] He played eighteen times for the club.[1] [2] On 28 August 2014, Benítez joined Torneo Federal A club Tiro Federal.[1] [2]
Twelve appearances followed for Tiro Federal during the 2014 campaign.[1] [2] He subsequently joined fellow Torneo Federal A outfit Talleres in January 2015.[1] [3] Benítez played a total of three times for Talleres in 2015, which included a red card in his second match versus Juventud Unida Universitario.[1] [2] Talleres won the league title that season which secured promotion to Primera B Nacional.[1] Benítez was let go to join Atlético Camioneros of Torneo Federal B soon after.[1] [2] They won promotion to Torneo Federal A in 2017.[2] He stayed for two more seasons, scoring his first tier three goal on 6 October 2019 versus Sportivo Desamparados.[1]
On 21 August 2020, Benítez signed for Torneo Regional Federal Amateur team Racing de Córdoba.[4] However, on 9 September, Benítez joined Primera B Metropolitana's Fénix due to uncertainty of the fourth tier caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
He played five times and scored one goal for the Argentina U20 team at the 2009 South American U-20 Championship, with the goal coming in a final stage draw with Venezuela.[1] [2]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Racing de Córdoba | 2020 | Torneo Amateur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fénix | 2020–21 | Primera B Metropolitana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||