Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1991) should not be confused with Marcelo Benítez (footballer, born 1989).
| Marcelo Benítez | |
| Fullname: | Marcelo Nicolás Benítez |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1991 |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco Solano, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Left-back, Left midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Cienciano |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Years1: | 2011–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Caps1: | 168 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Godoy Cruz (loan) |
| Caps2: | 23 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Belgrano (loan) |
| Caps3: | 21 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Vitória (loan) |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Rosario Central (loan) |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Caps6: | 21 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | Cienciano |
| Caps7: | 26 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21 September 2024 |
Marcelo Nicolás Benítez (born 13 January 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left midfielder for Peruvian club Cienciano.
Benítez's professional career began in 2011 with Defensa y Justicia, with whom he made his debut with in March 2011 against Independiente Rivadavia in Primera B Nacional. Almost a year later, Benítez scored the first goal of his career in a 3–2 defeat at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito against Rosario Central. Between 2010–11 and 2013–14, Benítez made eighty-eight appearances and scored four goals for Defensa, almost half of those matches came during the club's promotion-winning campaign of 2013–14. His first top-flight appearance came on 9 August 2014 versus Racing Club.
In July 2016, Benítez joined Godoy Cruz on loan.[1] One goal in twenty-three league matches followed in Mendoza.[2] On 7 July 2017, Benítez completed a loan move to Belgrano.[3] [4] A year after, he joined Vitória of Brazil's Série A on a temporary basis.[5]
On 9 February 2022, Benítez joined Rosario Central on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.[6]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup[7] | League Cup | Continental[8] | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2010–11 | Primera B Nacional | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |||||
| 2014 | Primera División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||||
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 132 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 5 | ||||
| Godoy Cruz (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera División | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Belgrano (loan) | 2017–18 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Vitória (loan) | 2018 | Série A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 179 | 7 | 10 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 7 | ||||