Darío Benedetto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darío Ismael Benedetto | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Berazategui, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | América | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2013 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 50 | (9) |
| 2009–2011 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | → Gimnasia de Jujuy (loan) | 19 | (11) |
| 2013–2015 | Tijuana | 43 | (21) |
| 2015– | América | 44 | (17) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2016. | |||
Darío Ismael Benedetto (born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club América.[1] As of 2015, Benedetto is a naturalized Mexican citizen.[2]
Club career
Early career
Darío Benedetto began his career playing for Arsenal de Sarandí in 2008. He was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia in 2009, and then to Gimnasia in 2011, appearing in 19 matches and scoring 11 goals.[3]
Tijuana
In the summer of 2013, Arsenal sold Benedetto to Mexican club Xolos de Tijuana. On 19 July, he scored a hat-trick on his league debut for the club in a 3–3 draw against Atlas at the Estadio Caliente. Benedetto would not score again until 1 November, scoring a brace against Atlante. For the 2014 Clausura, Benedetto managed to score 7 goals for the club, and scored one in the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The following tournament, the 2014 Apertura, Benedetto scored 9 goals for Tijuana, making him the fourth-best goal scorer of the tournament, behind leaders Mauro Boselli and Camilo Sanvezzo, who scored 12 goals, and Dorlan Pabón, who scored 11 goals. He also had 4 assists. In total, Benedetto scored 21 goals in 43 appearances for Xolos.[4]
América
On 16 December, it was announced that Benedetto was sold to Club América on a four-year contract. Though details of the transfer went undisclosed, it was believed that América paid US$8 million for the player. He made his debut on 10 January 2015 in América's opening game of the Clausura tournament, a 3–2 victory over León at the Estadio Azteca, providing the assist for Oribe Peralta's second goal. He scored his first goal in a league game against Tigres UANL.[5]
Benedetto was named the best player of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, and also won the Golden Boot with teammate Oribe Peralta, scoring seven goals in three matches; four in the 6–0 win over Herediano in the second leg of the semi-finals, and a hat-trick in the 5–3 aggregate victory over Montreal Impact in the Finals.[6]
Honours
- América
Individual
References
- ↑
- Darío Benedetto Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
- ↑ http://www.foxsportsla.com/noticias/221579-dario-benedetto-obtuvo-su-naturalizacion-y-ya-es-mexicano?country=mx
- ↑ http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/39528/Xolos-sign-Dario-Benedetto/
- ↑ Darío Benedetto Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
- ↑ http://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/2015/01/31/1005820
- ↑ http://www.espnfc.com/concacaf-champions-league/match/419045/montreal-impact-america/report
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