Benítez, Chr

Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (1 May 1986 – 29 July 2013) was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career with El Nacional in Ecuador and then joined Santos Laguna, with whom he won the award for Best Player of the Clausura 2008. He spent the 2009–10 season on loan to Premier League club Birmingham City, and then moved to Club América for a Mexican record US$10 million, where he was a regular scorer. He played for El Jaish of the Qatar Stars League at the time of his death. Benitez played 58 times for the Ecuador national football team from his debut in 2005, scoring 24 goals. He played for them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and two Copa America tournaments. Following his death, the Ecuadorian Football Federation retired Benítez's number 11 jersey from the national team. However, due to FIFA regulations they had to reinstate it for the 2014 World Cup squad. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

Statistics for Benítez

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Birmingham City Tournament Lineups This player + League Cup 2009/2010 2 1 - - FA Premier League 2009/2010 38 30 3 - FA Cup 2009/2010 5 5 1 - América Tournament Lineups This player + Apertura 2011 17 15 8 - Clausura 2012 21 21 10 4 Apertura 2012 21 20 13 - Clausura 2013 23 23 16 1 Santos Laguna Tournament Lineups This player + Clausura 2008 23 23 10 - SuperLiga 2008 3 3 1 - Apertura 2008 21 9 7 - CONCACAF Champions League 2008/2009 10 8 5 - Clausura 2009 17 11 7 - Apertura 2010 23 22 16 - CONCACAF Champions League 2010/2011 10 4 1 - Clausura 2011 17 13 5 - Ecuador (National Team) Tournament Lineups This player + World Cup 2006 4 1 - - Copa America 2007 3 3 1 - CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers 2010 18 14 3 - Friendlies 2010 1 1 2 - Friendlies 2011 2 1 - - Copa America 2011 3 3 - - CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers 2014 16 9 4 - Friendlies 2012 1 1 - - Friendlies 2013 3 1 - -