Víctor Benítez

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Víctor Benítez
Benítez at Boca Juniors
Personal information
Full name Víctor Benítez Morales
Date of birth October 30, 1936 (1936-10-30) (age 71)
Place of birth    Peru
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1954-1959
1960-1962
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
1966-1967
1967-1968
1968-1970
1970-1973
Alianza Lima
Boca Juniors
A.C. Milan
Messina
A.C. Milan
Roma
Venezia
Inter Milan
Roma
Sporting Cristal
 ? (?)
70 (5)
12 (0)
12 (2)
24 (-)

23 (3)
8 (1)   
National team
1957-1959 Peru 11 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of March 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Víctor Benítez Morales is a Peruvian footballer born in Lima, Perù, October 30, 1936. He played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1963. He also played for F.C. Internazionale Milano.

Benítez started his playing career in the mid 1950s with Alianza Lima. Between 1957 and 1959 he played 11 games for the Peru national team[1]

In 1960 he joined Argentine club Boca Juniors where he was part of the team that won the 1962 league championship.

Benítez moved to Italy in 1962 where he played for A.C. Milan, Messina, Roma, Venezia , and Inter Milan.

He returned to Peru in 1970 where he played out the remainder of his career with Sporting Cristal.

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