Gustavo Benítez

Gustavo Benítez (born 5 February 1953 in Paraguarí, Paraguay) is a retired Paraguayan football defender. He currently works as a coach.

1 Career
2 International career
3 Coaching career
4 Career as a player
5 Career as a coach
6 Personal life
7 References

Career

As a player, Benítez won several national championships with Olimpia Asunción, where he was a key part of the defense.

International career

He also made 42 appearances for the Paraguay national football team.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring from football as a player he became a coach. Benítez greatest achievements as a coach where at Chilean club Colo-Colo, leading them to three Chilean league championships (1996, 1997, 1998) and one Copa Chile (1996). On 1 April 2010 CD Palestino officials hired the former Cobreloa and Colo-Colo coach to replace Jorge Aravena who quit about two weeks ago.^[2]

Career as a player

1974–1975 : Olimpia Asunción - Paraguay
1975–1980 : Granada CF - Spain
1980–1985 : Olimpia Asunción - Paraguay
1985–1987 : Atlético Nacional - Colombia
1987–1989 : Olimpia Asunción - Paraguay

Career as a coach

Personal life

References

^ Mamrud, Roberto (2009-06-17). "Paraguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/para-recintlp.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
^ Benítez presentado en Palestino: "A lo mejor conmigo tienen más suerte"

Colo-Colo – managers

Rosetti (1925)
Orth (1930–31)
Torres (1937)
Garay (1938)
Lombardo (1939)
Platko (1939–43)
Torres (1944)
Tirado (1944–45)
Sorrel (1947–48)
Tirado (1951)
Boffi (1952)
Platko (1953)
Fernández (1955–56)
Costa (1959–60)
Carrasco (1960)
Moreno (1962)
Tassara (1963)
Peña (1964)
Tassara (1965)
Rodríguez (1966)
A.Prieto (1966–67)
Morales (1967)
A.Prieto (1968)
Molina (1969)
F.Ormazábal (1969–70)
E.Hormazabal (1970–71)
Álamos (1972–73)
Aravena (1974)
Álamos (1976)
Aravena (1976)
Puskás (1977)
Navarro (1977–78)
Fouilloux (1978)
Morales (1979–80)
García (1981–85)
Salah (1986–90)
Jozić (1990–93)
Cantatore (1994)
Inostroza (1994)
I.Prieto (1994)
Benítez (1995–98)
Nelsinho (1999)
Durán (1999)
Morena (1999–2000)
Hernández (2001)
Pizarro (2002–03)
Dabrowski (2004)
Espina (2005)
Dabrowski (2005)
Borghi (2006–08)
Astengo (2008)
Barticciotto (2008–09)
Jara (2009)
Tocalli (2009–10)
Cagna (2010–11)
Gallego (2011–)

Racing de Santander – managers

Pentland (1920–21)
O'Connell (1922–29)
Pagaza (1929–30)
Firth (1930–32)
Pagaza (1932–33)
Galloway (1933–35)
González (1935–36)
Rodriguez (1939–40)
Marti (1940–41)
Vidal (1941)
Pagaza (1941–43)
Travieso (1943–44)
Andonegui (1944–46)
Areso (1946–47)
O'Connell (1947–49)
Taioli (1949–50)
Barrios (1950–51)
Diaz (1951–52)
Pascal (1952)
Nando (1952)
Otxoantezana (1952–55)
Urquiri (1955)
Nando (1955–56)
Orizaola (1956–58)
Ruiz Cambra (1958–59)
Hon (1959–60)
Bumbel (1960–62)
Villalain (1962)
Gual (1962–63)
Argila (1963)
Hon (1963–64)
Yuste (1964–65)
Alsúa (1965)
Sierra (1965–66)
Cobo (1966–67)
Ruiz Quevedo (1967–68)
Pons (1968–69)
Mora (1969–72)
J.Francisco Bermúdez (1972)
Maguregui (1972–77)
Yosu (1977–79)
Ruiz Quevedo (1979–80)
Mora (1980–83)
Maguregui (1983–87)
Stessl (1988)
Ufarte (1988–90)
Pachín (1990)
Felines (1990–92)
Paquito (1992–93)
Irureta (1993–94)
Miera (1994–96)
Yosu (1996)
Alonso (1996–98)
Yosu (1998–99)
Sánchez (1999)
Benítez (1999–00)
Goikoetxea (2000)
Manzano (2000–01)
Benítez (2001)
Setién (2001–02)
Preciado (2002–03)
Cos (2003)
Alcaraz (2003–05)
Yosu (2005)
Preciado (2005–06)
Yosu (2006)
López Caro (2006)
Portugal (2006–07)
Marcelino (2007–08)
Muñiz (2008–09)
Mandiá (2009)
Portugal (2009–11)
Marcelino (2011)
Cúper (2011)
Juanjo (2011–)

Club de Deportes Cobreloa – managers

Prieto (1977–79)
Cantatore (1980–84)
Toro (1985–86)
Siviero (1986–88)
Hermosilla (1988–89)
Prieto (1989–90)
Cavalleri (1991–92)
Sulantay (1992–93)
Garcés (1994–95)
Hermosilla (1995–97)
Rojas (1997–98)
Salah (1999–2000)
Malbernat (2000–01)
Merello (2001–02)
Acosta (2002–03)
Fournier (2003)
Garisto (2003)
Díaz (2004)
Acosta (2004–05)
Socías (2005)
Hermosilla (2005)
Aravena (2006)
Huerta (2007)
Benítez (2008)
Figueroa (2008)
Trobbiani (2009)
Vallejos (2009)
Toro (2009–2010)
Cornejo (2010)
Soto (2010)
Acosta (2011–)

Club Deportivo Palestino – managers

Pellegrini (1990–92)
Cortés (1993)
Sulantay (1994)
Figueroa (1994–95)
Cornejo (1995–96)
O.Aravena (1996)
J.Aravena (1997)
Carotti (1998)
Pellegrini (1998)
Dabrowski (1998–2001)
Carvallo (2002)
Salvador (2003)
Hadwa (2004)
Toro (2004)
Rivas (2004–05)
Carvallo (2005)
Salvador (2006)
Pizarro (2006–07)
Escobar (2007)
J.Aravena (2007)
Musrri (2007–09)
J.Aravena (2009)
Benítez (2010–)

Paraguay squad – 1987 Copa América

1 Fernández 2 Torales 3 Delgado 4 Jacquet 5 Zabala 6 Guasch 7 Romero 8 Benítez 9 Cabañas 10 Cañete 11 Hicks 12 Navarro 13 Cáceres 14 Rodríguez 15 Blanco 16 Palacios 17 Ferreira 18 Torres 19 González 20 Nunes 21 Bobadilla 22 Colarte Coach: Parodi

Persondata
Name	Benitez, Gustavo
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	5 February 1953
Place of birth	Paraguarí, Paraguay
Date of death
Place of death