Benji Villalobos

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Benji Villalobos
Personal information
Full name	Benji Oldai Villalobos Segovia
Date of birth	(1988-07-15) July 15, 1988
Place of birth	El Tránsito, El Salvador
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	C.D. Águila
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004	UDET
2005	Universidad
2006-	Águila	55	(1)
National team^‡
2010-	El Salvador	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 22, 2013

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Villalobos and the second or maternal family name is Segovia.

Benji Oldai Villalobos Segovia (born July 15, 1988 in El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Águila in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Club career

After starting his career at local outfit UDET, Villalobos played for Salvadoran second division side Universidad before joining Águila.^[1] Although Villalobos had been signed to Águila since 2006, he did not get any game time until May 2, 2008 in a league match against Alianza. Although Águila lost that game 2-1, Villalobos did very well and proved that he had a lot of potential. On September 15 2012, he scored a penalty against Metapan and became the eight goalkeeper to score in the Salvadoran Apertura.

Match-fixing ban

On October 10, 2013, Villalobos was banned for 6 months due to his involvement with match fixing.^[2]

International career

Villalobos received his first callup to the El Salvador national football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Suriname on September 10, 2008. Unfortunately he did not get any game time, and although he has since then, been selected numerous times, he only received his first full men's national team Cap played against Guatemala in a September 2010 international friendly, losing two-nil. He was a non-playing squad member at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[3]

International appearances

Villalobos – appearances for El Salvador
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	GA	Result	Competition
1.	September 4, 2010	Washington D.C., United States	Guatemala	2	0–2	Friendly
2.	May 23, 2012	Houston, United States	New Zealand	2	2–2	Friendly
3.	March 26, 2012	Dallas, United States	Moldova	0	2–0	Friendly
4.	June 2, 2012	Washington D.C., United States	Honduras	3	0–3	Friendly
5.	June 8, 2012	San Jose, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	2	2–2	WCQ Third Round
6.	June 12, 2012	San Salvador, El Salvador	Mexico	2	1–2	WCQ Third Round
7.	August 11, 2012	Los Angeles, USA	Guatemala	0	1–0	Friendly
8.	May 23, 2013	Mérida, Venezuela	Venezuela	0	1-2	Friendly

References

↑ Profile - El Gráfico (Spanish)
↑ "Un año de castigo para Fito Zelaya". La Prensa Gráfica. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
↑ Team Analysis El Salvador - CONCACAF

External links

Benji Villalobos at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e El Salvador squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Montes 2 Escobar 3 González 4 Henríquez 5 Hernández 6 Martínez 7 Sánchez 8 Osael 9 Corrales 10 Quintanilla 11 Zelaya 12 Salazar 13 Umanzor 14 Alas 15 Pacheco 16 Jiménez 17 Castillo 18 Coreas 19 Reyes 20 Turcios 21 Torres 22 Villalobos 23 Barrera Coach: de los Cobos

v t e El Salvador squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Portillo 2 García 3 Turcios (c) 4 Purdy 5 Granadino 6 Menjivar 7 Ceren 8 Romero 9 Burgos 10 Santamaria 11 Zelaya 12 A. Flores 13 Larín 14 Corea 15 Bonilla 16 Posadas 17 Blanco 18 Villalobos 19 Mayen 20 J. Flores 21 Renderos 22 Carrillo 23 Henríquez Coach: Castillo

v t e C.D. Águila – current squad

1 Gómez 2 Rol. Torres 3 Zelaya 4 Glauber 5 Turcios 6 Henríquez 7 Flores 8 Romero 11 Gutiérrez 12 Martin 13 Umanzor 15 Ron. Torres 16 Águila 17 Martínez Chicas 19 Muñoz 20 Umaña 22 Villalobos 23 Anaya 24 Bonilla 25 Bustillo 33 Santos Manager: Coreas

Persondata
Name	Villalobos, Benji
Alternative names
Short description	Salvadoran footballer
Date of birth	July 15, 1988
Place of birth	El Tránsito, El Salvador
Date of death
Place of death

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