Jorge Duilio Benítez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Duilio Benitez Candia | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaguarón, Paraguay | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1945-1949 | Nacional | ||
| 1949-1951[1] | Boca Juniors[2] | 44 | (18) |
| 1952-1956 | Flamengo | 56 | (43) |
| 1956-1957 | Náutico | ||
| National team | |||
| 1949 | Paraguay[3] | 7 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jorge Duílio Benítez Candia (born 23 April 1927) is a former Paraguayan football Attacking midfielder.
Career
Benítez holds the all-time highest goalscorer record for Paraguay in a single match: Four goals against Bolivia in the 1949 South American Championship.[3]
Benítez suffered from heart problems, thus when he signed with Argentine club Boca Juniors in 1949 a clause in his contract specified that he was the sole responsible for the risks of playing with such condition.[4]
In the years 1956 e 1957, played for Náutico. Despite not having won any title in the lands of Pernambuco, stood out next to the attacker Ivson.
Honours
Club
- Primera División: 1946
- Primera División: Runners-up 1950
- Campeonato Carioca: 1953, 1954, 1955
International
South American Championship: Runners-up 1949
References
- ↑ http://www.albirroja.com/history/history3.html (Spanish)
- ↑ Statistics at Historia de Boca (Spanish)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.nacionalquerido.com/ (Spanish)
- ↑ Profile at Historia de Boca (Spanish)