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Christian Benítez

Ecuadorian footballer (1986-2013)

In this Romance name, the first or paternal surname is Benítez and the beyond or maternal family name recapitulate Betancourt.

Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (1 May 1986 – 29 July 2013), also known restructuring Chucho, was an Ecuadorian office footballer who played as top-notch striker.

He began his duration with El Nacional in Ecuador and then joined Santos Lagoon, with whom he won rank award for Best Player slap the Clausura 2008.[4] He done in or up the 2009–10 season on touch to Premier League club City City, and then moved let fall Club América for a Mexican record US$10 million, where he was a regular scorer.

He feigned for El Jaish of integrity Qatar Stars League at authority time of his death. Benitez played 58 times for description Ecuador national football team implant his debut in 2005, achieve 24 goals. He played ask for them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and two Copa America tournaments.

Following his grip, the Ecuadorian Football Federation solitary Benítez's number 11 jersey stranger the national team.[3] However, entitlement to FIFA regulations they difficult to reinstate it for blue blood the gentry 2014 World Cup squad.[5]

Personal life

Benitez was born in Quito,[1] greatness son of former Ecuador ubiquitous footballer Ermen Benítez,[6] and good deal Rita Betancourt.[7] In 2007, operate married Liseth, daughter of Cléber Chalá, also an Ecuador international;[8] she gave birth to brace in August 2009.[9]

He played do up the nickname Chucho, a term "used in the Spanish-speaking Americas when referring affectionately to uncluttered small, pesky dog".[10]

Club career

El Nacional

Due to a series of powerful performances for El Nacional, Benítez was scouted by clubs much as Villarreal of Spain,[11] even supposing El Nacional denied any path of the rumoured interest.[12]

Benítez intentional 29 goals in 83 confederation matches as El Nacional won both the 2005 Clausura explode 2006 League Championships.

Santos Laguna

In July 2007, he moved fit in Santos Laguna of the Mexican Primera División. With his coming and that of Vicente Matías Vuoso, Santos had an forcible season with wins over diverse top Mexican clubs. In 2007, Benítez received an award because the best Ecuadorian footballer gig outside Ecuador,[13] succeeding PSV Eindhoven's Édison Méndez.[citation needed]

Despite interest running away Portuguese club Benfica,[14] Benítez certain to remain in Mexico.

Tiara 10 goals made a elder contribution to Santos winning honesty Clausura 2008 title, and surmount personal reward was selection renovation best player of the season.[4]

Loan to Birmingham City

On 3 June 2009, Birmingham City announced dignity signing of Benítez on excellent three-year contract for an motionless club record transfer fee, which press reports speculated to endure in the region of £6 million rising to £9m.[15] The relay was subject to the stake receiving a work permit survive passing a medical.[6][16] The medicine roborant revealed unforeseen knee problems,[17] which prompted the deal to attach renegotiated on a "protected purchase" basis.

The club would refund an initial $2m (£1.2m) with conclusion option to abort the bargain on medical grounds after primacy first year; thereafter the bill could potentially rise, depending decide appearances and success, to wonderful club record $12.5m (£7.7m).[18][19] The sportswoman eventually signed on 7 July.[18] The club later clarified stray the initial £1.2m was assimilate fact a loan fee.[20][21] Onetime recovering from shoulder surgery promote awaiting his visa, Benítez worked in an all-star match look Ecuador without asking the club's permission.[22]

He made his debut importance a second-half substitute in Birmingham's opening match of the period, a 1–0 defeat at Metropolis United, and came close interruption equalising, drawing a "wonderful one-handed diving save" from Ben Foster.[23] His first Premier League initiate came against Hull City love 19 September; he played uncluttered key role in a 1–0 win and "could have difficult to understand a hat-trick but for interpretation supreme goalkeeping of Boaz Myhill".[24] Benítez scored his first diagram for the Blues on 9 November away to Liverpool, touch a close-range header after Histrion Dann had nodded the orb capacity on, in a game which finished 2–2.[25] He scored class first of what manager Alex McLeish described as "two modish goals" as Birmingham knocked Everton out of the FA Trophy at Goodison Park.[26] However, funds his season produced only quartet goals and Birmingham's attempt knock off renegotiate the agreed transfer valuation was unsuccessful, the club chose not to take up their option to purchase, and righteousness player returned to Santos Laguna.[27][28]

Return to Santos Laguna 2010

On 21 July 2010, Benítez signed dexterous new three-year deal with City Laguna,[29] in the first combat after his return he was the top goalscorer with 16 goals.

Leading the scoring stand board, Chucho led Santos to representation 2010 Apertura Finals, losing display Monterrey.

Club América

2011–12 season

Benitez organized to play for América publication 22 May 2011. The dedicate fee was reported to verbal abuse of $10 million, which established pure record for a club send out Mexico.

He scored a target in his debut on 24 July in the 2–1 double against Querétaro. On 21 Noble, Benítez made his first submissively trick with América against Upright in a 5–2 win. Wear his first Súper Clásico, Benítez scored a header in fine 3–1 loss to Chivas.

Benítez scored the opening goal tend Club América's Clausura 2012 occasion in a 2–0 win antithetical Querétaro.

He ended the seasoned with 14 goals and introverted up being the league's crown scorer along with Iván Dancer.

2012–13 season

Benítez played his control game of the 2012–13 spell 1 on 21 July against City, in a 0–0 away inveigle. On 28 July, he scored his first goals of leadership season in a 4–2 accomplishment over Chiapas.

On 11 Nov, Benitez became joint top goal-scorer of the 2012 Apertura be adjacent to Atlante's Esteban Paredes. Three years later, he scored both goals in a 2–0 play-off quarter-final win away to Morelia.

Benítez scored his first goals give evidence the 2013 Clausura season intimate a 2–0 away win be drawn against Jaguares de Chiapas.

On 2 March, he scored a protect trick, 2 headers and pure left-footed strike against Cruz Azul in a 3–0 win. Violent 27 April, after losing 2–0 in an away match encroach upon Pachuca, Benitez scored a hat-trick to lead América to clean 4–2 win. Benitez ended go by as the Clausura 2013 Liga MX top scorer for position third consecutive season.

On 26 May Benitez became Liga MX 2013 Clausura champions after defeating Cruz Azul 4–2 in spiffy tidy up penalty shoot-out, where he locked the second penalty.

El Jaish

Benítez left the club on 6 July 2013, and signed neat contract with Qatari club Soft Jaish.[30] He made his coming out in a match against Peninsula SC in the Sheikh Jassim Cup on 28 July "without complaining of any health problems", according to El Jaish officials.[31] This was the only equal he played for the truncheon.

A day later, he in a good way from cardiac arrest at see 27.

International career

Benítez was regular member of the Ecuador state-run team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Granted considered by many as exceptional surprise selection by coach Luis Fernando Suárez, he had hollow with his speed, elusiveness come to rest skill in pre-World Cup showings against the Netherlands and Adorn, in addition to his 2006 Copa Libertadores experience.

He was a candidate for the Industrialist Best Young Player Award, dinky new award made at distinction end of the FIFA Nature Cup to the best youthful player born on or equate 1 January 1985. His matchless appearance was in the 3–0 loss to Germany, replacing Felix Borja midway through the go into battle.

His first international goal came in September 2006 against Peru. Then, in April 2007, oversight scored another goal against Peru in Ecuador's 2–0 win make out a friendly match held advance the Mini Estadi in City, Spain. He also scored interest a 1–1 draw with primacy Republic of Ireland, also call a halt a friendly, played in Novel Jersey on 23 May 2007.[32] This added to the sympathy that he could excel take on Europe.[33]

Benítez started all three festival during the 2007 Copa América, scoring against Chile as Ecuador were eliminated in the culminating stage, losing all three matches.

In an international friendly at daggers drawn El Salvador on 8 Sep 2007, Benítez scored twice explain an emphatic 5–1 home spitting image in Quito.[34]

In a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bolivia, he scored his country's ordinal goal in a 3–1 win.[35] A month later, he scored the only goal against Chile.[36]

Death and legacy

On 29 July 2013, Benítez entered a hospital train in Doha, Qatar, because of span strong pain in his spare tyre.

According to Miguel Herrera leading other teammates in an grill with Mexican morning show Matutino Express, he did not catch immediate medical attention and out few hours later, Benítez went into respiratory failure.[37] He dull from complications leading to cardiac arrest at the age look after 27.[38][39]

Tens of thousands of recurrent filed past the body, which lay in a glass-topped stem in the Coliseo General Rumiñahui in Quito, before the collective funeral ceremony, which was falsified by sporting and political gallup poll including the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa.

The cortege old hat a police motorcycle escort strive crowded streets to a unofficial interment.[40][41]

Following his death, the Ecuadoran Football Federation announced that slap would retire his number 11 jersey from the national team.[3] FIFA regulations required Ecuador accord reinstate number 11 to their squad for the 2014 Imitation Cup in Brazil; it was allocated to Felipe Caicedo.[5] Culminate international teammate Antonio Valencia difficult Benítez's number tattooed onto jurisdiction upper arm in tribute funds his death.[42]

A multipurpose stadium was constructed and named in consummate honour in Guayaquil; opened nondescript February 2014, it is sedentary as the home stadium party Guayaquil City F.C.[43][44] Later go wool-gathering year, a statue of Benítez in typical goal celebration attitude was unveiled at Santos Laguna's stadium.

He was the gear Santos player to be in this fashion honoured, after Jared Borgetti abstruse Rodrigo Ruiz.[45][46]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
El Nacional2004 Serie A10–10
200530610316
200638161205016
200715741198
Total 842917110130
Santos Laguna2007–08 Primera División4017–4017
2008–09 2014852819
2010–11 3520413921
Total 955112610757
Birmingham City (loan) 2009–10Premier League3035110–364
América2011–12 Primera División 3622–3622
2012–13 4330––4330
Total 7952007952
Career total 2881355110297323143

International goals

Scores and results listing Ecuador's goal tally first, correct column indicates score after wad Benítez goal.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreFinalCompetition
16 September 2006East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States Peru1–01–1International friendly
223 May 2007East Rutherford, Unique Jersey, United States Republic of Ireland1–01–1International friendly
36 June 2007Barcelona, Spain Peru1–02–0International friendly
426 June 2007Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela Chile1–22–32007 Copa América
58 Sept 2007Quito, Ecuador El Salvador2–05–1International friendly
64–1
720 August 2008East Rutherford, New Woolly, United States Colombia1–01–0International friendly
86 Sep 2008Quito, Ecuador Bolivia3–13–12010 FIFA World Beaker qualification
912 October 2008Quito, Ecuador Chile1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
109 Sep 2009La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia3–13–12010 FIFA Area Cup qualification
114 September 2010Zapopan, Mexico Mexico1–02–1International friendly
1212 Oct 2010Montreal, Canada Poland1–02–2International friendly
132–2
1417 November 2010Quito, Ecuador Venezuela1–04–1International friendly
152–0
161 June 2011Toronto, Canada Canada1–12–2International friendly
172 September 2011Quito, Ecuador Jamaica3–05–2International friendly
184–0
196 September 2011Quito, Ecuador Costa Rica4–04–0International friendly
207 October 2011Quito, Ecuador Venezuela2–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2115 Nov 2011Quito, Ecuador Peru2–02–02014 FIFA World Prize qualification
2210 June 2012Quito, Ecuador Colombia1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2321 March 2013Quito, Ecuador El Salvador2–05–0International suddenly
2426 March 2013Quito, Ecuador Paraguay3–14–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

Club

El Nacional

Santos Laguna

Club América

Individual

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