Exequiel Emanuel Benavídez (born 5 March 1989, in Santiago del Estero, Argentina), is an Argentine footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Chacarita Juniors.

Exequiel Benavídez
Personal information
Full name Exequiel Emanuel Benavídez
Date of birth (1989-03-05) March 5, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Chacarita Juniors
Youth career
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Boca Juniors 11 (0)
2009–2010Tiro Federal (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2014 All Boys 16 (0)
2014–2015 Deportes Iquique 22 (1)
2015 Nueva Chicago 6 (0)
2015 Atlético San Luis 6 (0)
2016 LDU Quito 20 (0)
2017 Sud América 4 (0)
2017 Mitre 0 (0)
2018–2020 Patriotas Boyacá 59 (0)
2021 LDU Portoviejo
2022– Chacarita Juniors 2 (0)
International career
2009 Argentina U-20 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:17, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Career

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Exequiel was signed in 2008 from the Youth Divisions of Boca Juniors and debuted in a 3–1 win against Arsenal.

In 2009, he was selected for the Argentina Sub-20 team to participate in the 2009 South American Youth Championship, the qualification tournament for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Argentina missed out on qualification for the World Cup by finishing bottom of their group in the second round of the competition.

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