Flavia Lorena Benítez (born 3 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer and former futsal player[2] who plays as a midfielder for Boca Juniors and the Argentina women's national team.
.jpg) Benítez with Argentina in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Flavia Lorena Benítez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Luis Guillón, Argentina[3] | ||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[5] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2016 | San Lorenzo | 0 | (0) |
| –2017 | San Lorenzo (futsal) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2021 | Boca Juniors | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–20?? | Kimberley (futsal) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Estudiantes (BA) | ||
| 2023 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Boca Juniors | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Argentina U20 | ||
| Argentina U20 (futsal) | |||
| 2019– | Argentina | 22 | (0) |
| Argentina (futsal) | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 | |||
International career
editBenítez was eligible to play for Argentina (birthplace) or Paraguay (parentage). Although her father wanted her to represent the latter, she was called up to the Albicelestes.[3] She was a part of the Argentine squad at the 2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship. She made her senior debut for Argentina on 3 March 2019 in a 0–2 friendly loss against New Zealand.
Personal life
editBenítez is openly gay.[6] On 6 May 2019, her partner, Verónica Rivero, gave birth to their twins. [7] She is a supporter of San Lorenzo.[8] Upon her arrival at Palmeiras in early February 2023, she was a victim of gender-related discriminatory comments by Brazilian fans.[9]
Honours
edit- San Lorenzo
- Primera División A: 2015
- Boca Juniors
- Primera División A: 2020, 2021 Clausura
- Súper Final: 2021
- Copa Federal: 2023[10]
References
edit- ^ "Lorena Benítez, entre las mejores del mundo" (in Spanish). AFA. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ a b "BENITEZ, Lorena" (in Spanish). coa. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Lorena Benítez: El futsal, la maternidad y el sueño mundialista" [Lorena Benítez: Futsal, motherhood and the World Cup dream] (in Spanish). Cielosports. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Lorena Benítez at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Lichinizer, Daniela (16 April 2019). "La historia de amor de Lorena Benítez, la jugadora de la selección argentina de fútbol que podría convertirse en mamá de mellizos durante el Mundial" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Menayo, David (10 June 2019). "Lorena Benítez: futbolista, mundialista y reciente madre de mellizos". Marca.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ Lorena Benítez on Twitter
- ^ Sundfeld, João Pedro Heleno (7 February 2023). "Palmeiras condena comentários discriminatórios em anúncio de Lorena Benítez" [Palmeiras condemns discriminatory comments in Lorena Benítez announcement]. Nossa Palestra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Copa Federal Femenina: Boca venció a San Lorenzo y se consagró campeón". www.c5n.com (in Spanish). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
External links
edit- Lorena Benítez at Soccerway
- Lorena Benítez at Futbolfemeninoargentino.com.ar
- Lorena Benítez at Bocajuniors.com.ar
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