- Delfín Benítez Cáceres
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Delfín Benítez Cáceres Personal information Full name Delfín Benítez Cáceres Date of birth 24 September 1910 Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay Date of death 1 August 2004 (aged 93)Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1932 Libertad ? (?) 1932-1939 Boca Juniors 162 (107) 1939-1941 Racing Club 84 (65) 1941-1944 Ferro Carril Oeste 66 (20) National team 1929-1933[1] Paraguay 15 (3) 1934 Argentina 1 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Benítez and the second or maternal family name is Cáceres.Delfín Benítez Cáceres (24 September 1910 – 8 January 2004) was a Paraguayan football striker.
Benítez started his career in Libertad of his native country. As one of the key players of the Paraguayan national football team in the early 1930s, he gained the attention of Argentinian club Boca Juniors and signed with them in 1932. He soon became one of the key players in the team and during the seven years he spent at the club he scored 107 goals in 162 matches, making him the fifth all-time top scorer in Boca Juniors' history [1]. Boca fans consider Benítez as "perhaps the best foreign player to ever wear the blue and gold jersey of Boca Juniors" [2].
Near the end of his football career, Benítez also played for Argentinian sides Racing Club (1939–41) and Ferro Carril Oeste (1941–44). During his time at Racing he became the top scorer in the Primera División Argentina and in South American football for 1940 with 33 goals, tied with Isidro Lángara of San Lorenzo.
He earned 15 caps for Paraguay, including his participation at the 1929 South American Championship[2] and both of the team's matches at the 1930 World Cup against the United States and Belgium; he scored three goals for Paraguay. Later, he appeared once for the Argentina national football team in 1934, scoring one goal.
After retiring from football as a player he became a coach and led Independiente Medellín to a Colombian national championship in 1955. He also coached several Venezuelan football teams.
References
External links
- Stats in Boca Juniors
- Boca tribute bio
- Delfín Benítez Cáceres – FIFA competition record
Primera División top scorers 1931: Zozaya · 1932: Ferreyra · 1933: Varallo · 1934: Barrera · 1935: Cosso · 1936: Barrera · 1937: Erico · 1938: Erico · 1939: Erico · 1940: Benítez Cáceres / Lángara · 1941: Canteli · 1942: Martino · 1943: Arrieta / Labruna / Frutos · 1944: Mellone · 1945: Labruna · 1946: Boyé · 1947: Di Stéfano · 1948: Santos · 1949: Simes / Pizzuti · 1950: Papa · 1951: Vernazza · 1952: Ricagni · 1953: Pizzuti / Benavídez · 1954: Berni / Conde / Borello · 1955: Massei · 1956: Castro / Grillo · 1957: Zárate · 1958: Sanfilippo · 1959: Sanfilippo · 1960: Sanfilippo · 1961: Sanfilippo · 1962: Artime · 1963: Artime · 1964: Veira · 1965: Carone · 1966: Artime · Met 1967: Acosta · Nac 1967: Artime · Met 1968: Obberti · Nac 1968: Wehbe · Met 1969: Machado · Nac 1969: Fischer / Bulla · Met 1970: Más · Nac 1970: Bianchi · Met 1971: Bianchi · Nac 1971: Obberti / Luniz · Met 1972: Brindisi · Nac 1972: Morete · Met 1973: Más / Curioni / Peña · Nac 1973: Gómez Voglino · Met 1974: Morete · Nac 1974: Kempes · Met 1975: Scotta · Nac 1975: Scotta · Met 1976: Kempes · Nac 1976: Eresuma / Ludueña / Marchetti · Met 1977: Álvarez · Nac 1977: Letanú · Met 1978: Maradona / Andreucci · Nac 1978: Reinaldi · Met 1979: Maradona / Fortunato · Nac 1979: Maradona · Met 1980: Maradona · Nac 1980: Maradona · Met 1981: Chaparro · Nac 1981: Bianchi · Nac 1982: Juárez · Met 1982: Morete · Nac 1983: Husillos · Met 1983: Ramos · Nac 1984: Pasculli · Met 1984: Francescoli · Nac 1985: Comas · 1985–86: Francescoli · 1986–87: Palma · 1987–88: Rodríguez · 1988–89: Dertycia / Gorosito · 1989–90: Cozzoni · 1990–91: González · Ap 1991: Díaz · Cl 1992: Scotto / Latorre · Ap 1992: Acosta · Cl 1993: da Silva · Ap 1993: Martínez · Cl 1994: Espina / Crespo · Ap 1994: Francescoli · Cl 1995: Flores · Ap 1995: Calderón · Cl 1996: López · Ap 1996: Reggi · Cl 1997: Martínez · Ap 1997: da Silva · Cl 1998: Sosa · Ap 1998: Palermo · Cl 1999: Calderón · Ap 1999: Saviola · Cl 2000: Fuertes · Ap 2000: Ángel · Cl 2001: Romeo · Ap 2001: Cardetti · Cl 2002: Cavenaghi · Ap 2002: Silvera · Cl 2003: Figueroa · Ap 2003: Farías · Cl 2004: Zárate · Ap 2004: López · Cl 2005: Pavone · Ap 2005: Cámpora · Cl 2006: Vargas · Ap 2006: Zárate / Palacio · Cl 2007: Palermo · Ap 2007: Denis · Cl 2008: Cvitanich · Ap 2008: Sand · Cl 2009: Sand · Ap 2009: Silva · Cl 2010: Boselli · Ap 2010: Stracqualursi / Silva · Cl 2011: Cámpora / GutiérrezParaguay squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup MF Aguirre • GK P. Benítez • MF S. Benítez • FW Benítez Cáceres • FW Carreras • DF Chamorro • GK Denis • MF Díaz • FW Domínguez • MF Etcheverry • MF Florentín • DF Flores • MF Garcete • FW González • DF Miracca • FW Nessi • DF Olmedo • FW Ortega • FW Rivera • FW Romero • FW Vargas Peña • FW Villalba • Coach: LagunaCategories:- 1910 births
- 1930 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 deaths
- Paraguayan footballers
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- Club Libertad footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Racing Club footballers
- Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Association football forwards
- Paraguayan football managers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Paraguayan football biography stubs
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