Full name Dario Ismael Benedetto Years Team Weight 75 kg Number 18 Height 1.78 m | Role Footballer Name Dario Benedetto Career start 2008 | |
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Date of birth (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 25) Current team Club America (#9 / Forward) Similar People Rubens Sambueza, Carlos Quintero, Oribe Peralta, Cristian Pellerano, Paul Aguilar Profiles | ||
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Usain Bolt vs Darío Benedetto Street Football
Darío BENEDETTO: "El empate no era lo que veníamos a buscar"
Darío Ismael Benedetto (born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Boca Juniors.
Contents
- Usain Bolt vs Daro Benedetto Street Football
- Daro BENEDETTO El empate no era lo que venamos a buscar
- Early career
- Tijuana
- Amrica
- Boca Juniors
- Personal life
- Honours
- Individual
- References
Early career
Darío Benedetto began his career playing for Arsenal de Sarandí in 2008. He was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia in 2010, and then to Gimnasia in 2011, appearing in 19 matches and scoring 11 goals.
Tijuana
In the summer of 2013, Arsenal sold Benedetto to Mexican club Xolos de Tijuana. On 19 July, he scored a hat-trick on his league debut for the club in a 3–3 draw against Atlas at the Estadio Caliente. Benedetto would not score again until 1 November, scoring a brace against Atlante. For the 2014 Clausura, Benedetto managed to score 7 goals for the club, and scored one in the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The following tournament, the 2014 Apertura, Benedetto scored 9 goals for Tijuana, making him the fourth-best goal scorer of the tournament, behind leaders Mauro Boselli and Camilo Sanvezzo, who scored 12 goals, and Dorlan Pabón, who scored 11 goals. He also had 4 assists. In total, Benedetto scored 21 goals in 43 appearances for Xolos.
América
On 15 December 2014, it was announced that Benedetto was sold to Club América on a four-year contract. Though details of the transfer went undisclosed, it was believed that América paid US$8 million for the player. He made his debut on 10 January 2015 in América's opening game of the Clausura tournament, a 3–2 victory over León at the Estadio Azteca, providing the assist for Oribe Peralta's second goal. He scored his first goal in a league game against Tigres UANL.
Benedetto was named the best player of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, and also won the Golden Boot with teammate Oribe Peralta, scoring seven goals in three matches; four in the 6–0 win over Herediano in the second leg of the semi-finals, and a hat-trick in the 5–3 aggregate victory over Montreal Impact in the Finals.
Boca Juniors
On 6 June 2016, Benedetto left to Boca Juniors from America after asking for the transfer. On 25 September, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Quilmes at La Bombonera.
Personal life
As of 2015, Benedetto is a naturalized Mexican citizen.