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Name
  
Jorge Benitez

Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

1945-1949
  
Nacional

Playing position
  
Midfielder

1949-1951
  
Boca Juniors


Full name
  
Jorge Duilio Benitez Candia

Date of birth
  
(1927-04-23)23 April 1927

Place of birth
  
Yaguaron, Paraguay

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Jorge Duílio Benítez Candia (born 23 April 1927) is a former Paraguayan football Attacking midfielder.

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Career

Benítez holds the all-time highest goalscorer record for Paraguay in a single match: Four goals against Bolivia in the 1949 South American Championship.

Benítez suffered from heart problems, thus when he signed with Argentine club Boca Juniors in 1949 a clause in his contract specified that he was the sole responsible for the risks of playing with such condition.

In the years 1956 e 1957, played for Náutico. Despite not having won any title in the lands of Pernambuco, stood out next to the attacker Ivson.

Club

Nacional

  • Primera División: 1946
  • Boca Juniors

  • Primera División: Runners-up 1950
  • Flamengo

  • Campeonato Carioca: 1953, 1954, 1955
  • International

    South American Championship: Runners-up 1949

    References

    Jorge Duilio Benítez Wikipedia