Eduardo Bennett

Eduardo Bennett
Personal information
Full name	José Eduardo Bennett
Date of birth	(1968-09-11) September 11, 1968
Place of birth	La Ceiba, Honduras
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	UPNFM
Youth career
	Victoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Curacao		(12)
1991–1992	Olimpia		(24)
1991–1993	Cobras	31	(8)
1993–1995	San Lorenzo	47	(18)
1995–1999	Argentinos Juniors	111	(44)
2000	Cobreloa	28	(7)
2000	Argentinos Juniors	11	(2)
2001	Chacarita Juniors
2001–2002	Quilmes		(6)
2002	Olimpia		(3)
2003–2004	Victoria	69	(34)
2005–2006	Vida		(8)
2006–2007	Unión Ájax
2007	Olimpia	1	(0)
2008	Atlético Olanchano	16	(5)
2008-2010	Necaxa
National team^‡
1991–2000	Honduras	36	(19)
Teams managed
2012	Necaxa (Reserves)
2013-	UPNFM
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2006. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2005

José Eduardo Bennett (born 11 September 1968, in La Ceiba) is a retired Honduran footballer. He is currently manager of UPNFM.^[1]

Club career

Born in La Ceiba, Bennett played in the youth teams of local side Victoria and moved to Tegucigalpa aged 14. There he played college football and later joined Curacao.^[2] His debut in Liga Nacional was on 29 September 1988 at the age of 19 wearing Curacao's jersey against Motagua, and he scored to tie 1-1.^[3]

Nicknamed El Balín or Demonio (the Demon), he played for Curacao, CD Olimpia and CD Victoria in Honduras, Cobras in Mexico, Argentinos Juniors,^[4] San Lorenzo^[5] (with whom he won the 1995 Clausura title) and Second Division Chacarita Juniors and Quilmes in 10 years in Argentina as well as for Cobreloa in Chile.

His debut in Honduran Second Division was on February 4, 2007 at the age of 38 for Unión Ájax against Real Sociedad. By May 2009, he has scored 83 goals in the Honduran national league.^[6]

At age 41, Bennett retired after playing with Necaxa in the Honduran second division and started training the Necaxa reserves.

International career

Bennett made his debut for Honduras in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 36 caps, scoring 19 goals. He has represented his country in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[7] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1991,^[8] 1993^[9] and 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[10] He is the scorer of the first ever goal at a CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals.^[11]

He was substituted in his final international, an April 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Panama.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 June 1991	Los Angeles, United States	Canada	4-2	Win	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.	30 June 1991	Los Angeles, United States	Jamaica	5-0	Win	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.	5 July 1991	Los Angeles, United States	Costa Rica	2-0	Win	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.	28 June 1992	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	4-0	Win	Friendly
5.	28 June 1992	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	4-0	Win	Friendly
6.	28 June 1992	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	4-0	Win	Friendly
7.	28 June 1992	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	4-0	Win	Friendly
8.	8 July 1992	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Colombia	1-0	Win	Friendly
9.	24 September 1992	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Jamaica	2-0	Win	Friendly
10.	22 November 1992	Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4-0	Win	World Cup 1994 Qualifier
11.	25 April 1993	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	El Salvador	2-0	Win	World Cup 1994 Qualifier
12.	25 April 1993	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	El Salvador	2-0	Win	World Cup 1994 Qualifier
13.	10 July 1993	Dallas, United States	Panama	5-1	Win	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
14.	10 July 1993	Dallas, United States	Panama	5-1	Win	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
15.	10 July 1993	Dallas, United States	Panama	5-1	Win	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
16.	14 July 1993	Dallas, United States	Jamaica	3-1	Loss	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
17.	21 September 1996	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Mexico	2-1	Win	World Cup 1998 Qualifier
18.	17 November 1996	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11-3	Win	World Cup 1998 Qualifier

Titles

Season	Club	Title
Clausura 1995	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Primera Division Argentina Championship

References

↑ Los entrenadores que tienen el reto de llegar a Primera División - El Heraldo (Spanish)
↑ Las reservas son el futuro del fútbol hondureño - La Tribuna (Spanish)
↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Jugadores de Argentinos Juniors de toda la historia
↑ Eduardo "Balin" Bennett
↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Eduardo Bennett – FIFA competition record
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ Bennett anotó el primero, "Pescadito" el 600 - Diez (Spanish)

External links

Eduardo Bennett at National-Football-Teams.com
Bennett: “Por ser negro me dicen de todo” - La Nación (Spanish)
Futbolistas extranjeros en Argentina

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up

1 Rivera 2 Yearwood 4 Castro 5 Sambulá 6 Fúnez 7 Flores 8 Espinoza 9 Vallejo 10 Cálix 11 Ávila 12 Róchez 14 A. Cruz 15 Bonilla 16 González 18 Zapata 19 Bennett 21 Anariba 25 W. Cruz Coach: Ortega

Honduras squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Rivera 2 Sambulá 3 G. Cálix 4 Castro 5 Fú Lanza 6 Ávila 7 Flores 8 Espinoza 9 Pavón 10 L. Cálix 11 Suazo 12 Róchez 13 Cruz 14 García 15 Garay 16 Pineda Chacón 17 Ulloa 18 Gayle 19 Bennett Coach: González

Honduras squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Flores 2 Peri 3 A. Cruz 4 N. Martínez 5 R. Martínez Sambulá 6 Bonilla 7 Dolmo Flores 8 J. Pineda 9 A. Pineda Chacón 10 Santamaría 11 Núñez 12 W. Cruz 13 Carson 14 Lagos 15 J.L. Pineda 16 Aguilera 17 Reneau 18 Fernández 19 Bennett 20 Bustillo Coach: Guedes

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