Víctor Benítez

Víctor Benítez
Personal information
Benítez at Boca Juniors
Full name	Víctor Benítez Morales
Date of birth	(1936-10-30) October 30, 1936
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender/Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1959	Alianza Lima
1960–1962	Boca Juniors	70	(5)
1962–1963	A.C. Milan	12	(0)
1963–1964	Messina	12	(2)
1964–1965	A.C. Milan	24
1965–1966	Roma
1966–1967	Venezia	23	(3)
1967–1968	Inter Milan	8	(1)
1968–1970	Roma
1970–1973	Sporting Cristal
National team
1957–1959	Peru	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008.

Víctor Benítez Morales is a Peruvian footballer born in Lima, Perù, October 30, 1936, nicknamed "El Conejo", he played defensive midfielder or defender. He played for several clubs, notably Italian clubs AC Milan, A.S. Roma and F.C. Internazionale Milano as well as Argentine club Boca Juniors. He won the 1963 European Cup title with AC Milan.

With José Velásquez, he is recognized as Peru's most important defensive midfielders.

Club career

Benítez began his career with Alianza Lima in 1950s. He won two Peruvian league titles in 1954 and 1955. In 1960 he joined Argentine club Boca Juniors where he was part of the team that won the 1962 league championship.

Benítez moved to Italy in 1962, where he played for A.C. Milan, Messina, Roma, Venezia, and Inter Milan. In 1963, he was part of the AC Milan team that won the UEFA Champions League. He won a Coppa Italia title with A.S. Roma in 1969.

He returned to Peru in 1970 where he played out the remainder of his career with Sporting Cristal.

Between 1957 and 1959 he played 11 games for the Peru national team.^[1] He appeared for Peru in the Copa América in 1957 and 1959, playing in a total of seven games. Additionally, he played in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for his native country in 1957. On 17 May 1959 Benitez was part of the Peru national team which beat England 4–1 in Lima.^[2]

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