Fabricio Benítez
Personal information
Full name Fabricio Javier Benítez Piriz
Date of birth (1975-06-11) June 11, 1975
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mixco (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2004 Cobán Imperial
2004–2005 Marquense 37 (1)
2005–2007 Antigua 17 (3)
2007–2010 Suchitepéquez
International career‡
1998–2003 Guatemala 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2010

Fabricio Javier Benítez Piriz (born 11 June 1975) is a former Guatemalan football midfielder and manager. He is currently the manager for Liga Nacional club Mixco. Of Uruguayan descent, he is the son of Raul Washington Benitez Touzet, a famous Uruguayan player who played in the decade of the 70's and 80's in Guatemala, and son of Teresita Gladyz Piriz Nuñes, also Uruguayan.  He has a younger sister, Jessica Benitez, and an older brother, Eduardo Benitez.  He made his debut as a striker in C.D Panzos in 1990

Club career

Benítez has played for Cobán Imperial, Marquense and Antigua at Guatemala's highest level before joining Suchitepéquez in 2007.[1] He was put on the Suchi transfer list in May 2010.[2]

International career

He made his debut for Guatemala in a February 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals match against Jamaica and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] and played at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup[4] as well as at the 1998 and 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[5]

His final international was a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras.

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