Víctor Benítez

Víctor Benítez
	Benítez at Boca Juniors
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Benítez Morales[1]
Date of birth	30 October 1935
Place of birth	Lima, Peru[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder[1]
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008

Víctor Benítez Morales (born 12 September 1935) is a Peruvian former footballer, who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Nicknamed "El Conejo", he played for several clubs, notably Italian clubs A.C. Milan, A.S. Roma and F.C. Internazionale Milano as well as Argentine club Boca Juniors. He won the European Cup title with A.C. Milan in 1963.

Along with José Velásquez, he is recognised as one of Peru's most important defensive midfielders of all time.

Club career

Born in Lima, Peru, 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 A.C. 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 1971 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.[2] 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.[3]

Alianza Lima

Boca Juniors

A.C. Milan

A.S. Roma

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