Miguel Angel Benitez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Benítez Pavón | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Santísima Trinidad, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Villa Elisa | ||
| 1992–1993 | Calpe | ||
| 1993–1995 | Atlético Madrid | 10 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Almería (loan) | ||
| 1995 | → Mérida (loan) | 23 | (10) |
| 1995–2001 | Espanyol | 147 | (28) |
| 2002–2003 | Olimpia | 41 | (8) |
| 2003–2004 | Almería | 9 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Universitario | 7 | (0) |
| 2006 | Sportivo Luqueño | 24 | (2) |
| 2006 | Olimpia | 9 | (1) |
| 2007 | Guaraní | ||
| National team | |||
| 1996–1999 | Paraguay | 30 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Silvio Pettirossi | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Miguel Ángel Benítez Pavón (born 19 May 1970), also known as Peque Benítez, is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as a forward.
He is best known for his spell with Spain's Espanyol, where he played for seven years. Altogether he spent one full decade in that country, representing three other teams and appearing in more than 200 official games overall.
A Paraguayan international in the late 1990s, Benítez represented the nation at the 1998 World Cup.
Benítez was born in Santísima Trinidad (Asunción). After playing for modest clubs in his country he arrived in Spain at the age of 23, purchased by Atlético Madrid, but appeared very rarely for the Colchoneros, being often demoted to its reserves and also being loaned twice, notably to CP Mérida which he helped promote from the second division by scoring a team-best ten goals in only five months.
Released by Atlético in the 1995 summer, Benítez signed with fellow La Liga side RCD Espanyol, going on to experience his best years: alternating between the starting XI and the bench, he amassed 166 competitive appearances for the Catalans, helping them to the 2000 conquest of the Copa del Rey.
Already in his 30's and dealing with some injuries, Benítez left Espanyol in January 2002, returning to his country and signing with Asunción's Club Olimpia. In the years until his retirement he appeared for several clubs, and also returned to Spain, playing with UD Almería in the second level.
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