Walter Benítez
Benítez with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Walter Daniel Benítez
Date of birth (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993
Place of birth General José de San Martín, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
PSV
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2013 Quilmes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Quilmes 48 (0)
2016 Nice B 2 (0)
2016–2022 Nice 167 (0)
2022– PSV 47 (0)
International career
2013 Argentina U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Walter Daniel Benítez (born 19 January 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.

Club career

Benítez signed a four-year contract with Eredivisie club PSV in June 2022.[1]

International career

In June 2023, Benítez got his first ever call up to the senior Argentina team for two friendly matches against Australia and Indonesia.[2]

Personal life

Benítez has a Paraguayan grandfather.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 January 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Quilmes 2011–12 Primera Nacional 00000000
2012–13 Argentine Primera División 00000000
2013–14 Argentine Primera División 60000060
2014 Argentine Primera División 1403000170
2015 Argentine Primera División 2100000210
2016 Argentine Primera División 70000070
Total 4800000510
Nice B 2016–17 CFA 2020
Nice 2016–17 Ligue 1 3010101[lower-alpha 1]060
2017–18 Ligue 1 28000104[lower-alpha 1]0330
2018–19 Ligue 1 350102000380
2019–20 Ligue 1 260300000290
2020–21 Ligue 1 38020005[lower-alpha 1]0450
2021–22 Ligue 1 370000000370
Total 167070401001880
PSV 2022–23 Eredivisie 3000011[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0420
2023–24 Eredivisie 170009[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 3]0270
Total 4700020020690
Career total 26407040300203070
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

PSV

References

  1. "PSV BOLSTER SQUAD BY SIGNING WALTER BENITEZ". PSV. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. "Lista de convocados por Lionel Scaloni para la gira asitática en junio". AFA (in Spanish). AFA. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. "Guillermo tiene en la mira a un arquero argentino para la selección paraguaya". ABC (Paraguay) (in Spanish). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. Walter Benítez at Soccerway
  5. "PSV wint na strafschoppen van Ajax in bekerfinale vol irritaties en opstootjes" [PSV beats Ajax after penalty kicks in cup final full off irritations and fights] (in Dutch). 30 April 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. "Ajax - PSV". PSV.nl. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. "Lang beslist duel met Feyenoord en bezorgt PSV veertiende Johan Cruijff Schaal" [Long decided duel with Feyenoord and gives PSV fourteenth Johan Cruijff Shield]. nos.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  • Profile at the PSV Eindhoven website


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