Víctor Benítez

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Víctor Benítez
Benítez at Boca Juniors
Personal information
Full name Víctor Benítez Morales[1]
Date of birth (1935-10-30)30 October 1935
Place of birth Lima, Peru[1]
Date of death 11 July 2022(2022-07-11) (aged 86)
Place of death Milan, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder[1]
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
1971 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 (12 September 1935 – 11 July 2022) was a Peruvian footballer. He played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. He played for the 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.

He also made 11 appearances for the Peru national football team between 1957 to 1959.

Benítez died on 11 July 2022 in Milan, Italy at the age of 86.[2]

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