Exequiel Emanuel Benavídez (born 5 March 1989, in

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), is an

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Exequiel was signed in 2008 from the Youth Divisions of

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and debuted in a 3–1 win against

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. In 2009, he was selected for the Argentina Sub-20 team to participate in the

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, the qualification tournament for the

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, where Argentina missed out on qualification for the World Cup by finishing bottom of their group in the second round of the competition.

External links

Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI

Benavídez, Exequiel Emanuel
at Historia de Boca.com * 1989 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Boca Juniors footballers All Boys footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Sud América players Club Atlético Mitre footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers L.D.U. Portoviejo footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Ascenso MX players Ecuadorian Serie A players Categoría Primera A players Uruguayan Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Footballers from Santiago del Estero {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub