Fabricio Javier Benítez Piriz (born 11 June 1975) is a former

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and manager. He is currently the manager for Liga Nacional club

Mixco Mixco () is a city and municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. It is next to the main Guatemala City municipality and has become part of the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area. Most of Mixco is separated from the City by canyons, f ...

. Of Uruguayan descent, he is the son of Raul Washington Benitez Touzet, a famous Uruguayan player who played in the decade of the 70's and 80's in Guatemala, and son of Teresita Gladyz Piriz Nuñes, also Uruguayan. He has a younger sister, Jessica Benitez, and an older brother, Eduardo Benitez. He made his debut as a striker in C.D Panzos in 1990

Club career

Benítez has played for Cobán Imperial, Marquense and Antigua at Guatemala's highest level before joining Suchitepéquez in 2007. He was put on the ''Suchi'' transfer list in May 2010.

International career

He made his debut for

in a February 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals match against

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and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7

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matches and played at the

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as well as at the

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and

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- RSSSF His final international was a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

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* 1975 births Living people Footballers from Guatemala City Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Deportivo Marquense players C.D. Suchitepéquez players Antigua GFC players Men's association football midfielders {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub