Jhow Hendric Benavídez Banegas (born 26 December 1995) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as an

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for

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. He represented Honduras in the football competition at the

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International career

Benavídez got his first call up to the senior

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side for a friendly against

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in October 2016.

References

1995 births Living people Honduran men's footballers Olympic footballers for Honduras Real C.D. España players Honduras men's international footballers People from Atlántida Department Men's association football midfielders Central American Games gold medalists for Honduras Central American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Honduras-footy-bio-stub