Gabriel Nicolás Benegas (born 1 March 1996) is an Argentine professional

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who currently plays for

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...

in the

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Career

Benegas played for Vicov and Boca Juniors in his youth career. He first played for Boca's senior squad during the

2016 Argentine Primera División The 2016 Argentine Primera División - Copa Axion Energy was the 126th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 5 and ended on May 29. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty eight returning from ...

season, making his debut in a defeat to

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

. He subsequently participated in Boca's final three fixtures of the season. In July 2016, Benegas joined fellow Primera División outfit

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...

on loan. His Quilmes debut came on 10 September against Huracán. In his third appearance, Benegas scored his first career goal versus Olimpo. In August 2017, Benegas was loaned out to

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

team San Martín. Almost a year later,

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signed Benegas. After five goals in twenty-seven matches for Brown, Benegas moved across the second tier to

. He scored five times in the curtailed 2019–20, including twice against former club Quilmes. On 18 February 2021, Benegas headed to South Korea to join

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side

Seoul E-Land FC Seoul E-Land FC ( ko, 서울 이랜드 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul which plays in the K League 2. Seoul E-Land was announced as the league's second football club based in Seoul on 14 April 2014. The club is ow ...

; penning terms until 2023. There was also an offer from an unnamed Spanish club, though he chose the Korean team out of sincerity. He debuted on 28 February in a win against Busan IPark, coming off the bench to replace Lee Geon-hui. He then netted twice on his second appearance against

Gimcheon Sangmu Gimcheon Sangmu FC (Hangul: 김천 상무 프로축구단; Hanja: 金泉尚武 프로蹴球團) is a South Korean professional association football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. ...

on 6 March. After a spell at Paraguayan club Sol de América in early 2022, Benegas returned to his former club,

, on 3 June 2022.Benegas puso el gancho y es refuerzo del Dragón
soloascenso.com.ar, 3 June 2022

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benegas, Nicolas 1996 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Misiones Province Men's association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players K League 2 players Paraguayan Primera División players Boca Juniors footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers San Martín de Tucumán footballers Club Atlético Brown footballers Defensores de Belgrano footballers Seoul E-Land FC players Club Sol de América footballers Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay