Benjamín Garré (born 11 July 2000) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a who plays as an

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or a winger for Brazilian club

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Club career

Garré is a graduate of the club

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. In June 2016, he signed with English club

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. To get game practice, he played for the Citizens youth team (61 matches and 14 goals), including in the

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. Before the start of the 2018–19 season, he went on a pre-season tour of the United States with Manchester City and, as part of the 2018 International Champions Cup, played his first match for the main team against

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(1–0 loss) - replacing

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in the 73rd minute. He also came on as a substitute in matches against

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(2–1 loss) and

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(3–2 win). At the beginning of 2020, Garré returned to his homeland, signing a contract with

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. On 28 February, in a match against

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, he made his debut in the

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. On 24 September, in the

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match against the Peruvian

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, he scored his first goal for Racing. In 2021, a left knee injury took him out of the game for seven months and forced him to start over. In the summer of 2022, Garré moved to

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on loan. On 11 June, in a match against

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, he made his debut for a new team. On 25 July, in a duel against

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, he scored his first goal for Huracan. In January 2023, Garré moved to the Russian club Krylia Sovetov Samara, signing a contract for 3.5 years. The transfer amount was €1.75 million. He became the second Argentine player in the history of the club - after Gustavo Lillo. In February 2025, Garré moved to the Brazilian club

International career

In 2015, Garré became the bronze medalist of the 2015 South American Championship under the age of 15. In 2017, he took part in the 2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile. At the tournament, he played in matches against the national teams of

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(1–0),

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(1–0),

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(3–0 win) and

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(2–0 loss).

Personal life

Benjamin Garre was born on 11 July 2000 in Buenos Aires. At the age of 5, his mother, Jacqueline, took him to the Villarreal-Versailles club because he played football at home 24 hours a day, endangering his house. Soon they begin to notice him and at the age of 7 he moves to the Vélez Sarsfield club, where he remained until 2016. His grandfather, Oscar Garré, was the

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champion. All his male relatives (with the exception of the middle son Oscar) played for Huracan in different years: father (Oscar's youngest son) — Emiliano Garré, two uncles — Ezequiel Garré (Oscar's eldest son) and Leonardo Ariel Orsi (Benjamin's godfather and brother of Benjamin's mother Jacqueline). On 9 January 2023, Garre married model Luana Malfitano, and a year earlier, in February 2022, they had a daughter, Amira.

Career statistics

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Honours

Argentina U15 * South American U-15 Championship Bronze:

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Individual *

Player of the Month: July/August 2023.{{Cite web, url=https://premium.premierliga.ru/news-and-media/novosti-i-media_210.html, title=БЕНХАМИН ГАРРЕ – WINLINE ЛУЧШИЙ ИГРОК ИЮЛЯ И АВГУСТА, date=9 September 2023, language=ru

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