Pedro Juan Benítez Domínguez (born 23 March 1981) is a
Paraguay
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an former
footballer
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. He last played for
Deportivo Capiatá
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* Deportivo (Mexicable)
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.
Benítez was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan football team at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, who achieved a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying round, and, having finished second in the league, beat South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.
During his career Benítez played for
Sportivo San Lorenzo,
Sportivo Luqueño,
Olimpia,
Cerro Porteño
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,
Libertad,
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
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,
Tigres and
Atlético Mineiro
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*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
.
He has also represented the
Paraguay national football team
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12 times since 2004, and he has scored one goal.
See also
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Players and Records in Paraguayan Football
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Paraguayan men's footballers
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Paraguay
Olympic silver medalists for Paraguay
Club Sportivo San Lorenzo footballers
Sportivo Luqueño players
Club Olimpia footballers
Copa Libertadores–winning players
Cerro Porteño players
Club Libertad footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
2004 Copa América players
Liga MX players
Paraguayan Primera División players
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Footballers from San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Men's association football central defenders
21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen
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