Benjamín Galdames
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Unión Española | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Unión Española | 15 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2021– | Mexico U21 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2021 | |||
Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán (born 24 February 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Unión Española.
Galdames is the son of Chilean former professional footballer Pablo Galdames. He was born in Mexico City due to his father being a Cruz Azul player at the time.
International career[]
Mexico U20[]
In October 2020, Galdames received his first ever call up to the Mexico under-20 national team by Raúl Chabrand for training camp.
Mexico U21[]
On 9 October 2021, Galdames made his Mexico U21 debut in a friendly match against the Romania U21 side.
Senior[]
On December 2021, Galdames was included in the Mexico national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a friendly match against Chile set to take place on December 8.[1]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 20 October 2021[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Unión Española | 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in Copa Chile
Personal life[]
Galdames is of Chilean descent which allows him to play for the Chile national team as well as the Mexico national team having been born in Mexico.
References[]
- ^ "¡Checa la convocatoria de México para enfrentar a Chile!". fanbolero.com. December 6, 2021.
- ^ Benjamín Galdames at Soccerway
External links[]
- Benjamín Galdames at Soccerway
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico youth international footballers
- Mexican people of Chilean descent
- Latin American sportspeople of Chilean descent
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Unión Española footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Citizens of Chile through descent