Sergio Benito
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergio Benito Crujera | ||
Date of birth | 23 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Badajoz (on loan from Valladolid) | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2011 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
2011–2014 | Real Madrid | ||
2014–2017 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Rayo Vallecano B | 25 | (8) |
2018–2019 | → Barakaldo (loan) | 28 | (7) |
2019–2020 | → Cultural Leonesa (loan) | 21 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Valladolid B | 21 | (6) |
2020– | Valladolid | 1 | (0) |
2021– | → Badajoz (loan) | 6 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2021 |
Sergio Benito Crujera (born 23 March 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for CD Badajoz, on loan from Real Valladolid.
Club career[]
Born in Madrid, Benito began his career with Rayo Vallecano in 2005, aged six. In 2011, he joined Real Madrid's La Fábrica, but returned to Rayo in 2014.[1][2]
Benito made his senior debut with the reserves on 27 August 2017, playing the last 16 minutes of a 1–2 Tercera División away loss against CF Trival Valderas.[3] He scored his first senior goal six days later, netting his team's second in a 2–0 home win against RSD Alcalá.[4]
On 18 August 2018, Benito was loaned to Segunda División B side Barakaldo CF for the season.[5] On 9 August of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa also in a temporary deal.[6]
Whilst at Cultural, Benito scored an extra time winner in a 2–1 Copa del Rey success over Atlético Madrid,[7] but also saw his decisive penalty in the play-off Final being saved by CE Sabadell FC's goalkeeper Ian Mackay, which led to a 6–7 loss in the shoot-out.[8] He returned to Rayo in July 2020, but signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid on 5 October, being assigned to the B-team also in division three.[9]
Benito made his first team debut on 15 December 2020, starting in a 5–0 away win against CD Cantolagua, for the season's Copa del Rey.[10] His professional – and La Liga – debut occurred the following 19 January, as he came on as a late substitute for Óscar Plano in a 2–2 home draw against Elche CF.[11]
On 25 August 2021, Benito moved to Primera División RFEF side CD Badajoz on loan for the 2021–22 season.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Former Canterano Sergio Benito knocks out Atletico Madrid out of Copa del Rey alongside Castilla loanee". Tribuna. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Conoce a… Mario Hernández y Sergio Benito" [Know... Mario Hernández and Sergio Benito] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Crónica: Trival Valderas 2–1 Rayo B" [Report: Trival Valderas 2–1 Rayo B] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Crónica: Rayo B 2–0 RSD Alcalá" [Report: Rayo B 2–0 RSD Alcalá] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Cesión del jugador Sergio Benito (Rayo Vallecano)" [Loan of player Sergio Benito (Rayo Vallecano)] (in Spanish). Barakaldo CF. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Acuerdo para la cesión de Sergio Benito" [Agreement for the loan of Sergio Benito] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "El Atlético vuelve al pasado" [Atlético is back to the past] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "'SuperMackay' prolonga el sueño del Sabadell hacia Segunda" ['SuperMackay' extends Sabadell's dream towards Segunda] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Benito potencia la delantera del Promesas" [Sergio Benito bolsters the forward lines of Promesas] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "El Real Valladolid cumple con el expediente mostrando una buena cara" [Real Valladolid accomplish with the procedure by showing a good face] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Joaquín salva in extremis al Valladolid y oscurece la actuación de Josan" [Joaquín saves Valladolid in extremis and shadows Josan's performance] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Sergio Benito, al Badajoz" [Sergio Benito, to Badajoz] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links[]
- Sergio Benito at BDFutbol
- Sergio Benito at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Sergio Benito at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Madrid
- Spanish footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Primera División RFEF players
- Tercera División players
- Rayo Vallecano B players
- Barakaldo CF footballers
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- Real Valladolid Promesas players
- Real Valladolid players
- CD Badajoz players