Nelson Fabián Benítez is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football left defender. He currently plays for Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 in Argentina.

Career

Benítez made his breakthrough into Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús

Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

' first team in 2002. Between 2004 and 2006, he spent time with Talleres de Córdoba

Talleres de Córdoba

Club Atlético Talleres is a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the regionalised third division, the Torneo Argentino A...

 and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy

Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador, Jujuy Province...

 before returning to Lanús.

In 2007, Benítez was part of the Lanús squad that won the first top flight championship

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

 in the club's history.

In May 2008, Benítez agreed a four-year contract to play for Porto in the Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

. On 17 August 2009 FC Porto have loaned the Argentinian left-back to Leixoes S.C. for a season.
However, in October 2009, Benitez signed for Argentinean club San Lorenzo, as replacement for the injured left-backs Aureliano Torres

Aureliano Torres

Aureliano Torres Román is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Toluca in Mexico. Although naturally a midfielder, actually he has been a regular left back....

 and Sebastián Luna.

Honours

Lanús

• Argentine Primera División (1): 2007 Apertura

External links

• Guardian statistics
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI