Delfín Benítez Cáceres

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Delfín Benítez Cáceres

Full name	Delfín Benítez Cáceres
Date of birth	June 24, 1910(1910-06-24)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	August 1, 2004 (aged 94)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1932 1932-1939 1939-1941 1941-1944	Libertad Boca Juniors Racing Club Ferro Carril Oeste	? (?) 162 (107) 84 (65) 66 (20)
National team
?-? 1934	Paraguay Argentina	15 (3) 1 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Delfín Benítez Cáceres (24 September 1910 – 8 January 2004) was a Paraguayan football striker.

Benítez started his career in Libertad of his native country. As one of the key players of the Paraguayan national football team in the early 1930's he gained the attention of Argentinian club Boca Juniors and signed with them in 1932. He soon became one of the key players in the team and during the seven years he spent at the club he scored 107 goals in 162 matches, making him the fifth all-time top scorer in Boca Juniors' history [1]. Boca fans consider Benítez as "perhaps the best foreign player to ever wear the blue and gold jersey of Boca Juniors" [2].

Near the end of his football career, Benítez also played for Argentinian sides Racing Club (1939-41) and Ferro Carril Oeste (1941-44). During his time at Racing he became the top scorer in the Primera División Argentina and in South American football for 1940 with 33 goals tied with Isidro Lángara of San Lorenzo.

He earned 15 caps and scored three goals for Paraguay, and later appeared once for the Argentina national football team in 1934, scoring 1 goal.

After retiring from football as a player he became a coach and led Independiente Medellín to a Colombian national championship in 1955. He also coached several Venezuelan football teams.

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v • d • e Paraguay squad - 1930 FIFA World Cup

MF Aguirre • GK P. Benítez • MF S. Benítez • FW Benítez Cáceres • FW Carreras • DF Chamorro • GK Denis • MF Díaz • FW Domínguez • MF Etcheverry • MF Florentín • DF Flores • MF Garcete • FW González • DF Miracca • FW Nessi • DF Olmedo • FW Ortega • FW Rivera • FW Romero • FW Vargas Peña • FW Villalba • Coach: Laguna