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Career & Clubs
Born in Lima, Peru, Benítez began his career with Alianza Lima in 1950s. He won two Peruvian league titles in 1954 and 1955. In 1960 he joined Argentine club Boca Juniors where he was part of the team that won the 1962 league championship. Benítez moved to Italy in 1962, where he played for AC Milan, Messina, Roma, Venezia, and Inter Milan. In 1963, he was part of the AC Milan team that won the UEFA Champions League. He won a Coppa Italia title with Roma in 1969. He returned to Peru in 1971 where he played out the remainder of his career with Sporting Cristal.
Between 1957 and 1959 he played 11 games for the Peru national team. He appeared for Peru in the Copa América in 1957 and 1959, playing in a total of seven games. Additionally, he played in FIFA World Cup qualification for his native country in 1957. On 17 May 1959, Benitez was part of the Peru national team which beat England 4–1 in Lima.
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- Boca Juniors (1960–1962)
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- Club Alianza Lima (1954–1959)
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- Club Sporting Cristal (1970–1973)
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- Inter Milan (1967–1968)
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- AC Milan (1962–1963)
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- AS Roma (1965–1966)
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- A.C.R. Messina (1963–1964)
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- Venezia F.C. (1966–1967)
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- AC Milan (1964–1965)
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- AS Roma (1968–1970)
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- Peru men's national football team (1957–1959)
Legacy
Alianza Lima
Peruvian League: 1954, 1955 Boca Juniors
Primera División Argentina: 1962 AC Milan
European Cup: 1962–63 Roma
Coppa Italia: 1968–69
Clubs
Played together with
Aaron AnselminoBoca Juniors · 2023–2025
Abel BalboAS Roma · 1993–1998- Abel BalboAS Roma · 2000–2002
- Abel BalboBoca Juniors · 2002–2002
- Abel XavierAS Roma · 2004–2005
- Abel XavierAS Roma · 2005–2005
Achraf HakimiInter Milan · 2020–2021
Aco StojkovInter Milan · 2001–2005- Adan BalbínClub Sporting Cristal · 2014–2015
Adel TaarabtAC Milan · 2014–2014
Adem LjajićAS Roma · 2013–2015- Adem LjajićInter Milan · 2015
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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Víctor Benítez Morales was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Nicknamed "El Conejo", he notably played for Italian clubs AC Milan, Roma and Inter Milan as well as Argentine club Boca Juniors. He won the European Cup title with AC Milan in 1963.
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