Darío Benedetto

Early career

Darío Benedetto began his career playing for Arsenal de Sarandí in 2008. He was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia in 2010, and then to Gimnasia in 2011, appearing in 19 matches and scoring 11 goals.

Tijuana

In the summer of 2013, Benedetto joined Mexican club Tijuana. On 19 July, he scored a hat-trick on his league debut for the club in a 3–3 draw against Atlas at the Estadio Caliente. Benedetto would not score again until 1 November, scoring a brace against Atlante. For the 2014 Clausura, Benedetto managed to score 7 goals for the club, and scored one in the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The following tournament, the 2014 Apertura, Benedetto scored 9 goals for Tijuana, making him the fourth-best goal scorer of the tournament, behind leaders Mauro Boselli and Camilo Sanvezzo, who scored 12 goals, and Dorlan Pabón, who scored 11 goals. He also had 4 assists. In total, Benedetto scored 21 goals in 43 appearances for Xolos.

América

On 15 December 2014, Club América reached an agreement with Tijuana to sign Benedetto. Though details of the transfer went undisclosed, it was believed that América paid US$8 million for the player. He made his debut on 10 January 2015 in América's opening game of the Clausura tournament, a 3–2 victory over León at the Estadio Azteca, providing the assist for Oribe Peralta's second goal. He scored his first goal in a league game against Tigres UANL. Benedetto was named the best player of the 2014–15 CONCACAF…

On 27 August 2017, Benedetto received his first senior call-up by coach Jorge Sampaoli for Argentina's 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Uruguay and Venezuela. He made his international debut on 5 September 2017 vs. Venezuela, he came on to replace Paulo Dybala as a substitute, the match ended 1–1.

Club

As of match played 21 April 2024

International

As of match played 22 March 2019

Arsenal

Argentine Primera División: 2012 Clausura Supercopa Argentina: 2012 Copa Argentina: 2012–13 América

CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15, 2015–16 Boca Juniors

Argentine Primera División: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional: 2022 Supercopa Argentina: 2018, 2022 Copa Libertadores runner-up: 2018, 2023 Individual

CONCACAF Champions League Golden Ball: 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League Golden Boot: 2014–15 (shared) Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 2017 Argentine Primera División top scorer: 2016–17