Walter Benítez (footballer)

Not to be confused with Walter Benítez (manager).

Walter Daniel Benítez (born 19 January 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club PSV.

Walter Benítez

Benítez with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Walter Daniel Benítez
Date of birth	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	General José de San Martín, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	PSV
Number	1
Youth career
0000–2013	Quilmes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2016	Quilmes	48	(0)
2016	Nice B	2	(0)
2016–2022	Nice	167	(0)
2022–	PSV	22	(0)
International career
2013	Argentina U20	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Benítez signed a four-year contract with Eredivisie club PSV in June 2022.^[1]

Personal life

Benítez has a Paraguayan grandfather.^[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 February 2023^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Quilmes	2011–12	Primera Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	2013–14	Argentine Primera División	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		6	0
	2014	Argentine Primera División	14	0	3	0	—		0	0	—		17	0
	2015	Argentine Primera División	21	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		21	0
	2016	Argentine Primera División	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		7	0
	Total		48	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		51	0
Nice B	2016–17	CFA	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Nice	2016–17	Ligue 1	3	0	1	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	—		6	0
	2017–18	Ligue 1	28	0	0	0	1	0	4^[a]	0	—		33	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	35	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	—		38	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	38	0	2	0	0	0	5^[a]	0	—		45	0
	2021–22	Ligue 1	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		37	0
	Total		167	0	7	0	4	0	10	0	—		188	0
PSV	2022–23	Eredivisie	22	0	0	0	—		11^[b]	0	1^[c]	0	34	0
Career total			239	0	7	0	4	0	21	0	1	0	272	0

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

PSV

• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2022^[4]

References

1. "PSV BOLSTER SQUAD BY SIGNING WALTER BENITEZ". PSV. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
2. "Guillermo tiene en la mira a un arquero argentino para la selección paraguaya". ABC (Paraguay) (in Spanish). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
3. Walter Benítez at Soccerway
4. "Ajax - PSV". PSV.nl. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.