Fiamma Benítez

Fiamma
Personal information
Full name	Fiamma Benítez Iannuzzi
Date of birth	19 June 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Dénia, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Valencia
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2021	Levante B
2020–2022	Levante
2022–2024	Valencia
International career‡
2019	Spain U17
2020	Spain U16
2021–2023	Spain U19
2022	Spain U20
2023–	Spain U23
2022–	Spain
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Spain
UEFA Women's Nations League
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Fiamma Benítez Iannuzzi (born 19 June 2004), simply known as Fiamma, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Valencia and the Spain women's national team.

Early life

Fiamma was born in Dénia to Argentine parents.^[5] Her maternal grandfather was Italian.^[6]

Fiamma has played for Levante in Spain. She appeared in the professional 2021–22 Primera División for them.^[1]

Fiamma was eligible to play for Spain, Italy or Argentina and had shown interest in playing for the latter.^[5] Representing the former, she won the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and made her senior debut on 11 November 2022 as a 56th-minute substitution in a 7–0 friendly home win, coincidentally over Argentina.^[7] She became cap-tied to Spain when she played and scored in a UEFA Women's Nations League victory over Sweden in December 2023.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 February 2023	Industree Group Stadium, Gosford, Australia	Jamaica	3–0	3–0	2023 Cup of Nations
2.	5 December 2023	La Rosaleda, Malaga, Spain	Sweden	4–3	5–3	UEFA Women's Nations League

Spain U19

Spain U20

Spain

^ ^a ^b "Primera Iberdrola – Levante UD 5 - 0 SD Eibar". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Fiamma". Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "Fiamma". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "Plantilla". Levante UD. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b Cabe, Pablo (28 December 2020). ""Sería una experiencia muy linda jugar para la Selección Argentina"". Localía Femenina. Retrieved 2 October 2021. It would be a very nice experience to play for the Argentina National Team and be called up, something unforgettable
^ QUIERO SER COMO... FIAMMA BENÍTEZ #30 on YouTube
^ Fiamma Benítez at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "2022 Women's U19 EURO: Road to the title". UEFA.com. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Paralluelo propels Spain to revenge and glory". FIFA.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Women's Nations League final: World Cup winners Spain beat France 2–0 in Seville". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

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