Jorge Benitez (American soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Peru | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1967 | Ukrainian Nationals | ? | (37) |
| 1967–1968 | Boston Tigers | ? | (7) |
| 1968 | Los Angeles Wolves | 11 | (6) |
| 1969 | Kansas City Spurs | 14 | (15) |
| International career | |||
| 1972 | United States | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jorge Benítez, also known as George Benitez, is an American former soccer forward. He played in both the American Soccer League and the North American Soccer League. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1972.
Professional career
[edit]Benitez played at least two seasons in the American Soccer League. He was second in league scoring with 21 goals while with the Ukrainian Nationals during the 1965–1966 season.[1] In the 1966–1967 season, he led the league in scoring with 16 goals.[2] He then scored seven goals with the Boston Tigers during the 1967-1968 ASL season[3] before jumping to the Los Angeles Wolves of the North American Soccer League. The Wolves folded at the end of the season and Benitez moved to the Kansas City Spurs for the 1969 season. He was the second leading scorer with fifteen goals in fourteen games as the Spurs won the league championship.
National team
[edit]Benitez earned two caps with the U.S. national team. Both came in World Cup qualification losses to Mexico in 1972. The first was a 3–1 loss on September 3 and the second was a 2–1 loss a week later.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1966". Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1967". Archived from the original on 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979 Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- American men's soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- Peruvian men's footballers
- American people of Peruvian descent
- American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
- Boston Tigers players
- Kansas City Spurs players
- Los Angeles Wolves players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Peruvian emigrants to the United States
- Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals players
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards