Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gastón Benedetti Taffarel | ||
Date of birth | (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Larroque, Entre Ríos, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Estudiantes de La Plata | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012-2022 | Estudiantes de La Plata | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Estudiantes | 62 | (3) |
2022 | → Guillermo Brown (loan) | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:13, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
Gastón Benedetti Taffarel (born 29 March 2001) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Estudiantes in the Argentine Primera División.
Career
From Larroque, Entre Ríos. He joined Estudiantes de La Plata in 2012. In 2018 Benedetti had progressed to the reserve side and was categoried as a left-winger but was beginning to play deeper on occasion as well. He played as Estudiantes won the Youth Super League in 2019. He later became captain of the reserve team.
Benedetti spent the 2022 season on loan at Guillermo Brown in Puerto Madryn, playing seventeen times for them in the Primera Nacional.
In 2023 he was given a place at left-back for Estudiantes by manager Eduardo Dominguez, making his debut in a 3-0 league win over Newells Old Boys on March 31, 2023. He was given a run in the side and they didn't lose in his first eight matches in all competitions, and in his ninth he scored his first and second goals for the club, in a 2–0 win over Velez Sarsfield, with the second goal assisted by debutant Axel Atum.
Honours
Estudiantes
References
- "Gastón Benedetti: from that kid who did the "colimba" in the South, to a soldier from Domínguez's team". Eldia.com. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "What does Pincha have on the left side today?". Infocielo. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Hand in hand with Chavo: Who can climb from the Reserve?". Infocielo. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- Segura, Lautaro (11 January 2023). ""I feel very happy and want to continue progressing, it is a beautiful opportunity"". Eldia.
- Alegre, Fernando (10 January 2023). "New Basque: who is Gastón Benedetti, the youth who joins Pincha's preseason". eldia.com. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Gastón Benedetti, the 13th of good luck for Estudiantes de La Plata". Pagina12.com. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "ESTUDIANTES VS. NEWELLS OLD BOYS 3-0". Soccerway. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Benedetti made his debut in First Division and broke it". Diariohoy.net. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Gastón Benedetti: his first goal and a great goal in Estudiantes". Infocielo. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Gastón Benedetti double led Estudiantes' victory over Vélez". tntsports.com. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "¡ESTUDIANTES CAMPEÓN! Venció a Vélez por penales y se consagró en la Copa de la Liga 2024". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
External links
- Gastón Benedetti at Soccerway
Estudiantes de La Plata – current squad | |
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