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Mauricio Benítez Profile and Player Statistics

Mauricio Benítez

First name:	Mauricio
Last name:	Benítez
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:
Height:	194

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Mauricio Benítez has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Pro League	2025/2026	Antwerp	10	5	2	1	0
Belgian Cup	2024/2025	Antwerp	1	0	0	0	0
Pro League	2024/2025	Antwerp	15	5	4	0	1
Copa Argentina	2024	Boca Juniors	1	0	0	0	0

Mauricio Benítez has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
17/10/2025	Standard Liège	1 - 0	Antwerp	1-0	H2H	+
Rafiki Saïd 1'		1 - 0
Adnane Abid 39'
			41' Christopher Scott
			46' Mahamadou Diawara
			46' Isaac Babadi
			46' Andreas Verstraeten
			46' Youssef Hamdaoui
Ibe Hautekiet 55'
			63' Isaac Babadi
			66' Daam Foulon
			66' Gabriel Jesus David
			66' Christopher Scott
			66' Anthony Valencia
72'
Rafiki Saïd 72'
Dennis Eckert Ayensa 73'
Léandre Kuavita 73'
Rafiki Saïd 73'
Henry Lawrence 73'
Thomas Henry 73'
Timothé Nkada 73'
Hakim Sahabo 85'
Nayel Mehssatou 85'
			86' Zeno Van Den Bosch
04/10/2025	Antwerp	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-1	H2H	+
			12' Lawrence Agyekum
Daam Foulon 22'
Semm Renders 22'
Farouck Adekami 24'
Mauricio Benitez 28'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	41' Oumar Diakité
			65' Erick Nunes
			65' Ibrahima Diaby
Christopher Scott 65'
Mukhammadali Urinboev 65'
			65' Lawrence Agyekum
			65' Nils De Wilde
			75' Steve Ngoura
			75' Alan Minda
			76' Oumar Diakité
			76' Krys Kouassi
Andreas Verstraeten 79'
Mahamadou Diawara 79'
Mauricio Benitez 79'
Isaac Babadi 79'
Farouck Adekami 79'
Marwan Alsahafi 79'
			89' Edan Diop
			89' Oluwaseun Adewumi
27/09/2025	Zulte-Waregem	2 - 0	Antwerp	0-0	H2H	+
			18' Yuto Tsunashima
Jeppe Erenbjerg 56'		1 - 0
			62' Isaac Babadi
			62' Farouck Adekami
			63' Mahamadou Diawara
			63' Youssef Hamdaoui
Stavros Gavriel 71'
Marley Ake 71'
			83' Rosen Bozhinov
			83' Kiki Kouyaté
			83' Marwan Alsahafi
			83' Christopher Scott
Marley Ake 84'		2 - 0
Yannick Cappelle 90'
Emran Soglo 90'
Jeppe Erenbjerg 90'
Lukas Willen 90'
14/09/2025	Antwerp	1 - 2	Gent	1-1	H2H	+
			14' Samuel Kotto
Yuto Tsunashima 17'
			21' Mathias Delorge
			21' Jean-Kévin Duverne
Daam Foulon 29'
			31' Siebe Van der Heyden
Rosen Bozhinov 36'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	45+2' Michal Skoras
Yuto Tsunashima 46'
Mukhammadali Urinboev 46'
		1 - 2	47' Matisse Samoise
			53' Jean-Kévin Duverne
Mahamadou Diawara 61'
Youssef Hamdaoui 61'
Isaac Babadi 66'
Marwan Alsahafi 66'
Youssef Hamdaoui 74'
			77' Michal Skoras
			77' Franck Surdez
Zeno Van Den Bosch 80'
Kiki Kouyaté 80'
Daam Foulon 80'
Andreas Verstraeten 80'
87'
Marwan Alsahafi 88'
30/08/2025	Westerlo	2 - 0	Antwerp	1-0	H2H	+
			18' Mahamadou Doumbia
Isa Sakamoto 28'		1 - 0
			46' G. Bijl
			46' Gyrano Kerk
			46' Mauricio Benitez
			46' Kiki Kouyaté
			60' Andreas Verstraeten
			65' Farouck Adekami
			65' Mukhammadali Urinboev
Josimar Alcócer 66'
			72' Mahamadou Doumbia
Nacho Ferri 73'
Arthur Piedfort 75'		2 - 0
Thomas Van den Keybus 77'
Mathias Fixelles 77'
			78' Marwan Alsahafi
			78' Gabriel Jesus David
Josimar Alcócer 85'
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 85'
Nacho Ferri 85'
Kyan Vaesen 85'
			89' Gyrano Kerk
Isa Sakamoto 90+2'
Griffin Yow 90+2'
24/08/2025	Antwerp	2 - 1	Mechelen	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' Thérence Ange Koudou
Thibo Somers 27'		1 - 1
			31' Lion Lauberbach
Daam Foulon 52'
Semm Renders 52'
Yuto Tsunashima 52'
Andreas Verstraeten 52'
Dennis Praet 54'
			61' Moncef Zekri
			61' Bill Antonio
			61' Bilal Bafdili
			61' Benito Raman
Marwan Alsahafi 62'
Gabriel Jesus David 62'
G. Bijl 62'
Kiki Kouyaté 62'
			79' Kerim Mrabti
			79' Halil Özdemir
Mahamadou Doumbia 80'		2 - 1
			85' Mory Konaté
			85' Patrick Pflücke
			87' Fredrik Hammar
			87' Thérence Ange Koudou
Mahamadou Doumbia 90+3'
Mauricio Benitez 90+3'
17/08/2025	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 1	Antwerp	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' Farouck Adekami
P. Guiagon 34'		1 - 1
A. Bernier 47'
			59' Farouck Adekami
65'
			70' Farouck Adekami
			70' Gabriel Jesus David
			70' Yuto Tsunashima
			70' Andreas Verstraeten
			74' Zeno Van Den Bosch
Jakob Napoleon Romsaas 81'
Antoine Colassin 81'
			81' Michel-Ange Balikwisha
			81' Youssef Hamdaoui
M. Nzita 82'
A. Bernier 85'
Freddy Mbemba 85'
			90+3' Dennis Praet
			90+3' Mauricio Benitez
Antoine Colassin 90+4'
			90+5' Gabriel Jesus David
			90+5'
10/08/2025	Antwerp	3 - 1	OH Leuven	1-0	H2H	+
			32' Abdoul Karim Traoré
Michel-Ange Balikwisha 36'		1 - 0
			40' Ewoud Pletinckx
			45+2' Birger Verstraete
Gyrano Kerk 48'
Yuto Tsunashima 55'
Andreas Verstraeten 55'
			71' Óscar Gil
			71' Thibault Vlietinck
			72' Siebe Schrijvers
			72' Wouter George
			72' Casper Terho
			72' Thibaud Verlinden
Mahamadou Doumbia 78'		2 - 0
Gyrano Kerk 80'
Farouck Adekami 80'
			80' Abdoul Karim Traoré
			80' Nachon Nsingi
			83' Birger Verstraete
Mahamadou Doumbia 86'
Mauricio Benitez 86'
Vincent Janssen 86'
Gabriel Jesus David 86'
Michel-Ange Balikwisha 86'
Mukhammadali Urinboev 86'
		2 - 1	87' Ewoud Pletinckx
			88' Jovan Mijatović
			88' William Balikwisha
Zeno Van Den Bosch 90+6'
			90+6' Thibault Vlietinck
Farouck Adekami 90+7'		3 - 1
Farouck Adekami 90+8'
03/08/2025	Genk	1 - 1	Antwerp	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	24' Vincent Janssen
Zakaria El Ouahdi 28'		1 - 1
			71' Thibo Somers
Hyeon-gyu Oh 72'
Tolu Arokodare 72'
Nikolas Sattlberger 72'
Daan Heymans 72'
Noah Adedeji-Sternberg 72'
Yira Sor 72'
			75' Daam Foulon
			75' Semm Renders
			83' Mahamadou Doumbia
			83' Mauricio Benitez
Joris Kayembe 83'
Yaimar Medina 83'
Konstantinos Karetsas 87'
Ibrahima Sory Bangoura 87'
			89' Dennis Praet
			90' Gyrano Kerk
			90' Gabriel Jesus David
25/07/2025	Antwerp	1 - 1	Union Saint-Gilloise	1-0	H2H	+
Vincent Janssen 21'
			23' Promise David
Mahamadou Doumbia 26'
Vincent Janssen 36'		1 - 0
			45+2' Ousseynou Niang
			46' Kevin Rodríguez
			46' Raul Alexander Florucz
			57' Fedde Leysen
			59' Promise David
			59' Cristian Makaté
			60' Alessio Castro-Montes
			60' Anan Khalaili
			67' Charles Vanhoutte
		1 - 1	68' Raul Alexander Florucz
Gyrano Kerk 77'
Gyrano Kerk 79'
Gabriel Jesus David 79'
			81' Kamiel Van De Perre
			81' A. Zorgane
Dennis Praet 85'
Mauricio Benitez 85'
			89' Anouar Ait El Hadj
			89' Sofiane Boufal
29/05/2025	Antwerp	1 - 2	Sporting Charleroi	0-0	H2H	+
Jaïro Riedewald 57'
Toby Alderweireld 57'
Jelle Bataille 57'
Gyrano Kerk 57'
		0 - 1	61' Check Keita
Tjaronn Chery 62'
Christopher Gavin Scott 62'
			65' A. Zorgane
			72' A. Bernier
			72' Ž. Rogelj
Vincent Janssen 74'
Mohamed Bayo 74'
Mahamadou Doumbia 74'
Semm Renders 74'
Olivier Deman 76'
			82' J. Pétris
			82' R. Denuit
Mohamed Bayo 86'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	90+5' P. Guiagon
			90+10' D. Heymans
25/05/2025	Club Brugge	1 - 1	Antwerp	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	35' Michel Ange Balikwisha
Christos Tzolis 43'		1 - 1
Joaquin Seys 46'
Bjorn Meijer 46'
Hugo Vetlesen 62'
Gustaf Nilsson 62'
			67' Semm Renders
			67' Jelle Bataille
			68' Dennis Praet
			68' Mauricio Benitez
			72' Mahamadou Doumbia
			76' Tjaronn Chery
			76' Mohamed Bayo
			77' Mahamadou Doumbia
			77' Andreas Verstraeten
Christos Tzolis 82'
Shandre Campbell 82'
83'
			83'
Raphael Onyedika 87'
Casper Nielsen 87'
Hans Vanaken 90'
17/05/2025	Antwerp	0 - 4	Union Saint-Gilloise	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' Mohammed Fuseini
Gyrano Kerk 29'
		0 - 2	35' Mohammed Fuseini
		0 - 3	41' Franjo Ivanovic
Semm Renders 46'
Kobe Corbanie 46'
Tjaronn Chery 46'
Jaïro Riedewald 46'
			55' Kevin Mac Allister
			61' Anouar Ait El Hadj
			61' Kamiel Van De Perre
			68' Franjo Ivanovic
			68' Promise David
			82' Anan Khalaili
			82' Alessio Castro-Montes
			82' Noah Sadiki
			82' Kevin Rodríguez
Mahamadou Doumbia 82'
Christopher Gavin Scott 82'
			82' Kevin Mac Allister
			82' Ross Sykes
Gyrano Kerk 82'
Kadan Young 82'
		0 - 4	83' Promise David
Mohamed Bayo 86'
Toby Alderweireld 86'
11/05/2025	Gent	0 - 3	Antwerp	0-2	H2H	+
			18' Olivier Deman
		0 - 1	34' Tjaronn Chery
		0 - 2	42' Tjaronn Chery
			45+3' Mahamadou Doumbia
Archie Brown 52'
Matisse Samoise 57'
Omri Gandelman 58'
Hyllarion Goore 58'
Aimé Omgba 58'
Atsuki Ito 58'
		0 - 3	59' Gyrano Kerk
Noah Fadiga 64'
			71' Jaïro Riedewald
			71' Kobe Corbanie
Dante Vanzeir 73'
Momodou Lamin Sonko 73'
			76' Semm Renders
			76' Christopher Gavin Scott
			76' Dennis Praet
			76' Andreas Verstraeten
Tiago Araújo 84'
Gilles De Meyer 84'
Mathias Delorge 84'
Tibe De Vlieger 84'
			89' Mahamadou Doumbia
			89' Mauricio Benitez
			89' Gyrano Kerk
			89' Kadan Young
01/05/2025	Antwerp	1 - 3	Anderlecht	0-0	H2H	+
			46' Marco Kana
			46' Lucas Hey
			46' Thomas Foket
			46' Ali Maamar
Denis Odoi 47'
		0 - 1	55' Keisuke Goto
			61' Majeed Ashimeru
			61' Nathan De Cat
			61' Keisuke Goto
			61' Samuel Edozie
Semm Renders 62'
Christopher Gavin Scott 62'
Denis Odoi 63'
Tjaronn Chery 66'
Kobe Corbanie 66'
Mohamed Bayo 66'
Jaïro Riedewald 66'
		0 - 2	69' Nathan De Cat
			75' Leander Dendoncker
			75' Jan Vertonghen
		0 - 3	86' Samuel Edozie
Dennis Praet 87'
Mauricio Benitez 87'
Gyrano Kerk 87'
Kadan Young 87'
Michel Ange Balikwisha 88'		1 - 3
27/04/2025	Genk	0 - 1	Antwerp	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	35' Tjaronn Chery
			37' Tjaronn Chery
Joris Kayembe Ditu 37'
			37' Gyrano Kerk
			56' Jelle Bataille
			56' Semm Renders
Konstantinos Karetsas 64'
Hyeon-gyu Oh 64'
Joris Kayembe Ditu 64'
Yaimar Abel Medina Ortiz 64'
Christopher Baah 64'
Noah Adedeji-Sternberg 64'
			69' Mohamed Bayo
			69' Jaïro Riedewald
			83' Mahamadou Doumbia
			83' Kobe Corbanie
Zakaria El Ouahdi 83'
Ken Nkuba 83'
			83' Tjaronn Chery
			83' Christopher Gavin Scott
Ibrahima Sory Bangoura 83'
Yira Collins Sor 83'
			83' Dennis Praet
			83' Andreas Verstraeten
20/04/2025	Anderlecht	0 - 0	Antwerp	0-0	H2H	+
			28' Olivier Deman
Jan-Carlo Simić 43'
Theo Leoni 60'
Thorgan Hazard 60'
Samuel Edozie 70'
Cesar Huerta 70'
			79' Dennis Praet
			79' Andreas Verstraeten
Yari Verschaeren 81'
Majeed Ashimeru 81'
Ludwig Augustinsson 81'
Moussa N'Diaye 81'
Kasper Dolberg 81'
Luis Vázquez 81'
			87' Mahamadou Doumbia
			87' Christopher Gavin Scott
			89' Senne Lammens
			90' Gyrano Kerk
			90' Mohamed Bayo
Cesar Huerta 90+1'
06/04/2025	Antwerp	2 - 3	Club Brugge	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' Ferran Jutglà
		0 - 2	29' Ardon Jashari
		0 - 3	45+3' Christos Tzolis
			46' Kyriani Sabbe
			46' Hugo Siquet
Jaïro Riedewald 60'
Dennis Praet 60'
			61' Hugo Siquet
Vincent Janssen 63'		1 - 3
			64' Joel Ordóñez
			64' Zaid Romero
			64' Ferran Jutglà
			64' Chemsdine Talbi
Michel Ange Balikwisha 71'		2 - 3
Tjaronn Chery 82'
Mohamed Bayo 82'
			82' Raphael Onyedika
			82' Casper Nielsen
			82' Gustaf Nilsson
			82' Romeo Vermant
Michel Ange Balikwisha 84'
			90+1' Romeo Vermant
Olivier Deman 90+4'
29/03/2025	Union Saint-Gilloise	5 - 1	Antwerp	3-1	H2H	+
Anan Khalaili 4'		1 - 0
Sofiane Boufal 14'
Anouar Ait El Hadj 14'
Promise David 14'		2 - 0
			15' Rosen Bozhinov
Anan Khalaili 34'
		2 - 1	37' Gyrano Kerk
			45+1' Rosen Bozhinov
Franjo Ivanović 45+3'		3 - 1
			45+4' Andreas Verstraeten
			45+4' Semm Renders
Promise David 63'
Mohammed Fuseini 63'
Anan Khalaili 63'
Alessio Castro-Montes 63'
			67' Olivier Deman
Ousseynou Niang 68'
Koki Machida 71'		4 - 1
			77' Jaïro Riedewald
			77' Mauricio Benitez
			77' Michel Ange Balikwisha
			77' Tjaronn Chery
			77' Gyrano Kerk
			77' Dennis Praet
Noah Sadiki 78'
Mathias Rasmussen 78'
Ousseynou Niang 78'
Henok Teklab 78'
Franjo Ivanović 87'		5 - 1
			90' Olivier Deman
			90' Christopher Gavin Scott
16/03/2025	Standard Liège	0 - 0	Antwerp	0-0	H2H	+
			19' Mauricio Benitez
			22' Vincent Janssen
			46' Mauricio Benitez
			46' Andreas Verstraeten
			63' Tjaronn Chery
			63' Michel Ange Balikwisha
			63' Jelle Bataille
			63' Semm Renders
Andi Zeqiri 71'
Andreas Hountondji 71'
			76' Vincent Janssen
			76' Mohamed Bayo
			86' Toby Alderweireld
			86' Rosen Bozhinov
			87' Olivier Deman
			90+1' Mahamadou Doumbia
Boli Bolingoli 90+5'
09/03/2025	Antwerp	0 - 1	Gent	0-0	H2H	+
J. Bataille 46'
S. Renders 46'
Mauricio Benitez 57'
M. Doumbia 57'
			65' Sven Kums
			65' Aimé Omgba
			65' Christ Goore
			65' Momodou Sonko
D. Praet 70'
M. Balikwisha 70'
G. Kerk 70'
M. Bayo 70'
J. Riedewald 82'
A. Verstraeten 82'
		0 - 1	83' Aimé Omgba
			87' Atsuki Ito
			87' Pieter Gerkens
			87' Matisse Samoise
			87' Gilles De Meyer
			88' Dante Vanzeir
			88' Andri Guðjohnsen
M. Doumbia 90+5'
01/03/2025	Cercle Brugge	0 - 0	Antwerp	0-0	H2H	+
			47' J. Riedewald
Ibrahim Diakité 53'
Lawrence Agyekum 61'
Bruno Goncalves De Jesus 61'
Alan Minda 61'
Paris Brunner 61'
			63' K. Young
			63' O. Achihi
			63' Mauricio Benitez
			63' M. Doumbia
Christiaan Ravych 74'
Erick Nunes 78'
Malamine Efekele 78'
Gary Magnee 78'
Edgaras Utkus 78'
			81'
			81' O. Achihi
			85' M. Bayo
			85' D. Gabriel
22/02/2025	Antwerp	2 - 2	OH Leuven	0-0	H2H	+
			16' Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
			22' Birger Verstraete
Gyrano Kerk 38'
Denis Odoi 47'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	56' Ewoud Pletinckx
Vincent Janssen 58'		2 - 1
Jaïro Riedewald 63'
Mauricio Benitez 63'
Denis Odoi 63'
Kobe Corbanie 63'
			71' Lequincio Zeefuik
			71' Wouter George
Zeno Van Den Bosch 71'
			71' Thibaud Verlinden
			71' Jovan Mijatović
Tjaronn Chery 79'
Mohamed Bayo 79'
Dennis Praet 79'
Anthony Valencia 79'
Olivier Deman 86'
			86' Birger Verstraete
			86' William Balikwisha
			87' Manuel Osifo
			87' Óscar Gil
			87' Manuel Osifo
			87' Óscar Gil
Gyrano Kerk 90'
Kadan Young 90'
			90+3' Jovan Mijatović
		2 - 2	90+6' Ezechiel Banzuzi
15/02/2025	Antwerp	2 - 1	KV Kortrijk	2-0	H2H	+
Vincent Janssen 22'		1 - 0
Tjaronn Chery 42'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	53' Abdelkahar Kadri
Semm Renders 61'
Denis Odoi 61'
Mohamed Bayo 61'
Dennis Praet 61'
			71' Dion De Neve
			71' Koen Kostons
			72' Nacho Ferri
Mauricio Benitez 79'
Jaïro Riedewald 79'
			86' Abdoulaye Sissako
			86' Thierry Ambrose
			86' Marco Ilaimaharitra
			86' Karol Czubak
Gyrano Kerk 90+1'
Anthony Valencia 90+1'
Tjaronn Chery 90+1'
Kadan Young 90+1'
09/02/2025	Anderlecht	2 - 0	Antwerp	0-0	H2H	+
			26' Gyrano Kerk
Killian Sardella 28'
			35' Semm Renders
			44' Vincent Janssen
			57' Mohamed Bayo
			57' Michel Ange Balikwisha
Kasper Dolberg 58'		1 - 0
Kasper Dolberg 64'		2 - 0
Yari Verschaeren 69'
Theo Leoni 69'
Kasper Dolberg 69'
Luis Vázquez 69'
			73' Toby Alderweireld
			79' Semm Renders
			79' Kobe Corbanie
			79' Mahamadou Doumbia
			79' Jaïro Riedewald
			79' Mauricio Benitez
			79' Anthony Valencia
Mario Stroeykens 84'
Nilson Angulo 84'
Thorgan Hazard 84'
Mats Rits 84'
Cesar Huerta 90+4'
Elyess Dao 90+4'
06/02/2025	Antwerp	2 - 2	Anderlecht	1-1	H2H	+
Denis Odoi 20'
Denis Odoi 26'		1 - 0
Olivier Deman 30'
			30' Killian Sardella
		1 - 1	32' Yari Verschaeren
Denis Odoi 36'
			37' Theo Leoni
Mahamadou Doumbia 54'
Mohamed Bayo 64'
Michel Ange Balikwisha 64'
			75' Yari Verschaeren
			75' Cesar Huerta
			80' Mario Stroeykens
			80' Leander Dendoncker
Vincent Janssen 83'
Gyrano Kerk 85'		2 - 1
			87' Luis Vázquez
			87' Kasper Dolberg
			87' Thorgan Hazard
			88' Thorgan Hazard
			88' Nilson Angulo
			88' Ludwig Augustinsson
			88' Moussa N'Diaye
		2 - 2	90+1' Leander Dendoncker
23/03/2024	Boca Juniors	3 - 0	Central Norte de Salta	1-0	H2H	+
Edinson Cavani 17'		1 - 0
			19' R. Paparelli
Aaron Anselmino 29'
			37' M. Sánchez
			41' M. Sánchez
			41' B. Sánchez de León
			46' J. Carrizo
			46' D. Gómez
Edinson Cavani 56'		2 - 0
			60' G. Lesman
			60' E. López
			60' R. Paparelli
			60' H. López
Edinson Cavani 62'
Darío Benedetto 62'
Marcos Rojo 62'
Cristian Lema 62'
E. Fernández 70'
Mauricio Benítez 70'
Vicente Taborda 70'
Luca Langoni 70'
Lautaro Blanco 71'
Marcelo Saracchi 71'
Miguel Merentiel 74'		3 - 0
			77' B. Molina
			78' D. Magno
			78' N. Carral

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Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Roda JC Kerkrade vs Almere City

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.