Eduardo_Bennet
Eduardo Bennett
Honduran footballer and manager (born 1968)
José Eduardo Bennett (born 11 September 1968) is a Honduran former footballer. He is currently manager of UPNFM.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Eduardo Bennett | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-09-11) September 11, 1968 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UPNFM | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Victoria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Curacao | (12) | |
| 1991–1992 | Olimpia | (24) | |
| 1991–1993 | Cobras | 31 | (8) |
| 1993–1995 | San Lorenzo | 47 | (18) |
| 1995–1999 | Argentinos Juniors | 111 | (44) |
| 2000 | Cobreloa | 28 | (7) |
| 2000 | Argentinos Juniors | 11 | (2) |
| 2001 | Chacarita Juniors | ||
| 2001–2002 | Quilmes | (6) | |
| 2002 | Olimpia | (3) | |
| 2003–2004 | Victoria | 69 | (34) |
| 2005–2006 | Vida | (8) | |
| 2006–2007 | Unión Ájax | ||
| 2007 | Olimpia | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | Atlético Olanchano | 16 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Necaxa | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1991–2000 | Honduras | 36 | (19) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Necaxa (Reserves) | ||
| 2013– | UPNFM | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2005 | |||
Born in La Ceiba, Bennett played in the youth teams of local side Victoria and moved to Tegucigalpa aged 14. There he played college football and later joined Curacao.[2] His debut in Liga Nacional was on 29 September 1988 at the age of 19 wearing Curacao's jersey against Motagua, and he scored to tie 1-1.[3]
Nicknamed El Balín or Demonio (the Demon), he played for Curacao, CD Olimpia and CD Victoria in Honduras, Cobras in Mexico, Argentinos Juniors,[4] San Lorenzo[5] (with whom he won the 1995 Clausura title) and Second Division Chacarita Juniors and Quilmes in 10 years in Argentina as well as for Cobreloa in Chile.
His debut in Honduran Second Division was on February 4, 2007 at the age of 38 for Unión Ájax against Real Sociedad. By May 2009, he has scored 83 goals in the Honduran national league.[6]
At age 41, Bennett retired after playing with Necaxa in the Honduran second division and started training the Necaxa reserves.
Bennett made his debut for Honduras in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 36 caps, scoring 19 goals. He has represented his country in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[7] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1991,[8] 1993[9] and 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[10] He is the scorer of the first ever goal at a CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals.[11]
He was substituted in his final international, an April 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Panama.
| Season | Club | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Clausura 1995 | San Lorenzo de Almagro | Primera Division Argentina Championship |
- Los entrenadores que tienen el reto de llegar a Primera División - El Heraldo (in Spanish)
- Las reservas son el futuro del fútbol hondureño Archived 2013-02-17 at archive.today - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-07-02 at archive.today - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Eduardo Bennett – FIFA competition record (archived)
- CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- Bennett anotó el primero, "Pescadito" el 600[permanent dead link] - Diez (in Spanish)
- Eduardo Bennett at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bennett: “Por ser negro me dicen de todo” - La Nación (in Spanish)
- Futbolistas extranjeros en Argentina