Christian Benítez
# Date Venue Opponent Score Final Competition
1 September 6 , 2006 East Rutherford , New Jersey , United States Peru 1 -0 1-1 International friendly
2 May 23 , 2007 East Rutherford , New Jersey , United States Republic of Ireland 1 -0 1-1 International friendly
3 June 6 , 2007 Barcelona , Spain Peru 1 -0 2-0 International friendly
4 June 26 , 2007 Puerto Ordaz , Venezuela Chile 1 -2 2-3 2007 Copa América
5 September 8 , 2007 Quito , Ecuador El Salvador 2 -0 5-1 International friendly
6 September 8 , 2007 Quito , Ecuador El Salvador 4 -1 5-1 International friendly
7 August 20 , 2008 East Rutherford , New Jersey , United States Colombia 1 -0 1-0 International friendly
8 September 6 , 2008 Quito , Ecuador Bolivia 3 -1 3-1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 October 12 , 2008 Quito , Ecuador Chile 1 -0 1-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 September 9 , 2009 La Paz , Bolivia Bolivia 1- 3 1-3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 September 4 , 2010 Zapopan , Mexico Mexico 0- 1 1-2 International friendly
12 October 12 , 2010 Montreal , Canada Poland 1 -0 2-2 International friendly
13 October 12 , 2010 Montreal , Canada Poland 2 -2 2-2 International friendly
14 November 17 , 2010 Quito , Ecuador Venezuela 1 -0 4-1 International friendly
15 November 17 , 2010 Quito , Ecuador Venezuela 2 -0 4-1 International friendly
16 June 1 , 2011 Toronto , Canada Canada 1 -1 2-2 International friendly
17 September 2 , 2011 Quito , Ecuador Jamaica 3 -0 5-2 International friendly
18 September 2 , 2011 Quito , Ecuador Jamaica 4 -0 5-2 International friendly
19 September 6 , 2011 Quito , Ecuador Costa Rica 4 -0 4-0 International friendly
20 October 7 , 2011 Quito , Ecuador Venezuela 2 -0 2-0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
International career -- International goals
Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (May 1, 1986 - July 29, 2013), also known as Chucho, was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward for El Jaish of the Qatar Stars League at the time of his death. He began his career with El Nacional in Ecuador and then joined Santos Laguna, with whom he won the award for Best Player of the Clausura 2008. He spent the 2009-10 season on loan to Premier League club Birmingham City, and then moved to Club América for a Mexican record US$10 million, where he was a regular scorer. Benitez played 58 times for the Ecuador national football team from his debut in 2005, scoring 24 goals. He played for them at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and two Copa America tournaments. Following his death, the Ecuadorian Football Federation retired Benítez's number 11 jersey from the national team. However, due to FIFA regulations they had to reinstate it for the 2014 World Cup squad.