Benjamín Galdames
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| Full name | Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 February 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Atlético San Luis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Unión Española | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Unión Española | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Atlético San Luis | 42 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Mexico U21 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mexico U23 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán (born 24 February 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis.
Youth
In October 2020, Galdames received his first ever call up to the Mexico national under-20 team by Raúl Chabrand for training camp.
On 9 October 2021, Galdames made his Mexico under-21 debut in a friendly match against the Romania U21 side. He was called up by Raúl Chabrand to participate with the under-21 team at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament,[1] where Mexico finished the tournament in third place.[2] In June 2023, he took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France[3] with Mexico, in which he finished second, losing in final against Panama.
Senior
In December 2021, Galdames was included in the senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a friendly match against Chile set to take place on December 8.[4] He had also been called up for Chile by the coach Martín Lasarte, but he rejected that chance.[5]
Personal life
Galdames is the son of Chilean former international footballer Pablo Galdames.[6] He was born in Mexico City due to his father being a Cruz Azul player at the time. Due to the fact that he holds dual Mexican-Chilean nationality, he can play for the Chile national team as well as the Mexico national team.[7]
From his paternal line, he is the younger brother of the Chilean footballers Pablo Jr. and Thomas[6] and the half-brother of the also footballer Mathías.[8] In addition, through his maternal line, he and his brothers are related to the Spanish-Chilean footballer Nerea Sánchez Millán.[9][10]
Galdames Millán is of Mapuche descent and his second surname, Millán, means "golden" in Mapudungun.[11][12][13]
