Romeo Benítez
Paraguayan footballer (born 2002)
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Bernardo Romeo Benítez Fariña (born 14 November 2002) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays mainly as a left winger for Olimpia, on loan from Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernardo Romeo Benítez Fariña | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Sargento José Félix López, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Olimpia (on loan from Athletico Paranaense) | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cerro Corá de Concepción | |||
| 2017–2022 | Guaraní | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Guaraní | 52 | (7) |
| 2024– | Athletico Paranaense | 5 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Tigre (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Olimpia (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:31, 19 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Career
Guaraní
Born in Sargento José Félix López,[1] Benítez joined Guaraní's youth setup at the age of 15, from hometown club Club Sportivo Cerro Corá de Concepción.[2] He made his first team – and Primera División – debut on 9 April 2022, starting in a 1–0 away win over Sportivo Ameliano.[3]
Benítez scored his first professional goal on 21 May 2022, netting his team's third in a 4–0 away routing of General Caballero JLM.[4] He started to feature more regularly in the 2023 season, and scored a brace in a 2–1 home win over Sportivo Luqueño on 24 September of that year.[5]
Athletico Paranaense
On 19 December 2023, Benítez was announced at Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Athletico Paranaense on a five-year contract.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 19 December 2023[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guaraní | 2022 | Primera División | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8[a] | 2 | — | 42 | 8 | |||
| Total | 52 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 62 | 10 | |||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2024 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 52 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 10 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana