Pedro Benítez (footballer, born 1981)

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Pedro Juan Benítez Domínguez (born 23 March 1981) is a Paraguayan former footballer. He last played for Deportivo Capiatá.

Benítez was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, who achieved a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying round, and, having finished second in the league, beat South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During his career Benítez played for Sportivo San Lorenzo, Sportivo Luqueño, Olimpia, Cerro Porteño, Libertad, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Tigres and Atlético Mineiro.

He has also represented the Paraguay national football team 12 times since 2004, and he has scored one goal.

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