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Jair Benítez
Personal information
Full name	Jair Benítez Sinisterra
Date of birth	11 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Jamundí, Colombia
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Left wing-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999	Envigado
2000	Santa Fe
2001	Envigado
2001–2003	Medellín
2003	Deportivo Pereira
2003–2004	Colón Santa Fe
2004–2005	Medellín
2006–2009	Deportivo Cali
2009	→ Medellín (loan)
2009–2014	FC Dallas
2016	Atlético
International career‡
2005–2007	Kolumbien
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2011

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Jair Benítez Sinisterra (born 11 January 1980) is a Colombian footballer.

Career

Professional

Benítez has spent the majority of his career playing professionally in Colombia, having played 344 games and scoring 19 goals in Colombia's Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. He won a Fútbol Profesional Colombiano title with Independiente Medellín in 2002, and appeared in 17 regular season and Copa Libertadores games for Independiente Medellín in 2009, before signing with FC Dallas of Major League Soccer on 22 July.^[1]

Since joining Dallas Benítez has been a key contributor, helping the club to reach the 2010 MLS Cup final.

International

Benítez is a full international with the Colombia national football team, and was part of the Colombian squads at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2007 Copa América.

Personal

Benítez holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.^[2]

Honours

FC Dallas

Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2010

References

^ Jair Benitez Signed^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "FC Dallas 2012 Roster Dance (Updated)". 24 February 2012.

External links

Jair Benítez at Major League Soccer
Jair Benítez at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Jair Benitez Signed^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "FC Dallas 2012 Roster Dance (Updated)". 24 February 2012.

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-| position             = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
+| position             = [[Defender (association football)#Wing-back|Left wing-back]]
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+| clubs11              = [[Atlético Cali|Atlético]]
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-'''Jair Benítez Sinisterra''' (born 11 January 1979 in [[Jamundí]]) is a Colombian [[association football|footballer]] who currently plays for [[Águilas Pereira]] from [[Categoría Primera A]].
+'''Jair Benítez Sinisterra''' (born 11 January 1980) is a Colombian [[association football|footballer]].
 == Career ==
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 === Professional ===
-Benítez has spent the majority of his career playing professionally in Colombia, having played 344 games and scoring 19 goals in Colombia's [[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]]. He won a Fútbol Profesional Colombiano title with [[Independiente Medellín]] in 2002, and appeared in 17 regular season and [[Copa Libertadores]] games for [[Independiente Medellín]] in 2009, before signing with [[FC Dallas]] of [[Major League Soccer]] on 22 July.<ref>[http://worldcupway.blogspot.com/2009/07/jair-benitez-signed.html Jair Benitez Signed]</ref>
+Benítez has spent the majority of his career playing professionally in Colombia, having played 344 games and scoring 19 goals in Colombia's [[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]]. He won a Fútbol Profesional Colombiano title with [[Independiente Medellín]] in 2002, and appeared in 17 regular season and [[Copa Libertadores]] games for [[Independiente Medellín]] in 2009, before signing with [[FC Dallas]] of [[Major League Soccer]] on 22 July.<ref>[http://worldcupway.blogspot.com/2009/07/jair-benitez-signed.html Jair Benitez Signed]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 Since joining Dallas Benítez has been a key contributor, helping the club to reach the [[2010 MLS Cup]] final.
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 ==Personal==
-Benítez holds a [[Permanent residence (United States)|U.S. green card]] which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.<ref>http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/soccer/post/_/id/14532/fc-dallas-2012-roster-dance-updated</ref>
+Benítez holds a [[Permanent residence (United States)|U.S. green card]] which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas/soccer/post/_/id/14532/fc-dallas-2012-roster-dance-updated|title = FC Dallas 2012 Roster Dance (Updated)|date = 24 February 2012}}</ref>
 == Honours ==
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 * '''[[Major League Soccer]] Western Conference Championship (1):''' [[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]]
-== See also ==
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-* [[List of current MLS players]]
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
 == External links ==
-* [http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jair-benitez MLS player profile]
+* {{MLS|jair-benitez}}
-* {{NFT player|pid=11622}}
+* {{NFT player|11622}}
 {{Colombia Squad 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
 {{Colombia Squad 2007 Copa América}}
-{{FC Dallas squad}}
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-| DATE OF DEATH     =
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 [[Category:1979 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:People from Valle del Cauca Department]]
+[[Category:Footballers from Valle del Cauca Department]]
-[[Category:Colombian people of African descent]]
+[[Category:Colombian men's footballers]]
-[[Category:Colombian footballers]]
+[[Category:Colombia men's international footballers]]
-[[Category:Colombia international footballers]]
+[[Category:Colombian expatriate men's footballers]]
-[[Category:Colombian expatriate footballers]]
+[[Category:Envigado F.C. players]]
-[[Category:Envigado Fútbol Club players]]
 [[Category:Independiente Santa Fe footballers]]
 [[Category:Independiente Medellín footballers]]
 [[Category:Deportivo Pereira footballers]]
-[[Category:Colón de Santa Fe footballers]]
+[[Category:Club Atlético Colón footballers]]
 [[Category:Deportivo Cali footballers]]
 [[Category:FC Dallas players]]
+[[Category:Categoría Primera A players]]
 [[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
+[[Category:Major League Soccer players]]
 [[Category:2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
 [[Category:2007 Copa América players]]
-[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Argentina]]
+[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina]]
-[[Category:Expatriate soccer players in the United States]]
+[[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States]]
-[[Category:Major League Soccer players]]
+[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]