Érik Pimentel

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pimentel and the second or maternal family name is Benavides.

Erik Pimentel

Personal information
Full name	Erik Alan Pimentel Benavides
Date of birth	(1990-05-15) May 15, 1990
Place of birth	Coacalco de Berriozábal, State of Mexico, Mexico
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Rio Grande Valley
Number	4
Youth career
2007–2011	América
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2018	América	56	(1)
2013	→ Atlante (loan)	3	(0)
2017–2018	→ Puebla (loan)	13	(0)
2018–2019	Puebla	3	(0)
2019–2020	Deportivo Mixco	18	(0)
2020	Correcaminos	10	(0)
2021–	Rio Grande Valley	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2021

Erik Alan Pimentel Benavides (born 15 May 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for USL Championship club Rio Grande Valley.

Club career

A homegrown player, Pimentel debuted in the Apertura 2011 tournament on 24 July 2011 as a starter in a match against Querétaro in which América won 2–1 at the Estadio Azteca.

On 27 April 2021, Pimentel joined USL Championship side Rio Grande Valley FC ahead of the 2021 season.

Honors

América

• Liga MX: Apertura 2014
• CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15, 2015–16

External links

• Érik Pimentel – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• América Profile
• ESPN Profile
• Érik Pimentel at Soccerway