Benja (footballer)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Benja
File:2012 2013 Benja - Girona.jpg
Benja in action for Girona in 2012
Personal information
Full name Benjamín Martínez Martínez
Date of birth (1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
Sant Cugat
Mercantil
2005–2006 Damm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Espanyol B 0 (0)
2006–2008 → Europa (loan) 64 (16)
2008–2011 Barcelona B 62 (17)
2008 → Reus (loan) 18 (8)
2011–2013 Girona 51 (14)
2013 Córdoba 0 (0)
2014–2015 Las Palmas 5 (1)
2015 → Sabadell (loan) 14 (1)
2015–2016 Llagostera 31 (3)
2016–2017 Cultural Leonesa 39 (25)
2017–2019 Elche 61 (14)
2019 → Hércules (loan) 19 (4)
2019–2021 Hércules 39 (8)
2021–2023 Intercity 29 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamín Martínez Martínez (born 23 August 1987) known as Benja is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He played 142 games and scored 24 goals in the Segunda División for Barcelona B, Girona, Las Palmas, Sabadell, Llagostera and Elche, adding 159 matches and 56 goals in the Segunda División B for four clubs.

Club career

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Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Benja concluded his youth development at CF Damm before joining RCD Espanyol B in 2006, spending his tenure on loan at CE Europa. Two years later, he joined another reserve team, FC Barcelona B, and after a loan at CF Reus Deportiu he scored eight goals in 26 games in his first season as they won promotion from Segunda División B, including a hat-trick in a 3–3 away draw against Polideportivo Ejido in the first leg of the play-off first round.[1]

On 14 July 2011, Benja transferred to Segunda División side Girona FC,[2] totalling 14 goals in 53 competitive matches over the next two campaigns, two of those coming in the first 11 minutes of a 3–1 home win over Sporting de Gijón on 29 September 2012.[3] The following 24 February he suffered a serious left knee injury against Córdoba CF, but he nonetheless agreed to sign for this club on 27 June; the deal was frozen until his recovery.[4]

After terminating his contract in January 2014, Benja joined another second-division team, UD Las Palmas, on the anniversary of his injury.[5] The following 7 January he returned to his native region once more, after being loaned to CE Sabadell FC for the rest of the campaign,[6] which ended in relegation.

On 27 July 2016, after suffering the same fate with UE Llagostera, Benja dropped into division three for the first time in six years, moving to Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[7] Roughly one year later, after scoring a career-best 25 goals – 26 overall – to help them to return to the second tier after 42 years,[8] the 30-year-old joined Elche CF.[9]

In his first season at the Estadio Martínez Valero, Benja scored 14 times in all competitions,[10] including the crucial goal in a 3–2 aggregate victory over Villarreal CF B in the playoff final to reach the second division on 23 June 2018.[11] Having not added another goal, he joined neighbouring Hércules CF in February 2019 on a short-term loan to cover the long-term injury of Stephane Emaná;[12] in July, following a playoff final defeat to SD Ponferradina, he signed a two-year deal.[13]

Honours

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Cultural Leonesa

References

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