Cristian Benavente does not have minutes in Egypt: Why has he not played an official match for so many months?

When the name of Cristian Benavente It was installed on the Peruvian soccer radar, back in 2011, a great expectation was generated. He quickly won the affection of the fan, he was one of the most requested and requested for selection on social networks. Now your name, in full Qualifiers to Qatar 2022 has been forgotten.

Cristian Benavente From the beginning, it aroused the interest of the Peruvian fan to see him play for the national team. Given the lack of stars and players who play in the highest ranked teams in the world, El Chaval seemed to be what the red-white needed.

A player who was a starter and stood out in the minor divisions of the Real MadridIt was something that Peru did not have. Since Juan José Oré called him to participate in some friendlies and for the South American U-20 in 2011, a whole boom was generated with Cristian Benavente.

Above all, with the fans who asked on social networks for more minutes. Cristian Benavente He was not a starter in that selection of Juan José Oré, he only played 2 games. They say that the height of Ecuador affected him.

After that tournament, ‘Benaventemanía’ grew up in Peru. In the streets he asked that it was time for him to play in the senior team and that’s how it was. Sergio Marakarían called him and made him debut in a friendly against Mexico. Then he was called up very little for the Qualifiers, where he only played 2 games: starting against Bolivia and entering against Argentina. That game was the most remembered for a great play he made that almost ended in a goal.

With the arrival of a new process in Russia 2018 it was thought that they would be the Playoffs from Cristian Benavente, but it was not like that. Here he began to lose himself. Ricardo Gareca he did not consider it much in his team.

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Got lost off the map

By 2015, Cristian Benavente began to have no space in the Real Madrid. He did not play for Castilla and this caused him to leave the merengue institution in search of new challenges. So he went to Milton Keynes Dons where he did not do well either, he was only in 5 games.

Cristian Benavente was one of the figures of the Sporting Charleroi. But surprisingly, instead of looking for a more competitive league, he accepts an offer from the Pyramids FC de Egipto. The press in that country speaks of a contract of about 2 million per season for 3 years.

He or she returned to Belgium to play at the Royal Antwerp, Benavente had a second stage in the Charleroi and neither team wanted to buy their token. This made me have to go back to Pyramids where he still has a contract.

Pyramids FC is disenchanted with Cristian Benavente. The plan he had with the Peruvian player was for him to stand out in the egyptian league and then sell it at a very high price. However, that has not happened. At the beginning of this season, coach Ehab Galal did not see interesting things in the ‘Chaval’ and decided not to consider him within the official squad.

The Peruvian was one of the best paid. Along with him came the Brazilians Keno, Carlos Eduardo and Rodriguinho. Also the Ecuadorian Jhon Cifuente. All of them are no longer in the club. They only lasted a single season. The same as Benavente, who is now looking for equipment.

Today the Pyramids FC It does not have any South American player on its official roster. The project I had at the beginning of 2019, which was commanded by Ricardo Lavolpe, did not bear fruit. Now they are only betting on well-known players from the African environment. That is why, they do not want to risk with Cristian Benavente to whom they are looking for equipment or to terminate the contract.

It should be noted that the last official match that Cristian Benavente played was on February 26, 2021 with the Royal Charleroi shirt. Since then, he has not had minutes. He is only seen uploading photos on his social networks.

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