Diego Benito Rey (born 25 August 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for La Roda in the sixth-tier Primera Autonómica Preferente as a midfielder.
Football career Born in Madrid, Benito began his career with local Rayo Vallecano, spending several seasons with the reserves and helping them promote to Segunda División B in 2010. He made his debut with the first team on 29 January 2011, playing six minutes in a 3–0 away win against CD NumanciaVictoria incontestable de un Rayo embalado hacia Primera (Uncontested win for a Rayo who near Primera headfirst); Marca, 29 January 2011 (in Spanish) and totalling two appearances during the season as the club returned to La Liga after eight years.
Benito played again almost exclusively with the B-team in the 2011–12 campaign. He appeared in his first match in the top division on 12 February 2012, coming on as a substitute for Emiliano Armenteros in the dying minutes of a 2–0 home victory over Getafe CF.; ESPN Soccernet, 12 February 2012
On 10 August 2012, Benito joined another reserve team, Getafe CF B also in the third level.Diego Benito jugará en el Getafe B (Diego Benito will play in Getafe B); Vavel, 10 August 2012 (in Spanish) On 20 July of the following year, he moved to fellow league side Albacete Balompié after agreeing to a two-year contract.Rojas y Diego Benito llegan para dejar al Albacete «donde merece» (Rojas and Diego Benito arrive to leave Albacete "where they deserve"); La Tribuna de Albacete, 20 July 2013 (in Spanish)
On 11 August 2016, after suffering relegation, Benito signed a one-year deal with Real Murcia in the third division.Diego Benito dice "sí" al Real Murcia (Diego Benito says "yes" to Real Murcia); Real Murcia, 11 August 2016 (in Spanish) He continued to compete in that tier in the following years, representing Elche CF,Oficial Diego Benito, nuevo jugador del Elche C.F. (Official Diego Benito, new player of Elche C.F.); Elche CF, 11 July 2017 (in Spanish) FC CartagenaDiego Benito, calidad y visión de juego para el Cartagena de Monteagudo (Diego Benito, skill and vision to Monteagudo's Cartagena); La Verdad, 3 January 2018 (in Spanish) and Hércules CF.El Hércules ficha al centrocampista Diego Benito (Hércules sign midfielder Diego Benito); ABC, 24 July 2018 (in Spanish)
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