Benjamín Fernando Vidal Allende (born 18 March 1991) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for C.D. Antofagasta as a centre back.

Career

Youth career

Fuentes started his career at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.

Benjamín Vidal

O'Higgins

Vidal debuted with O'Higgins in the match against Everton on 14 November 2010. The match finished 0:0.

Benjamín Vidal

In 2012, Vidal was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out. In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 10 of 18 matches.

Benjamín Vidal

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, playing the 90 minutes of the match.

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.

Universidad de Chile

For the 2014–15 season, Vidal is signed for Universidad de Chile for a US$1.5M fee.

In the U dispute the Copa Libertadores 2015 and consecrated champion of the Apertura 2014, the Supercopa of Chile 2015 and the Glass Chile 2015, although without having more protagonism in the stellar equipment. As a result, in June 2016, his transfer to Palestine is confirmed.

Palestino

In the team led by Nicolás Cordova takes up regularity and becomes the owner of the team, fulfilling an outstanding participation in the Copa Sudamericana 2016, where his team would be eliminated in the quarterfinals at the hands of San Lorenzo de Almagro, after having left in the Way to Flamengo from Brazil.

Universidad Catolica

After a big step for Palestino, where he is in several parties, he is bought by the UC, who is left with 65% of Benjamin's pass

International career

Vidal played for Chile at the U18 and U20 levels. He scored a goal against New Zealand U17.

Honours

Club

O'Higgins

Primera División: 2013–A

Supercopa de Chile: 2014

Universidad de Chile

Copa Chile: 2015

Supercopa de Chile: 2015

Palestino

Copa Chile: 2018

Universidad Católica

Supercopa de Chile: 2019

Friendlies (1): Torneo de Verano Fox Sports 2019

Coquimbo Unido

Primera B (1): 2021

Individual

O'Higgins

Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References

External links

Benjamín Vidal at Football Lineups

1991 births

Living people

People from Cachapoal Province

Footballers from O'Higgins Region

Chilean men's footballers

Chile men's under-20 international footballers

Men's association football defenders

O'Higgins F.C. footballers

Deportes Puerto Montt footballers

Club Universidad de Chile footballers

Club Deportivo Palestino footballers

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers

Coquimbo Unido footballers

C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers

Chilean Primera División players

Primera B de Chile players