Benji Villalobos

Benji Villalobos

Personal information
Full name	Benji Oldai Villalobos Segovia
Date of birth	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988
Place of birth	El Tránsito, El Salvador
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	C.D. Águila
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	UDET
2005	Universidad
2006-	Águila	124	(1)
International career‡
2010-	El Salvador	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 May 2013

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Villalobos and the second or maternal family name is Segovia.

Benji Oldai Villalobos Segovia (born 15 July 1988 in El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Águila in the Salvadoran Premier Division.

Club career

After starting his career at local outfit UDET, Villalobos played for Salvadoran second division side Universidad before joining Águila. Although Villalobos had been signed to Águila since 2006, he did not get any game time until 2 May 2008 in a league match against Alianza. Although Águila lost that game 2-1, Villalobos did very well and proved that he had a lot of potential. On 15 September 2012, he scored a penalty against Metapán and became the eight goalkeeper to score in the Salvadoran Apertura.

Match-fixing ban

On 10 October 2013, Villalobos was banned for 6 months due to his involvement with match fixing.

International career

Villalobos received his first callup to the El Salvador national football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Suriname on 10 September 2008. Unfortunately he did not get any game time, and although he has since then, been selected numerous times, he only received his first full men's national team cap played against Guatemala in a September 2010 international friendly, losing two-nil. He was a non-playing squad member at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

International appearances

Villalobos – appearances for El Salvador
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	GA	Result	Competition
1.	4 September 2010	Washington D.C., United States	Guatemala	2	0–2	Friendly
2.	23 May 2012	Houston, United States	New Zealand	2	2–2	Friendly
3.	26 March 2012	Dallas, United States	Moldova	0	2–0	Friendly
4.	2 June 2012	Washington D.C., United States	Honduras	3	0–3	Friendly
5.	8 June 2012	San Jose, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	2	2–2	WCQ Third Round
6.	12 June 2012	San Salvador, El Salvador	Mexico	2	1–2	WCQ Third Round
7.	11 August 2012	Los Angeles, USA	Guatemala	0	1–0	Friendly
8.	23 May 2013	Mérida, Venezuela	Venezuela	0	1-2	Friendly

External links

• Benji Villalobos at National-Football-Teams.com