Benjamín Galdames
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético San Luis | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Unión Española | 39 | (0) |
| 2023– | Atlético San Luis | 41 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Mexico U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | Mexico U23 | 5 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2023 | |||
Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán (born 24 February 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Atlético San Luis.
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]In October 2020, Galdames received his first ever call up to the Mexico national under-20 team by Raúl Chabrand for training camp.
On 9 October 2021, Galdames made his Mexico under-21 debut in a friendly match against the Romania U21 side. He was called up by Raúl Chabrand to participate with the under-21 team at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament,[1] where Mexico finished the tournament in third place.[2] In June 2023, he took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France[3] with Mexico, in which he finished second, losing in final against Panama.
Senior
[edit]In December 2021, Galdames was included in the senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a friendly match against Chile set to take place on December 8.[4] He had also been called up for Chile by the coach Martín Lasarte, but he rejected that chance.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Galdames is the son of Chilean former international footballer Pablo Galdames.[6] He was born in Mexico City due to his father being a Cruz Azul player at the time. Due to the fact that he holds dual Mexican-Chilean nationality, he can play for the Chile national team as well as the Mexico national team.[7]
From his paternal line, he is the younger brother of the Chilean footballers Pablo Jr. and Thomas[6] and the half-brother of the also footballer Mathías.[8] In addition, through his maternal line, he and his brothers are related to the Spanish-Chilean footballer Nerea Sánchez Millán.[9][10]
Galdames Millán is of Mapuche descent and his second surname, Millán, means "golden" in Mapudungun.[11][12][13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 17 March 2024[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Unión Española | 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 46 | 1 | |||
| Atlético San Luis | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 16 | 3 | – | – | 2[b] | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 55 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Maurice Revello Tournament Revelation Player: 2023[15]
- Maurice Revello Tournament Best XI: 2023[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mexico announce squad for 2022 Toulon Tournament". FMF State of Mind. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "México Sub-21 vence a Colombia y es tercer lugar del Maurice Revello 2022". Fox Sports. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". tournoimauricerevello.com (in French). Maurice Revello Tournament. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "¡Checa la convocatoria de México para enfrentar a Chile!". fanbolero.com. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Viluñir Silva, JP (3 December 2021). "¡Una pena! Benjamín Galdames elige representar a México y rechaza nominación a la selección chilena de Martín Lasarte". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b Lorca, Matías; Aguayo, David (1 October 2015). "El Clan de Los Galdames" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "¿Quién es Benjamín Galdames, el 'chileno' que prefirió jugar con la Selección mexicana? | Goal.com" (in Spanish). Goal. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ Martínez, Vicente (22 May 2025). "El especial vínculo de la nueva figura de la Roja con dos 'olvidados' de la Selección: "Iremos al matrimonio"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ @futchile_oficial; (14 November 2022). "Nerea Sanchez Millán, es una volante ofensiva categoría 2004, de madre chilena y juega en el Atlético de Madrid de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via Instagram.
- ^ "¡Feliz We Tripantu! Ti mari kiñe Mapuche pelotatufe zew rupalu ⚽️" (in Spanish). RedGol. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Diccionario de apellidos Mapuche (Grafemario Azümchefe)". Fundación Aitue (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ de Augusta, Félix José (2017). DICCIONARIO Mapudungún - Español / Español - Mapudungún (PDF) (in Spanish). Temuco, Chile: Temuco Catholic University. p. 121. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ Benjamín Galdames at Soccerway
- ^ "Maurice Revello Tournament 2023 Awards". Maurice Revello Tournament. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Maurice Revello Tournament 2023 best XI". Maurice Revello Tournament. 19 June 2023.
