Benigno Apodaca

{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (1939-2020)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Benigno Apodaca

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|fullname = Benigno Apocada Giménez

|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|16|df=yes}}

|birth_place = San Solano, Paraguay

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|4|1939|4|16|df=y}}

|death_place = Asunción, Paraguay

|position = Midfielder

|clubs1 = Sportivo San Pedro

|years2 = 1956

|clubs2 = {{ill|lt=Pettirossi|Club Pettirossi|es}}

|years3 = 1957

|clubs3 = Guaraní

|years4 = 1958–1963

|clubs4 = Libertad

|years5 = 1964–1967

|clubs5 = Olimpia

|years6 = 1968

|clubs6 = Unión Española

|caps6 = 11

|goals6 = 1

|years7 = 1969

|clubs7 = Guaraní

|years8 = 1970

|clubs8 = Sportivo Luqueño

|years9 = 1970–1972

|clubs9 = UES

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|nationalteam1 = Paraguay

|nationalyears1 = 1962–1967

|nationalcaps1 = 13

|nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Benigno Apodaca Giménez (16 April 1939 - 4 November 2020){{cite web |title=Legendario Benigno Apodaca ya juega al fútbol al lado de Kirito |url=https://www.popular.com.py/2020/11/05/legendario-benigno-apodaca-ya-juega-al-futbol-al-lado-de-kirito/ |website=Popular |access-date=6 February 2024 |language=es}} {{cite web |title=La Albirroja lo tuvo como uno de sus capitanes y varios clubes supieron disfrutar de su talento |url=https://twitter.com/APFOficial/status/1324097341285142528 |website=X (Twitter) |access-date=6 February 2024}} was a Paraguayan footballer.

He was part of Paraguay's squad for the 1967 South American Championship. {{cite web |title=South American Championship 1967 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/67safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=6 February 2024}}