Fernando Benítez

{{short description|Mexican basketball player (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Fernando Benítez

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|6}}

| birth_place = Nayarit, Mexico

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 240

| position = Center

| league = CIBACOPA

| team = Pioneros de Los Mochis

| number = 15

| career_start = 2011

| career_end =

| years1 = 2011–2016

| team1 = Halcones Rojos Veracruz

| years2 = 2016–2017

| team2 = Panteras de Aguascalientes

| years3 = 2017–2018

| team3 = Capitanes de Ciudad de México

| years4 = 2018–2021

| team4 = Mineros de Zacatecas

| years5 = 2021

| team5 = Plateros de Fresnillo

| years6 = 2022

| team6 = Indomables de Ciudad Juárez

| years7 = 2023

| team7 = Astros de Jalisco

| years8 = 2024

| team8 = Lobos Plateados de la BUAP

| years9 = 2025–

| team9 = Pioneros de Los Mochis

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bk|Mexico}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA AmeriCup}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Argentina|}}

}}

Fernando de Jesus Benitez Gomez (born August 6, 1989) is a Mexican professional basketball player for the Astros de Jalisco and the Mexico national basketball team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170907213224/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Fernando_Benitez/pid//_//players.html FIBA profile]

He participated at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.[http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/Fernando-Benitez 2017 FIBA AmeriCup profile]