Walter Benítez (football manager)

Cuban football manager Not to be confused with Walter Benítez (footballer).

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Benítez and the second or maternal family name is Rosales.

Walter Benítez
Personal information
Full name	Walter Manuel Benítez Rosales
Date of birth	(1972-06-04) 4 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Jiguaní, Granma Province, Cuba
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Team information
Current team	Dominican Republic U-22 (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–2004	Granma
International career
1988	Cuba U-17
	Cuba U-23
Managerial career
2009–2010	Granma
2010–2011	Cuba U-20
2012	Granma
2012–2015	Cuba
2017	Atletico Vega Real
2021	Atlantico
2021–2022	Dominican Republic U-20
2022-2023	Dominican Republic (Interim)
2023-	Dominican Republic U-22
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Manuel Benítez Rosales (born 4 June 1972) is a Cuban football manager.

Managerial career

Born in Granma Province, he had two spells in charge of the provincial side.

He was appointed to the national team position in November 2012. In December 2012, he won the 2012 Caribbean Cup title with Cuba.

"Cuba hace historia al ganar la Copa del Caribe". Cafe Fuerte. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

v t e Cuba national football team – managers
Tapia (1930–38) Minsal (1947–49) Churda (1963–64) Kocza (1966) Mohaczy (1967) Kim (1970–71) Padrón (1976) Ivanicz (1980–81) Campari (1990–96) Bennett (1996–2000) Company (2000–04) García (2004–05) R. González (2006–07) Fanz (2008) R. González (2008–12) C. González (2012) Benítez (2012–15) R. González (2015–16) Valero (2016) Mederos (2016–17) Malbrini (2017–18) Mederos (2018–19) Sánchez (2019–23) Castillo (2023–)

v t e Dominican Republic national football team – managers
Quispe (1967–74) Cabañés (1975) Zgoll (1992) Höner (1993–94) Carretero (1996) Morel (19xx–?) Mojica (2000–02) Bennett (2004–05) Crnokrak (2005–07) Mojica (2008–09) C. Hernández (2010–15) J. Hernández (2015) R. Díaz (2015–16) Mojica (2017) Capellino (2017–19) González (2019–20) Passy (2020–21) Bea (2022) Benitez (2022–23) Neveleff (2023–)

v t e Cuba squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Molina 2 M. Márquez 3 Y. Márquez 4 López 5 Clavelo (c) 6 Y. Colomé 7 Coroneaux 8 J. Colomé 9 Alfonso 10 Sánchez 11 Martínez 12 Pichardo 13 Corrales 14 Urgellés 15 Malblanche 16 Horta 17 Zuáznabar 18 Pérez 19 Blanco 20 Gómez 21 Guerra 22 Puga 23 Rodríguez Coach: Benítez

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