In 2022, through a couple of mutual friends and teammates, he received a pair of the latter's boots and wore them in his top-scoring season.
[2] Aged 14, Benítes trialled for Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo in Trujillo.
Homesick and missing his future wife Xiomara Serrano, he left the training camp and returned to Piura.
[2][3] In 28 games of the 2016 Torneo Descentralizado, Benítes scored once – opening a 3–1 loss at Juan Aurich – as La Bocana were relegated in last place.
In 2019, he returned to the top division at Carlos A. Mannucci; in two seasons (36 games) with the team from Trujillo, he scored once to equalise in a 3–2 home win over Pirata FC on 17 March 2019.