Benjamín Galdames

Benjamín Galdames
Personal information
Full name Benjamín Ignacio Galdames Millán
Date of birth (2001-02-24) 24 February 2001
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position 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 69 (6)
International career‡
2021–2022 Mexico U21 6 (0)
2023 Mexico U23 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
Toulon Tournament
Third place2022 FranceTeam
Second place2023 FranceTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2026
‡ 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

Youth

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

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

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

Club

As of match played on 23 August 2026[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 10———10
2019 ————00
2020 70———70
2021 6020——80
2022 110301[a]0—150
2023 14011——151
Total 3906110—461
Atlético San Luis 2023–24 Liga MX 163——2[b]0183
2024–25 220——2[b]0240
2025–26 293——3[b]0323
2026–27 20——2[b]040
Total 696——90776
Career total 10866110901247
  1. ↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Leagues Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Mexico announce squad for 2022 Toulon Tournament". FMF State of Mind. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "México Sub-21 vence a Colombia y es tercer lugar del Maurice Revello 2022". Fox Sports. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". tournoimauricerevello.com (in French). Maurice Revello Tournament. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "¡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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 Lorca, Matías; Aguayo, David (1 October 2015). "El Clan de Los Galdames" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "¿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.
  8. ↑ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ @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.
  11. ↑ "¡Feliz We Tripantu! Ti mari kiñe Mapuche pelotatufe zew rupalu ⚽️" (in Spanish). RedGol. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Diccionario de apellidos Mapuche (Grafemario Azümchefe)". Fundación Aitue (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  13. ↑ de Augusta, Félix José (2017). DICCIONARIO Mapudungún - Español / Español - Mapudungún (PDF) (in Spanish). Temuco, Chile: Temuco Catholic University. p. 121. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Benjamín Galdames at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Maurice Revello Tournament 2023 Awards". Maurice Revello Tournament. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Maurice Revello Tournament 2023 best XI". Maurice Revello Tournament. 19 June 2023.
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