Rafa Benítez

Spanish association football manager and former player
Person human Q144048
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Summary

Rafa Benítez was born on April 16, 1960[1], in Madrid[2]. He has worked as an association football coach[3]. He ranks in the top 0.54% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,655 views/month, #5,380 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Spain[5]
  • Educated at: Technical University of Madrid[6]
  • Sex or gender: male[7]
  • Member of sports team: Alone de Guardamar[8]
  • Commons category: Rafael Benítez[9]
  • Position played on team / speciality: midfielder[10]
  • Sport: association football[11]
  • Family name: Benítez[12]
  • Given name: Rafael[13]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish[14], English[15]
  • Birth name: Rafael Benítez Maudes[16]
  • Name in native language: Rafael Benítez[17]
  • Second family name in Spanish name: Maudes[18]
  • Height: 175 cm[19]
  • Coach of sports team: Panathinaikos F.C.[20]
  • Social media followers: 374,981[21], 381,912[22], 380,798[23]
  • P14470: Characters/Rafa_Benitez[24]

Why It Matters

Rafa Benítez has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] He is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

Where was Rafa Benítez born?

Rafa Benítez was born in Madrid[2].

What did Rafa Benítez do for work?

Rafa Benítez worked as an association football coach[3].

Where did Rafa Benítez go to school?

Rafa Benítez was educated at Technical University of Madrid[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . PlaymakerStats.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons',
    Sitelink count → 61
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ source for place of birth, source for date of birth from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|OKA bot "
  2. 4w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person id → rafael-benitez
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person id: rafael-benitez, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person id → 409491
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sinemalar person id: 409491, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270112|batch #270112]]"
  4. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Characters/Rafa_Benitez
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Characters/Rafa_Benitez, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  5. 18w ago · P227human · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isni → 0000000039545420
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  6. 21w ago · Shei98 · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Occupation → association football player, association football coach
    Position played on team / speciality → midfielder
    Second family name in spanish name → Maudes
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Tmdb person id: 1180120, Imported TMDB person ID from TheMovieDB."
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