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Sports / Football

Christian ‘Chucho’Benitez

Published: 02 Aug 2013 - 03:46 am | Last Updated: 31 Jan 2022 - 09:41 pm

Thani Al-Kuwari, the general secretary of Qatar Stars League (QSL) side El Jaish, gives a picture of deceased Ecuadorian striker Christian ‘Chucho’Benitez to his wife Liseth Chala Garcia before she left Doha to escort his body back to Ecuador for his funeral. The 27-year-old striker died of a heart attack on July 29, his club El Jaish confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. RIGHT: Liseth receives condolences from her husband’s El Jaish team-mate Brazilian player Anderson Vieira Martins.