He also was a member of the Colombian squad that finished fourth in the 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
He got off to a good start by crushing Bolivia, but was sacked on December 14 that year after the Colombian squad recorded a 1-1 draw with Venezuela and a 2-1 loss with Argentina in the World Cup qualifying campaign.
She was also named in the Colombian squad for the 2012 Olympics.
In a World Cup match in Los Angeles in 1994, a heavily favored Colombian squad lost to the underdog United States team.
During the cup, he scored 3 goals and provided 3 assists and gained international attention as a promising aspect that eventually led many to consider him to be a cruical key member of the Colombian senior squad.
Benítez is a full international with the Colombia national football team, and was part of the Colombian squads at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2007 Copa América.
The team is the only Colombian squad that won the two domestic short-format tournaments awarded in 2007, as well as the only one that has achieved two consecutive titles since the format was changed in 2001.
If you take a look at the colombian squad, they have every chance to get into the next World Cup.