Aday Benítez

Infobox football biography name = Aday Benítez image = Equipo Girona (cropped) Aday Benítez.png caption = Aday with Girona in 2018 fullname = Francisco Aday Benítez Caraballo birth_date = He first arrived in the Segunda División B in 2009 when he joined UE Sant Andreu, contributing 25 games and two goals in his first season as the team failed to promote in the play-offs.

Aday signed for CE L'Hospitalet in June 2011. In his second year he scored a career-best seven goals, with the side also being eliminated in post-season play.

Tenerife On 5 July 2013, Aday moved to CD Tenerife, recently promoted to Segunda División. He made his debut as a professional on 1 September, playing the last 22 minutes of a 2–0 away loss against CD Mirandés.

Girona On 16 July 2014, Aday joined Girona FC in the same league after terminating his contract with the Canarian club. He scored his first goal in the second tier on 4 October, the second in a 3–0 home win over SD Ponferradina after one minute on the pitch.

Aday featured regularly for the Blanquivermells the following campaigns, making 35 appearances in 2016–17 as they achieved promotion to La Liga for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 19 August 2017, starting in the 2–2 home draw against Atlético Madrid.

Aday scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 23 October 2017, opening a 2–1 away defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña through a penalty kick. The following 7 February, he extended his contract until 2021.

In March 2023, already retired, Aday revealed that he was offered €50,000 to lose a match against Córdoba CF six years earlier, as Girona had already secured top-division promotion.

Coaching career Benítez worked as a manager after retiring, his first experiences as a head coach being with FC L'Escala and CE Europa. At the end of the 2024–25 season, he led the latter club to a first-ever promotion to Primera Federación.

In the 2025–26 season, Benítez led the ''Escapulats to the promotion play-offs, being eliminated in the semifinals by RC Celta Fortuna. On 18 July 2026, however, he left the club.