Meet Pedro Benito - the YouTube and TikTok star who just made La Liga debut

Saturday's goalless draw between Cadiz and Valencia in La Liga appears to be an unremarkable encounter that will swiftly be forgotten.

Yet there was a significant moment whereby a player made his debut who is familiar on social media platforms, if not necessarily for his football background.

Pedro Bonito made his first appearance for the first-team of Cadiz - who were without a multitude of players for the league clash - having already built remarkable followings online.

Bonito has accumulated a community of one million on TikTok while also having built up a YouTube following of over 100,000 prior to his senior debut.

Pedro Benito made his first La Liga appearance for Cadiz on Saturday ( Image:

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The forward was born in Cadiz, the son of the club's former player Alberto Benito - who went on to become their sporting director as they won a rare promotion to La Liga in 2006.

Pedro has since travelled across the world; initially moving to Spanish club Almeria, the Cypriot club Anorthosis and then as a youth team player at Swansea City.

He subsequently moved to the United States, where he spent time at Oklahoma Wesleyan University FC and the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.

It was his experience moving out of Europe that inspired him to start his own YouTube channel, which grew significantly.

Bonito in full flow against Valencia ( Image:

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He previously said: "It took time to take the step to become a youtuber and I started making videos related to the university in the United States because I thought I could help a lot of people who don't know what can be found here.

"I like the feedback I have with users and my intention is to be constant and also upload videos that are both personal and relation to football.

"In the future I would like to continue doing it while I am a footballer."

Being a professional footballer has always been Bonito's priority.

Bonito had always dreamt of making his debut for Cadiz ( Image:

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"My goal is to be a professional footballer, and one of my dreams is to play with Cadiz in the Primera Division," he previously admitted.

"From when I was little I have always imagined it.

"I was born in Cadiz and lived there while my father was a player and sporting director.

"I was there for about 10 years.

"My contact with football was from there and I began to live as a fan of the club since I was little.

"I have been a Cadista (Cadiz fan) at heart and since I was a kid I have always tried to follow all the matches."

Bonito wrote on Twitter after making his senior debut on Saturday: "Debuting in the Primera Division is a dream for every child but doing it by replacing one of your childhood idols (striker Alvaro Negredo, once of Manchester City ) is something that I will never be able to explain.

"Thank you all to everyone for accompanying me on this journey and the Cadistas for their love.

"We have fulfilled a dream but I don't want it to end there."

Bonito already has a remarkable back story and having realised his dream of making it in professional football with Cadiz, looks set to go from strength to strength.