Meet Liseth Chala Benitez, wife of footballer Christian Benitez.
Liseth met her husband Christian in Ecuador while he was playing with El Nacional. Although Liseth’s father didn’t approve her relationship with the footballer, the two managed to keep their relationship solid. The couple got married in July 2007 at Iglesia Quapulo in Quito. They welcomed their twins Roger Cristiano and Emily Guadalupe on August 10, 2009.
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On July 28, 2013, Liseth rushed her husband Christian to the hospital after complaining about a strong pain in his abdomen. A few hours later, the footballer went into respiratory failure. Christian died from complications leading to cardiac arrest at a very young age.