Former Liverpool defender Mauricio Pellegrino has returned to the club as new first team coach.
"His role will be first-team coach, and he'll also carry out specialist training sessions," Benitez told the club's official website of the man who had been working with Valencia's youth team.
"He can also work specifically with the defence, and also the reserves.
"Pellegrino has a winning mentality. He won the Intercontinental Cup before going to Spain with Barcelona and Valencia.
"He has a lot of passion. When I asked him to come he was very pleased, but first he wanted to find out if there was a school where his three children could play good football. He is a football man."
