Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos (born May 3, 1978) is an Argentine retired
footballer
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.
Club career
Guaraní Antonio Francor
Bentos started out his career with
Guaraní Antonio Franco
Club Guaraní Antonio Franco is an Argentine football club from the city of Posadas, Misiones. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second major league in Argentine Football league system.
The club played at the highest level o ...
in his native town of
Corrientes
Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It ha ...
in 1996.
Puente Seco de Corrientes
In 1999, he was part of Puente Seco de Corrientes title winning team. Due to his success with the club, he moved on to play with
Deportivo Morón
Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was fo ...
.
FAS
In 2001, he moved to
El Salvador to play with one of the country biggest clubs,
FAS. During his time with the
Santa Ana club, he would go on to play an integral part in the club winning the league title 5 times from 2002 to 2005.
Loan to Puebla FC
He became a very consistent player and was named one of
El Salvador's Most Valuable Players. Due to this, he received interest to play for various clubs outside of El Salvador, and in 2005, he was loaned to
Puebla of
Mexico
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. During his time at
Puebla, he was part of the team that won the ''Primera A'' title.
Return to FAS
Personally though, Bentos saw little game time, and as a result, he soon returned to FAS. He continued to play there until December 2008, when he was released from the club due to poor performances and demanding to high a wage.
FAS se desmarca de palabras de Alejandro Bentos sobre arreglo de partido
- ElSalvador.com
Nejapa FC
On December 19, he signed a six-month contract with Nejapa
Nejapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador.
Traditions Las Bolas De Fuego
One of the major traditions of Nejapa is ''Las Bolas De Fuego'' ("Balls of Fire"), celebrated August 31st. The celebration has two origins, ...
. For the Apertura 2009 season, he returned to FAS.
In 2011, Bentos reached 300 games playing in the Salvadoran Primera División.
Honours
Club
; FAS
* Primera División
** Champion: Clausura 2002, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2009
** Runners-up: Clausura 2001, Clausura 2004, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2011, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2013
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Corrientes
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Deportivo Morón footballers
C.D. FAS footballers
Club Puebla players
Alacranes Del Norte footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador