Alexandru Constantin Benga (born 15 June 1989) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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Career

Benga joined Botev Plovdiv on 18 January 2014. On 22 July 2014, Benga signed a one-year contract with Gabala of the Azerbaijan Premier League. In December of the same year, following the appointment of Roman Hryhorchuk, Benga was told he was no longer required by the club, and continued to train in Gabala on his own instead of terminating his contract early, eventually leaving the club in June 2015. After leaving Gabala, Benga returned to Petrolul Ploiești, signing a three-year contract. In January 2018, Benga joined

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club

Sandecja Nowy Sącz Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish football club formed in 1910. In the 2016–17 season, Sandecja won I liga, which promoted the club to the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland's highest professional football league, for the first time in the club's histo ...

on a 6-month contract. He made his

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debut in 0–0 draw against

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on 3 March 2018. After Sandecja's relegation by the end of 2017–18 season, he left the club. On 3 July 2018, Benga signed with Bulgarian club

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Career statistics

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești *

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Oțelul Galați * Supercupa României: 2011 Botev Plovdiv *

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runner-up:

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* * * 1989 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Azerbaijan Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Ekstraklasa players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Petrolul Ploiești players ASC Oțelul Galați players Botev Plovdiv players Gabala SC players Ermis Aradippou FC players ASC Daco-Getica București players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players PFC Septemvri Sofia players AFC Chindia Târgoviște players FC UTA Arad players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Footballers from Brașov {{Romania-footy-defender-stub