Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos (born May 3, 1978) is an Argentine retired

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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 of ...

in his native town of

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, 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 has ...

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 found ...

FAS

In 2001, he moved to

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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

'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

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. During his time at

, 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

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. For the Apertura 2009 season, he returned to FAS. In 2011, Bentos reached 300 games playing in the

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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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bentos, Alejandro 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 Argentine expatriate men's footballers