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

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who plays as a

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for and

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Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

club

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

Career

Benga joined

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

on 18 January 2014. On 22 July 2014, Benga signed a one-year contract with Gabala of the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

. In December of the same year, following the appointment of

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, 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 from Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, that was formed in 1910. In the 2025–26 season, they will compete in II liga, the third tier of Polish football, after winning group IV of the 2024–2 ...

on a 6-month contract. He made his

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

debut in 0–0 draw against

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

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

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to its poor condition the ...

Career statistics

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești *

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

Oțelul Galați *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Botev Plovdiv *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

runner-up:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benga, Alexandru 1989 births Living people Footballers from Brașov 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 21st-century Romanian sportsmen