Alexandra Benado

Alexandra Benado
Alexandra Benado
Minister of Sports
	In office ; 11 March 2022 ? 10 March 2023
President	Gabriel Boric
Preceded by	Cecilia Perez
Succeeded by	Jaime Pizarro
Personal details
Born	Alexandra Benado Vergara ; 11 May 1976 (age 48) ; Stockholm , Sweden
Height
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993	Sportivo Milano de Colina
1994?????	Palestino
20???2011	Provincial Osorno
International career
	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandra "Ale" Benado Vergara (born 11 May 1976) is a Chilean politician , LGBT rights activist and former football player and manager . She played as a midfielder and has been a member of the Chile women's national team . From 11 March 2022 to 10 March 2023, she served as Minister of Sports of Chile . ^[1]^[2]

Early life [ edit ]

Benado was born on 11 May 1976 in Stockholm to Chilean parents, a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. ^[3]^[2] She lived the following years in France , where she started playing football. ^[4] Her mother, Lucia Vergara, was a militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement . After Vergara's murder in Chile in 1983, Benado left Europe and moved to Cuba. She settled in Chile in early 1990s. ^[2]

Club career [ edit ]

Benado joined Sportivo Milano de Colina in 1993. She moved to CD Palestino the following year. ^[2] She retired from her playing career following an injury prior the 2003 South American Women's Football Championship . However, she came out of retirement in September 2009, after Spanish football manager Marta Tejedor , who was coaching the Chile women's national team, requested her to come back ^[4] and be a role model for Chile's next generation players, including Christiane Endler and Yanara Aedo . She was playing for Provincial Osorno until her definitive retirement in 2011.

International career [ edit ]

Benado represented Chile at the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship .

Personal life [ edit ]

Benado is openly lesbian. ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ Rojas, Jorge (11 March 2022). "Change of command: Alexandra Benado new Minister of Sport" . Mi Radio . Retrieved 11 March 2022 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Quien es Alexandra Benado, la nueva ministra del Deporte de Gabriel Boric" . La Tercera (in Spanish). 21 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .
^ "¿Quien es Alexandra Benado?: La exfutbolista que llega al Ministerio de Deportes" . Meganoticias (in Spanish). 21 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .
^ ^a ^b "Alexandra Benado (1976)" . Mujeres Bacanas (in Spanish). 17 October 2017 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .
^ "Chile: dos lesbianas quieren ser reconocidas legalmente como madres" . BBC (in Spanish). 13 December 2013 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .

External links [ edit ]

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[1] Rojas, Jorge (11 March 2022). "Change of command: Alexandra Benado new Minister of Sport" . Mi Radio . Retrieved 11 March 2022 .

[LT-2] "Quien es Alexandra Benado, la nueva ministra del Deporte de Gabriel Boric" . La Tercera (in Spanish). 21 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .

[3] "¿Quien es Alexandra Benado?: La exfutbolista que llega al Ministerio de Deportes" . Meganoticias (in Spanish). 21 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .

[MB-4] "Alexandra Benado (1976)" . Mujeres Bacanas (in Spanish). 17 October 2017 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .

[5] "Chile: dos lesbianas quieren ser reconocidas legalmente como madres" . BBC (in Spanish). 13 December 2013 . Retrieved 21 January 2022 .

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