Alexandra "Ale" Benado Vergara (born 11 May 1976) is a Chilean politician, LGBT rights activist and former football player and manager.

[1][2] Benado was born on 11 May 1976 in Stockholm to Chilean parents, a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother.

[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.

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