Career
Nicknamed el Pollo (the Chicken), he made his professional debut for Diriangén on 8 March 1986 against Juventus Managua and scored his first goal against Real Estelí on 4 May that year. He also played for Hermanos Molina, Juventus, Real Estelí and Walter Ferretti. He scored 130 league goals in the 1990s to complete a career total of 148, scoring 4 goals in one match three times and making 6 hat-tricks.
The moustached Bendaña made his debut for Nicaragua in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring 1 goal.
International goals
Scores and results list Honduras" goal tally first.