Alexsandro de Souza

Alex
Alex de Souza.jpg
Personal information
Full name Alexsandro de Souza
Date of birth 14 September 1977 (1977-09-14) (age 33)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder , Striker
Club information
Current club Fenerbahçe
Number 10
Youth career
Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1995–1997 Coritiba 124 (32)
1997–2001 Palmeiras 141 (78)
2000 → Flamengo (loan) 4 (0)
2001 Cruzeiro 1 (0)
2001–2002 Parma 6 (1)
2002–2004 Cruzeiro 12 (1)
2004– Fenerbahçe 174 (95)
National team‡
1998–2005 Brazil 48 (12[1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Alexsandro de Souza, (born 14 September 1977 in Curitiba), commonly known as Alex, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Turkish club Fenerbahçe. A former captain of the Brazilian national team, he has also played for Coritiba, Palmeiras, Parma, Flamengo and Cruzeiro.

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Club career

Alex first played professionally for Coritiba, a Brazilian football club from the state of Paraná, where he stayed from 1995 until 1997, when he was sold to Palmeiras, from São Paulo. It was playing for Palmeiras where he became a national star, in Brazil. He conquered for the Parque Antárctica club a Libertadores da América cup title, in 1999, a Rio-São Paulo cup title in 2000 and a Copa do Brasil title and a Mercosul cup title in 1998.

He left Palmeiras and signed with Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro in 2000. His performance for the Gávea team, however, was disappointing. He scored three times in twelve games and had his contract terminated. In 2000, he returned to Palmeiras for a few months and then signed with Cruzeiro, where he stayed until 2002, when he returned to Palmeiras. After another great season, Alex was sold to Parma, of Italy. There he had a hard time with coach Cesare Prandelli, and eventually returned to Cruzeiro, after playing only five times for the Italian team.

At Cruzeiro Alex had the best performance in his career. Made team captain and wearing jersey number ten, he led his team (which also had other remarkable players, such as Deivid, Luisão, Maicon, Aristizábal, Zinho, Felipe Melo, Gomes and Cris) to winning the Brazilian triple crown (that is the State Championship, the Brasileirão and the Brazilian Cup). Cruzeiro won the Brazilian League (Brasileirão) with a record breaking 100 points, 27 ahead of the second place, Santos, with more than 100 goals scored in 46 games.

Alex was then sold by Cruzeiro in 2004 for 5 million dollars to Fenerbahçe.[2] He became Fenerbahçe's captain after the team's captain Ümit Özat's transfer to 1. FC Köln and vice-captains Tuncay Şanlı's transfer to Middlesbrough F.C. and Rüştü Reçber's transfer to rival Beşiktaş JK.[3] At fenerbahce he played 240 so far and has scored over 180 goals.

International career

Alex was called for national team first when he was just 15 years old. In June 1992 in Brazil U 17 national team he was called but because of his injury he couldn't play. He played 49 matches for Brazil national team. Scored 12 goals and made 11 assists. He won 2004 Copa América with Brazil as captain. Tournaments he joined are 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1999 Copa América, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2001 Copa América, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2004 Copa América.

Personal life

He married Daianne in 2000.[4] The couple have two daughters and one son: Maria Eduarda, born in 2004, Antonia, born in 2006 and Felipe born in 2010.[5] A devout evangelical Christian, Alex is a member of the organisation Atletas de Cristo English: "Athletes of Christ".[6] as Brazilian star Kaká.

He features prominently in puma advertising and also has a modeling contract with Armani.

Honours

Club

Brazil Palmeiras

Brazil Cruzeiro

Turkey Fenerbahce

Country

Brazil Brazil

Individual

Career statistics

(As of August 14, 2008) [7]

Start End Club Matches Goals Assists Goals/Matches
1995 1997 Coritiba 124 32 n/a 0.26
1997 2002 Palmeiras 141 78 56 0.55
2000 2000 Flamengo 12 3 n/a 0.25
2002 2002 Parma 5 2 7 0.40
2002 2004 Cruzeiro 121 64 61 0.53
2004 present Fenerbahçe 240 120 109 (February 10) 0.50 (0.61 in February 10)
Fenerbahçe Performance
Season Domestic League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts
2004–05 31 24 16 5 4 2 8 1 2 44 29 20
2005–06 31 15 24 8 2 1 4 3 2 43 20 27
2006–07 32 19 12 3 0 2 12 1 7 47 20 21
2007–08 28 14 12 2 0 1 12 4 6 43 18 20
2008–09 26 11 12 5 4 0 9 2 0 40 17 12
2009–10 26 11 11 9 7 1 8 4 2 43 21 13
Total 174 94 87 32 17 6 52 14 19 261 126 124

References

  1. ↑ Brazil – Record International Players
  2. ↑ Alex De Souza profile Fenerbahçe Official Web Site Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Captains decleaned"
  4. ↑ Personal history on alex10.com.br
  5. ↑ Alex's second daughter born
  6. ↑ atletasdecristo.org
  7. ↑ Alex's Statistics Alex10.com.br Retrieved 10 February 2007.

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