Alex (footballer, born 1977)

Alexsandro de Souza, commonly known as Alex (born 14 September 1977), is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He is a former captain of the Brazilian national team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe; throughout his career, he also played for Coritiba, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Cruzeiro in Brazil, and Parma in the Italian Serie A. Alex first played professionally for Coritiba, a Brazilian football club from the state of Paraná, where he stayed from 1995 to 1997, when he was sold to Palmeiras, from São Paulo. When he was playing for Palmeiras where he became a national star, in Brazil. He conquered for the Estádio Palestra Itália club a Copa Libertadores title, in 1999, a Rio-São Paulo cup title in 2000 and a Copa do Brasil title and a Copa Mercosur title in 1998. He left Palmeiras and signed with Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro in 2000.

Alex
Alex playing for Fenerbahçe SK in 2011
Personal information
Full name Alexsandro de Souza
Date of birth (1977-09-14) 14 September 1977
Place of birth Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Coritiba 24 (4)
1997–2000 Palmeiras 37 (9)
2000–2002 Parma 8 (0)
2000 → Flamengo (loan) 12 (1)
2001 → Palmeiras (loan) 13 (0)
2001 → Cruzeiro (loan) 29 (2)
2002 → Palmeiras (loan) 16 (2)
2002–2004 Cruzeiro 55 (27)
2004–2012 Fenerbahçe 245 (136)
2013–2014 Coritiba 55 (18)
Total 499 (221)
National team‡
1999–2000 Brazil U20 15 (3)
1998–2005 Brazil 48 (12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:56, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:56, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

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 friendly matches for the Italian team. At Cruzeiro Alex had the best performance in his career. Made team captain and wearing jersey number 10, he led his team (which also had other remarkable players, such as Deivid, Edu Dracena, 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, 13 ahead of the second place, Santos, with more than 100 goals scored in 46 games.

Over the course of his career, Alex scored 421 goals in 1030 matches and produced a total of 363 assists.[1]

Club career

Early years

Born in Curitiba, Alex first played professionally for Coritiba, a Brazilian football club from the state of Paraná, where he stayed from 1995- 97, when he was sold to Palmeiras, from São Paulo. When he 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.

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 friendly matches for the Italian team. Made team captain and wearing jersey number 10, he led his team (which also had other remarkable players, such as Deivid, Edu Dracena, 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, 13 ahead of the second place, Santos, with more than 100 goals scored in 48 games.

Fenerbahçe

Alex was then sold by Cruzeiro in 2004 for 5 million euro to Fenerbahçe.[2] He became Fenerbahçe captain after the team's captain Ümit Özat's transfer to Köln and vice-captains Tuncay's transfer to Middlesbrough and Rüştü Reçber's transfer to rival Beşiktaş.[3] Alex scored his 100th goal in the Süper Lig for Fenerbahçe on 13 November 2010 against Gaziantepspor when they lost 2–1.[4] At 33 years of age Alex scored a hat-trick against Bucaspor in the first 35 minutes of the game. Fenerbahçe won the match 5–2.[5] His first goal in this game was Fenerbahçe's 3000th goal in the Süper Lig, so his kit and shoes used in the Bucaspor match are now shown in the club's museum.[6] On 9 February 2011, he signed another two-year contract with Fenerbahçe.[7][8]

On 15 May 2011, he scored five goals, including three penalties and a free-kick, in a 6–0 win against Ankaragücü.[9]

After Fenerbahçe's league title for the year 2010–11, Alex won the golden boot award with 28 goals for the season, nine more than second place Burak Yılmaz.[10] He made his 900th career appearance on 12 September 2011 in the opening match of the Super Lig season, a 1–0 victory against Orduspor.[11] In the Turkish Cup final on 16 May 2012 against Bursaspor, Alex netted Fenerbahçe's fourth and final goal of a 4–0 victory and was named the game's "Man of the Match".[12]

On 15 September 2012, while Alex was still under contract with Fenerbahçe, a fan-funded statue of the player was unveiled in Kadıköy Yoğurtçu park.[13] Alex's last goal for Fenerbahçe came on 20 September in the Europa League, scoring Fenerbahçe's second goal in a 2–2 draw with Marseille.[14] Alex's last appearance for the club came on 29 September, playing the first half of a 2–0 defeat to Kasımpaşa in the Süper Lig.[15] After a rift with coach Aykut Kocaman over the team's system, his contract with Fenerbahçe was terminated on 1 October.[16][17] With Fenerbahçe he has concluded his impressive career in Turkey with 136 assists and 171 goals in 341 games. He left just five goals shy of matching the club record for league goals with 136 goals, held by former striker Aykut Kocaman.[18]

Coritiba

After rarely featured for Fenerbahçe throughout the early part of the 2012–13 campaign, managing just five league appearances through October, Alex joined Brazilian side Coritiba on 18 October 2012 for an undisclosed fee.[19] He made his debut for his boyhood club on 31 January 2013, playing the full ninety in a 1–0 defeat of J. Malucelli in Campeonato Paranaense play.[20] His first goal for his new club came on 9 February in a 1–1 draw with Arapongas, scoring the equalizing goal three minutes after Wellington Indio's opener in the 47th minute.[21] Alex scored the solitary goal of the game against Londrina on 3 March,[22] starting a run of nine straight matches where the player scored, netting 12 goals.[23] Included in this goal-scoring run was a brace in a 6–0 defeat of Rio Branco on 13 April.[24] Alex finished the Campeonato Paranaense campaign by scoring a brace in Coritiba's 3–1 defeat of Atlético Paranaense on 12 May, securing a 5–3 aggregate win in the final as Coritiba claimed a record 37th state title.[25] In October 2014, Alex announced his retirement from football.[26] His last game was a 3–2 win against Bahia, on 7 December 2014.

Career statistics

Club

[27][28][29]

Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Continental[nb 2] Total
AppsGoalsAsstsAppsGoalsAsstsAppsGoalsAsstsAppsGoalsAssts
Cruzeiro 2002 13200000001320
2003 3823000000038230
2004 520000000520
Total 5527000000055270
Fenerbahçe 2004–05 312416542812442920
2005–06 311524821432432027
2006–07 3219123021217472021
2007–08 2814123011246431819
2008–09 261112540920401712
2009–10 261111971832432114
2010–11 332813100400382813
2011–12 33147334000361711
2012–13 5001104121022
Total 245136107382111611521344172139
Coritiba 2013 291241715010047274
2014 2667125000038117
Total 5518029200100853811

Personal life

Alex married Daianne in 2000.[30] The couple have two daughters and one son: Maria Eduarda, born in 2004, Antonia, born in 2006 and Felipe born in 2010.[31] He features prominently in Puma advertising and also has a modeling contract with Armani.[32] Alex's father-in-law is the former president of Coritiba.[33] After his retirement, Alex started to work on ESPN Brasil as a pundit and presenter for interview show Papo Cabeça.[34][35]

Honours
Palmeiras
Flamengo[37][38]
Cruzeiro
Fenerbahçe
Coritiba
Brazil[36]
Brazil U-23
Brazil U-17
  • South American Youth Championship: 1992, 1995
  • South American Under-17 Football Championship: 1995, 1997
Individual

Notes
  1. Includes Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Recopa Sudamericana
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