Alex (footballer, born 20 May 1990)
{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|dos Santos|Gonçalves}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alex
| image =
| fullname = Alex dos Santos Gonçalves
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|05|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Porto Alegre, Brazil
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Monsoon
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2007–2008
| youthclubs1 = Grêmio
| years1 = 2008–2010
| clubs1 = Teleoptik
| caps1 = 33
| goals1 = 13
| years2 = 2010–2012
| clubs2 = Fluminense
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2011
| clubs3 = → Internacional (loan)
| caps3 = 5
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012
| clubs4 = → Concordia Chiajna (loan)
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2012
| clubs5 = → Universitatea Cluj (loan)
| caps5 = 18
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2013–2017
| clubs6 = Tombense
| caps6 = 13
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2013
| clubs7 = → América-RN (loan)
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2013–2014
| clubs8 = → Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan)
| caps8 = 23
| goals8 = 11
| years9 = 2014–2015
| clubs9 = → Moreirense (loan)
| caps9 = 26
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2015
| clubs10 = → Yeni Malatyaspor (loan)
| caps10 = 16
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2016
| clubs11 = → Capivariano (loan)
| caps11 = 8
| goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2017
| clubs12 = → Botafogo-SP (loan)
| caps12 = 7
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2018
| clubs13 = Água Santa
| caps13 = 14
| goals13 = 6
| years14 = 2018
| clubs14 = Botafogo-PB
| caps14 = 5
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2019
| clubs15 = Sertãozinho
| caps15 = 13
| goals15 = 1
| years16 = 2019
| clubs16 = Persela Lamongan
| caps16 = 29
| goals16 = 17
| years17 = 2020–2021
| clubs17 = Persikabo 1973
| caps17 = 3
| goals17 = 1
| years18 = 2021
| clubs18 = Melaka United
| caps18 = 10
| goals18 = 3
| years19 = 2021
| clubs19 = Persita Tangerang
| caps19 = 5
| goals19 = 1
| years20 = 2022
| clubs20 = Veranópolis
| caps20 = 0
| goals20 = 0
| years21 = 2022–
| clubs21 = Monsoon
| caps21 = 0
| goals21 = 0
| pcupdate = 26 May 2022
}}
Alex dos Santos Gonçalves (born 20 May 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Monsoon.
Career
Born in Porto Alegre, Alex played in the youth categories of Grêmio, before moving abroad to Serbian club Teleoptik in August 2008, which is the satellite club of Serbian giants FK Partizan. Alex spent two seasons with Teleoptik, the first one along three more countryman, Washington Santana da Silva, Jefferson Madeira and Elton Martins, helping Teleoptik to finish 2nd in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade, one of Serbian third tiers, thus earning promotion to the 2009–10 Serbian First League.[http://www.srbijafudbal.com/teleoptik.htm FK Teleoptik profile] at srbijafudbal.com Next season they did well and finished sixth in second tier. Next, he returned to his homeland and signed a short-term contract with Fluminense in August 2010.{{Cite web | url=http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=/noticias.php&id=376&lingua=ing | title=Alex dos Santos signed with Fluminense | publisher=promanager.com.br | date=27 August 2010 | accessdate=9 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212075224/http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=%2Fnoticias.php&id=376&lingua=ing | archive-date=12 December 2013 | url-status=dead }} Later on, Alex renewed his contract with Fluminense until the end of the 2012 season.{{Cite web | url=http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=/noticias.php&id=407&lingua=ing | title=Alex dos Santos got his contract renewed with Fluminense | publisher=promanager.com.br | date=18 December 2010 | accessdate=9 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212075020/http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=%2Fnoticias.php&id=407&lingua=ing | archive-date=12 December 2013 | url-status=dead }} He was subsequently loaned out to Internacional,{{Cite web | url=http://www.internacional.com.br/pagina.php?modulo=2&setor=18&codigo=13477 | title=Alex é apresentado como reforço ofensivo do Inter | language=Portuguese | publisher=internacional.com.br | date=21 January 2011 | accessdate=9 December 2013 | archive-date=14 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214014918/http://www.internacional.com.br/pagina.php?modulo=2&setor=18&codigo=13477 | url-status=dead }} making his Série A debut. In January 2012, Alex moved to Europe for the second time, being sent on loan to Romanian club Concordia Chiajna. He was loaned to fellow Romanian side Universitatea Cluj in July 2012.{{Cite web | url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/32166/paulinho-si-alex-vor-juca-la-u-cluj.htm | title=Paulinho si Alex vor juca la "U" Cluj | language=Romanian | publisher=romaniansoccer.ro | date=23 June 2012 | accessdate=9 December 2013}}
In February 2013, after his contract with Fluminense expired, Alex signed with Tombense. He briefly played on loan at América de Natal, making his Série B debut, before transferring to Romania for the third time, on a season-long loan to Pandurii Târgu Jiu in August 2013. In June 2014, Alex moved to Portugal and joined Primeira Liga newcomers Moreirense on another season-long loan.{{Cite web | url=http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=/noticias.php&id=618&lingua=ing | title=Alex dos Santos signed with Moreirense | publisher=promanager.com.br | date=21 June 2014 | accessdate=25 June 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211822/http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=%2Fnoticias.php&id=618&lingua=ing | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead }} He was subsequently loaned to Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor in July 2015.{{Cite web | url=http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=/noticias.php&id=656&lingua=ing | title=Alex dos Santos signed with Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) | publisher=promanager.com.br | date=13 July 2015 | accessdate=11 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803221709/http://www.promanager.com.br/template.php?pagina=%2Fnoticias.php&id=656&lingua=ing | archive-date=3 August 2016 | url-status=dead }} Six months later, his loan was terminated and Alex returned to Tombense, making his Série C debut.
Career statistics
{{Updated|27 September 2018}}{{Soccerway|alex-dos-santos-goncalves/175159}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|State League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Internacional (loan)
|2011 |5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Concordia Chiajna (loan)
|15 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 4 | |||
| Universitatea Cluj (loan)
|18 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | |||
| América-RN (loan)
|2013 |7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 1 | ||
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan)
|23 | 11 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | 30 | 12 | ||
| Moreirense (loan)
|26 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 1 | ||
| Yeni Malatyaspor (loan)
|16 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Tombense
|2016 |13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2017
|0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 1 | ||
| colspan="1"|Total
!13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
| Botafogo-SP (loan)
|2017 |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| Botafogo-PB
|2018 |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Career total
!135 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 160 | 24 |
Honours
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Sambafoot|7611_alex_goncalves}}
- {{ForaDeJogo}}
- {{TFF player|1823566}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alex}}
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