Dudu Cearense

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dudu Cearense

| image = Dudu.jpg

| caption = Dudu with CSKA Moscow in February 2007

| fullname = Alessandro Silva de Sousa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|4|15}}

| birth_place = Fortaleza, Brazil

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Central midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1998

| youthclubs1 = Ceará

| youthyears2 = 1998–2000

| youthclubs2 = Vitória

| years1 = 2000–2003

| clubs1 = Vitória

| caps1 = 49

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2004

| clubs2 = Kashiwa Reysol

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2004–2005

| clubs3 = Rennes

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2005–2008

| clubs4 = CSKA Moscow

| caps4 = 74

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2008–2011

| clubs5 = Olympiacos

| caps5 = 64

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 2011–2012

| clubs6 = Atlético Mineiro

| caps6 = 17

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2012–2013

| clubs7 = Goiás

| caps7 = 23

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2014

| clubs8 = OFI Crete

| caps8 = 11

| goals8 = 3

| years9 = 2014

| clubs9 = Maccabi Netanya

| caps9 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2015–2016

| clubs10 = Fortaleza

| caps10 = 7

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2016–2018

| clubs11 = Botafogo

| caps11 = 29

| goals11 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003

| nationalteam1 = Brazil U-20

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| nationalyears2 = 2003–2004

| nationalteam2 = Brazil U-23

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| nationalyears3 = 2004–2007

| nationalteam3 = Brazil

| nationalcaps3 = 12

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update =

| nationalteam-update =

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA}}}}

}}

Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

He is known for his passing, aerial ability and tackling. He was a central midfielder who usually played either in a holding midfield role or as a box-to-box midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position, he was mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Brazil national team.

Career

Dudu was born in Fortaleza, Ceará.

In February 2005, after spending half a season playing for Rennes in France, Dudu transferred to CSKA Moscow, where he joined and played with fellow Brazilians Daniel Carvalho, Vagner Love, and later Jô.

In 2007, Dudu expressed his wish to leave CSKA Moscow. Olympiacos tried to sign him, but failed. In 2008, Olympiacos offered the Russian club €6 million. The offer was accepted and the player signed a three-year contract on 6 August 2008.{{cite web|title=Olympiakos Sign Dudu Cearense|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/117/greece/2008/08/04/805077/olympiakos-sign-dudu-cearense|website=goal.com|publisher=Goal|access-date=24 February 2018}} In May 2009, he signed a new contract with the Greek club which would last until June 2013 with a buyout clause of €8.5 million.

On 7 April 2011, Olympiacos agreed to sell Dudu Cearense to Atlético Mineiro for a fee of €1.1 million. Dudu signed a three-year contract with the Brazilian team. In 2012 he moved to Goiás until the end of his contract in January 2014. Goiás wanted to extend with the player but he wanted to return to Europe. On 27 January 2014, he agreed a 1.5-year contract with Greek Club OFI.

On 5 June 2014, he agreed for a one-year contract worth $245,000 with Maccabi Netanya of the Israel Premier League (biggest contract in the history of the club). Three weeks later, it was reported Dudu was injured and in poor shape. He was released on 22 September. He never played for Netanya in the league and only made two appearances in the Toto Cup.{{cite web |url=http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=386298 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115072248/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=386298 |archive-date=15 November 2016 |title=The Israel Football Association}}{{Cite web|url=http://sports.walla.co.il/item/2775045|title = גביע הטוטו: מכבי נתניה ומכבי תל אביב נפרדו ב-0:0 - וואלה! ספורט|date = 12 August 2014}} He is considered the biggest flop in the club's history, mainly for the fact he never even played once in the league and the club had to pay $50,000 compensation after his release.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=176201&lang=HE|title = פרסום ראשון: סארנסה שוחרר ממכבי נתניה - ספורט 5}}

On 10 January 2015, he returned to Brazil and agreed to a contract with Fortaleza.

Career statistics

=Club=

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rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Vitória \|2001 \|rowspan="3"\|Série A \|0	0			colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–			0	0
2002 \|18	0			colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–			18	0
2003 \|31	6			colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–			31	6
colspan="2"\|Total !49	6			-	-	-	-			49	6
Kashiwa Reysol \|2004 \|J1 League \|11	2	0	0	3	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	14	2
Stade Rennais \|2004–05 \|Ligue 1 \|15	1					colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	15	1
rowspan="5"\|CSKA Moscow{{cite web\|title=Dudu\|url=https://www.pfc-cska.com/komanda/igroki/dudu_alessandro_silva_de_souza/\|website=pfc-cska.com\|publisher=CSKA Moscow\|access-date=24 February 2018\|language=ru}} \|2005 \|rowspan="4"\|Russian Premier League \|21	3	1	0	colspan="2"
\|3	0	1	0	26	3
2006 \|28	2	7	2	colspan="2"
\|8	1	1	0	44	5
2007 \|15	1	2	0	colspan="2"
\|7	0	1	0	25	1
2008 \|10	1	2	0	colspan="2"
\|0	0	colspan="2"
\|12	1
colspan="2"\|Total !74	7	12	2	-	-	18	1	3	0	107	10
rowspan="4"\|Olympiacos \|2008–09 \|rowspan="3"\|Superleague Greece \|26	3			colspan="2"
\|7	1	colspan="2"
\|33	4
2009–10 \|20	4			colspan="2"
\|10	1	colspan="2"
\|30	5
2010–11 \|19	0			colspan="2"
\|4	3	colspan="2"
\|23	3
colspan="2"\|Total !65	7			-	-	21	5	-	-	86	12
rowspan="3"\|Atlético Mineiro \|2011 \|rowspan="2"\|Série A \|13	3			colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–			13	3
2012 \|4	0			colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–			4	0
colspan="2"\|Total !17	3			-	-	-	-			17	3
rowspan="3"\|Goiás \|2012 \|Série B \|4	1			colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–			4	1
2013 \|Série A \|19	1	7	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	16	5	42	6
colspan="2"\|Total !23	2	7	0	-	-	-	-	16	5	46	7
OFI Crete \|2013–14 \|Superleague Greece \|11	3	3	1	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	14	4
Maccabi Netanya \|2014–15 \|Israeli Premier League \|0	0	0	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	2	0
rowspan="3"\|Fortaleza \|2015 \|rowspan="2"\|Série C \|6	2	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	7	0	15	2
2016 \|1	0	3	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	16	2	20	2
colspan="2"\|Total !7	2	5	0	-	-	-	-	23	2	35	4
rowspan="4"\|Botafogo \|2016 \|rowspan="3"\|Série A \|16	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	0	0	16	1
2017 \|13	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	4	0	7	1	24	1
2018 \|0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	4	0	4	0
colspan="2"\|Total !29	1	2	0	-	-	4	0	11	1	46	2
colspan="3"\|Career total !301	34	29	3	2	0	43	6	53	8	428	51

= International =

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="5"\|Brazil \|2004	4	0
2005	0	0
2006	5	0
2007	2	0
Total\|\|11\|\|0

Honours

=Club=

Vitória

Supercampeonato Baiano Winner: 2002
Campeonato Baiano Winner: 2002, 2003
Copa do Nordeste Winner: 2003

CSKA Moscow

Russian Premier League Winner: 2005, 2006
Russian Super Cup Winner: 2006, 2007
Russian Cup Winner: 2005/2006, 2008

Olympiacos

Greek Super League Winner:2009, 2011
Greek Cup Winner: 2009

Atlético Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 2012

Goiás

Fortaleza

Campeonato Cearense: 2016

Botafogo

Campeonato Carioca: 2018

=International=

Brazil

Copa América Winner: 2004

Brazil U-20

FIFA World Youth Championship Winner: 2003

=Individual=

FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Shoe: 2003{{Cite web |title=FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003™ |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/uae2003 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}
FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Ball: 2003{{Cite web |title=FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003™ |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/uae2003 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}