Key Alves
{{Short description|Brazilian volleyball player (born 2000)}}
Keyla Alves Ramalho (born January 8, 2000), better known as Key Alves, is a Brazilian volleyball female player, model and businesswoman. She plays as a libero and her current club is the LOVB Houston branch of LOVB Pro of the United States,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lovb.com/teams/lovb-houston-volleyball/athletes/keyla-alves?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social|title=Keyla Alves|access-date=2025-01-10|website=www.lovb.com|language=en}} previously played at Club Osasco of Serie A Women's Volleyball from Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://women.volleybox.net/keyla-alves-p15831/clubs|title=Keyla Alves|publisher=Volleybox.net|language= EN|access-date= 2022-07-16}}
Biography
Professional career
Alves began her career as a volleyball player at a very early age, playing as a member of her school's women's team and participating in numerous regional tournaments. For her performance there, she was followed by numerous volleyball clubs and was eventually signed by the Associação Vôlei team. She later left the team and was signed by the Esporte Clube Pinheiros team for the 2021–22 season of the first division volleyball championship.
In the second half of 2021, she joined Club Osasco for three seasons. She is also a former Brazilian volleyball player.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2022/07/05/una-estrella-del-voley-de-brasil-conto-que-gana-mas-dinero-con-onlyfans-que-con-su-deporte-me-guste-o-no-es-mi-mayor-ingreso/|title=Una estrella del vóley de Brasil contó que gana más dinero con OnlyFans que con su deporte: "Me guste o no, es mi mayor ingreso"|publisher= Infobae|language= ES|date=July 5, 2022|access-date= April 25, 2024}}
Currently{{when|date=June 2024}} she is one of the most followed athletes in the world with more than two million followers on Instagram and also on OnlyFans.{{cite web|url=https://www.elcaribe.com.do/gente/key-alves-la-jugadora-elite-de-voleibol-brasilena-que-prefirio-dedicarse-a-onlyfans/|title=Key Alves, la jugadora élite de voleibol brasileña que prefirió dedicarse a OnlyFans|publisher= El Caribe|language= ES|date=July 12, 2022|access-date=April 25, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://eldiariony.com/2022/06/29/key-alves-la-jugadora-brasilena-de-voleibol-que-ha-ganado-mas-de-500000-dolares-con-sus-fotos-sensuales-en-onlyfans/|title=Key Alves, la jugadora brasileña de voleibol que ha ganado más de $500,000 dólares con sus fotos sensuales en OnlyFans|publisher= El Diario NY|language= ES|date=June 29, 2022|access-date=April 25, 2024}}
On June 23, 2023, through her social networks, she has announced her retirement from professional volleyball, after almost nine years of her career, to dedicate herself to entertainment for her fans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2023/06/23/key-alves-anuncia-saida-do-osasco-decidi-continuar-no-entretenimento.htm|title=Key Alves anuncia saída do Osasco: 'Decidi continuar no entretenimento'|accessdate=2024-04-25|website=www.uol.com.br|language=pt-br}} However, in 2024, to compete in the American Volleyball League for the LOVB Houston Volleyball team, she underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery{{Cite web|publisher=themusicjournalbrazil|url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/key-alves-realiza-cirurgia-no-joelho-para-voltar-as-quadras,b28491d37dfba56180d24618337ddf81bxrrjqb1.html|title=Key Alves realiza cirurgia no joelho para voltar às quadras|access-date=2025-01-10|website=Terra|language=pt-BR}}
Currently,{{when|date=April 2024}} Key is a participant in the twenty-third season of Big Brother Brasil on the "Camarote" team, which is made up of famous personalities from the country.
Personal life
In 2023, during her participation in Big Brother Brasil, Key had a brief relationship with fellow reality participant Gustavo Benedeti, ending shortly after leaving the program.{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-25 |title=Festa BBB 23: Key Alves e Gustavo trocam primeiro beijo |url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2023/01/19/key-alves-e-gustavo-trocam-primeiro-beijo-do-bbb-23.amp.htm |website=www.uol.com.br}}{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-25 |language=pt-br |title=Key Alves e Gustavo se encontram pela primeira vez fora do BBB 23: 'Foi muito especial' |url=https://gshow.globo.com/realities/bbb/bbb-23/noticia/key-alves-e-gustavo-se-encontram-pela-primeira-vez-fora-do-bbb-23-foi-muito-especial.ghtml |website=gshow|date=9 March 2023 }}{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-25 |language=pt-br |title=Key Alves anuncia fim do namoro com Gustavo: 'Não foi um término amigável' |url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/tv-e-series/noticia/2023/04/04/key-alves-anuncia-fim-do-namoro-com-gustavo-nao-foi-um-termino-amigavel.ghtml |website=G1|date=4 April 2023 }} Alves revealed that she is sapiosexual.{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-25 |language=pt-br |title=Sapiossexualidade: entenda o termo usado pela BBB Key Alves para definir sua sexualidade |url=https://g1.globo.com/saude/sexualidade/noticia/2023/01/13/sapiossexualidade-entenda-o-termo-usado-pela-bbb-key-alves-para-definir-sua-sexualidade.ghtml |website=G1|date=13 January 2023 }}
