Afonso Alves
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Afonso Alves Martins Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Atlético Mineiro | 6 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Örgryte | 39 | (28) |
| 2004–2006 | Malmö FF | 55 | (29) |
| 2006–2008 | Heerenveen | 39 | (45) |
| 2008–2009 | Middlesbrough | 42 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Al Sadd | 12 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Al Rayyan (loan) | 7 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Al Rayyan | 27 | (19) |
| 2012–2013 | Al Gharafa | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 231 | (145) | |
| National team | |||
| 2007 | Brazil | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Afonso Alves Martins Júnior (born 30 January 1981), known as simply Afonso Alves, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. Having won the Swedish championship with Malmö FF in 2004 Alves then enjoyed the most successful period of his career playing at Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie, where his goal-to-game ratio was higher than one. This precipitated a club record move to English club Middlesbrough in January 2008. Alves was capped for Brazil on eight occasions.
Alves was born on 30 January 1981, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil's third biggest city. He was brought up by his mother, Dona Eliade, and has a brother, Alexsander, and sister, Alexandra. His father died when he was nine years old.
Alves started his career with Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro. In 2002 he left Atlético Mineiro for the Swedish club Örgryte from Gothenburg. In 2004 he moved to Malmö FF, where he won the Swedish League that year. He stayed for the 2005 season, scoring 14 in 24 games, becoming the club's top-scorer for the second year running when Malmö finished fifth. Alves was at Malmö for the start of the 2006 season, and scored three goals in seven matches.
In Summer 2006, he moved to the Dutch club SC Heerenveen of the Eredivisie for €4.5 million, which remains their highest-ever transfer fee paid.
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