Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa
Alex lining up for Chelsea in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Niterói, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000 | Juventus-SP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Santos | 78 | (14) |
| 2004–2012 | Chelsea | 86 | (7) |
| 2004–2007 | → PSV (loan) | 84 | (11) |
| 2012–2014 | Paris Saint-Germain | 70 | (6) |
| 2014–2016 | Milan | 43 | (4) |
| Total | 361 | (42) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2004 | Brazil U23 | 13 | (2) |
| 2002–2008 | Brazil | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:13, 16 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, better known as Alex (pronounced: [aˈlɛks]; born 17 June 1982), is a retiredBrazilian footballer who last played for Milan as a central defender. Alex is known for his physical strength and the power of his shot, which has gained him the nicknames of "The Tank" and Canhão da Vila ("Cannon of Vila Belmiro").
Having been bought by the Premier League club Chelsea in 2004, he was loaned to Dutch team PSV and he won 3 Eredivisie titles with them. Alex finally joined the Chelsea squad in the summer of 2007 after three years in the Netherlands. In his time at Chelsea, he won the FA Cup in 2009 and a league and FA Cup "double" in 2010, as well as reaching the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final. He joined Paris Saint-Germain for £4.2 million in January 2012 and won Ligue 1 twice with the club, moving to Milan on the expiration of his contract in 2014.
Alex earned 17 caps for Brazil between 2003 and 2008, winning the 2007 Copa América and finishing as runner-up at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Alex began his career with Santos of Brazil, making his first team debut in 2002 before later becoming part of the club's central pillars. Alex made his professional league debut in the 1–1 draw against Fluminense. Less than a month after his debut, Alex scored his first goal for the club in a match against Vasco da Gama on 18 September 2002. After multiple impressive performances, Alex secured his place in the team's regular starting lineup. In his first season playing, in 2002, Santos won the Série A title, their first since 1968.
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