Alexsandro de Souza
Alex playing for Fenerbahçe in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexsandro de Souza | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Coritiba | 24 | (4) |
| 1997–2000 | Palmeiras | 37 | (9) |
| 2000–2002 | Parma | 8 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Flamengo (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 29 | (2) |
| 2002 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Cruzeiro | 42 | (10) |
| 2004–2012 | Fenerbahçe | 245 | (136) |
| 2013–2014 | Coritiba | 37 | (16) |
| Total | 499 | (221) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2000 | Brazil U20 | 15 | (3) |
| 1998–2005 | Brazil | 49 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:56, 7 December 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:56, 7 December 2014 (UTC) |
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Alexsandro de Souza, commonly known as Alex (born 14 September 1977 in Curitiba), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is a former captain of the Brazilian national team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe; throughout his career, he also played for Coritiba, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Cruzeiro in Brazil, and Parma in the Italian Serie A. Alex first played professionally for Coritiba, a Brazilian football club from the state of Paraná, where he stayed from 1995-97, when he was sold to Palmeiras, from São Paulo. When he was playing for Palmeiras where he became a national star, in Brazil. He conquered for the Parque Antárctica club a Libertadores da América cup title, in 1999, a Rio-São Paulo cup title in 2000 and a Copa do Brasil title and a Mercosul cup title in 1998. He left Palmeiras and signed with Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro in 2000.
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