Diego Alves
Alves lining up for Brazil in 2014
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| Full name | Diego Alves Carreira | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1985 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Valencia | |||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Botafogo-SP | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Atlético Mineiro | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Almería | 123 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011– | Valencia | 135 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011– | Brazil | 9 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014 |
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Diego Alves Carreira (born 24 June 1985), known as Diego Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF as a goalkeeper.
Having begun his career at Atlético Mineiro, he spent most of his career in Spain in the service of Almería and Valencia, making over 200 La Liga appearances both teams combined.
Alves was part of the Brazilian squad which won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, and made his senior international debut in 2011. He represented the latter at the Copa América Centenario.
Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro. Having started professionally at Clube Atlético Mineiro, he moved to UD Almería on 24 July 2007, as the Andalusians had just achieved a first ever promotion to La Liga. Initially the backup to another newly signed, David Cobeño, he eventually became the undisputed starter, helping the club overachieve for a final eighth place in the league with notable performances against, among others, Real Madrid.
After Cobeño left for Rayo Vallecano in August 2008, Alves remained first-choice during 2008–09, but suffered an injury in the final stretch of the season. Fully recovered for the start of the following campaign, he played in all the matches (safe for 30 minutes against Valencia CF, after he had been sent off, and the last round against Sevilla FC, as Almería was already saved from relegation); in April 2010, his agent stated a move away from the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos was being considered.
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