Alex (footballer, born 1999)
.jpg) Alex with Santos in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex de Oliveira Nascimento | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2016 | São Paulo | ||
| 2016–2019 | Fluminense | ||
| 2019–2020 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Fluminense | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Santos | 31 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Famalicão (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Alex de Oliveira Nascimento (born 10 May 1999), simply known as Alex (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɐˈlɛks]), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Santos.
Career
[edit]Fluminense
[edit]Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Alex joined Fluminense's youth setup in June 2016, from São Paulo.[1] On 17 January 2018, he appeared as an unused substitute in a 3–1 Campeonato Carioca away loss against Boavista.[2]
Alex made his first team – and Série A – on 27 October 2018, replacing injured Frazan in a 3–0 loss at Santos.[3]
Santos
[edit]
Alex joined Santos on 7 May 2019, initially assigned to the under-20 squad. Fluminense also retained 30% of the player's federative rights.[4] On 30 July, after nearly three months at the club, he renewed his contract until December 2023.[5]
On 22 January 2020, as both first team regulars Lucas Veríssimo and Felipe Aguilar were injured, Alex was included in Jesualdo Ferreira's 28-man squad for the 2020 Campeonato Paulista.[6] On 1 July, he further extended his contract until 2024,[7] and made his debut for the club on 16 August, replacing injured Veríssimo in a 3–1 home win against Athletico Paranaense.[8]
Alex made his Copa Libertadores debut on 24 September 2020, again replacing Veríssimo in a 2–1 away defeat of Delfín SC.[9] On 10 November, it was announced that he and a further six first team players tested positive for COVID-19.[10]
Loan to Famalicão
[edit]On 17 August 2021, Alex moved abroad and joined Portuguese Primeira Liga side Famalicão on a one-year loan deal.[11] He made his debut for the club on 28 August, replacing Pêpê late into a 1–1 home draw against Sporting CP.
Return from loan
[edit]Alex returned to Santos in July 2022, as Famalicão did not activate his buyout clause.[12] An immediate backup to starters Maicon and Eduardo Bauermann, he scored his first goal for the club on 25 October, but in a 3–2 away loss against Flamengo.[13]
In November 2022, Alex suffered a muscular injury which kept him out of the remaining matches of the season.[14] It was later discovered as a parcial ligament injury, and he spent the first months of the 2023 campaign recovering.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 16 September 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Conmebol | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2018 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santos | 2020 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Série B | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| Famalicão (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
Honours
[edit]Santos
References
[edit]- ^ "Dispensado da base do São Paulo, zagueiro hoje do Flu entra na mira do futebol italiano" [Released from São Paulo's youth setup, stopper currently at Flu gets in the target of Italian football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Com time de garotos, Fluminense perde para o Boavista em tarde inspirada de Erick Flores" [With a team of youngsters, Fluminense lose to Boavista in Erick Flores' inspired afternoon] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Gabigol faz história, Santos marca três gols em 5 minutos e vence o Flu" [Gabigol makes history, Santos score three goals in 5 minutes and defeat Flu] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Santos acerta contratação de zagueiro do Flu na mira de clube italiano" [Santos sign Flu stopper targeted by Italian club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Santos renova com Alex Nascimento, promessa da base, por quatro anos" [Santos renew with Alex Nascimento, youth prospect, for four years] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Sem Cueva, Veríssimo e Aguilar, Santos inscreve 28 jogadores para estreia do Paulistão" [Without Cueva, Veríssimo and Aguilar, Santos register 28 players for the Paulistão debut] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Esporte Interativo. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Santos renova com Alex até 2024 e zagueiro afirma: 'Mostra que confiam no meu futebol'" [Santos renew with Alex until 2024 and stopper states: 'It shows that they trust in my football'] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Santos bate o Athletico-PR e volta a vencer depois de seis jogos" [Santos defeat Athletico-PR and is back to winning ways after six matches] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Santos vence o Delfín e fica muito perto das oitavas da Libertadores" [Santos defeat Delfín and get very close to qualification of the round of 16 of the Libertadores] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Nota Oficial" [Official note] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Alex Nascimento reforça setor defensivo" [Alex Nascimento bolsters defensive sector] (in Portuguese). FC Famalicão. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Alex volta a ser opção no Santos após passagem pela Europa" [Alex returns to be an option at Santos after stint in Europe] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Alex comemora primeiro gol pelo profissional do Santos e diz em quem se espelha no time" [Alex celebrates first goal for the first team of Santos and tells who he looks up to in the team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Alex tem lesão detectada e desfalca o Santos contra o Avaí; veja provável time" [Alex has injury detected and will be an absence of Santos against Avaí; see the probable team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Sem Bauermann, Santos deve ir ao mercado e Alex pode ganhar espaço" [Without Bauermann, Santos may go to the transfer market and Alex may earn some space] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Alex at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
External links
[edit]
- Santos FC profile (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- International Sports profile (in Portuguese)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Fluminense FC players
- Santos FC players
- Primeira Liga players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Footballers from Ribeirão Preto
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen