Alcides (footballer)
![]() Alcides with Dnipro in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 March 1985||
Place of birth | São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Vitória | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Vitória | 8 | (0) |
2003 | Schalke 04 | 6 | (0) |
2004 | Santos | 2 | (0) |
2004–2008 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
2004–2006 | → Benfica (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → PSV (loan) | 30 | (2) |
2008–2012 | Dnipro | 17 | (0) |
2013 | Náutico | 3 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Ferroviária | 22 | (3) |
2014 | → Atlético Paranaense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Criciúma (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Matonense | 10 | (1) |
National team | |||
2003 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 February 2016 |
Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves (born 13 March 1985), known simply as Alcides, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as either a right back or a central defender.
Club career[]
Born in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, and a product of Salvador da Bahia-based Esporte Clube Vitória's youth system, Alcides had a short loan spell with FC Schalke 04 in Germany still in his teens. After a quick stint with Santos FC in his country, he returned the following season to Europe and signed with S.L. Benfica in Portugal, playing seven times as Benfica won the league after an 11-year wait; at this time, he was already owned by Chelsea, which he never represented.
In January 2007 Alcides moved to PSV Eindhoven, going on to work with former Benfica boss Ronald Koeman, who said of him: "He [Alcides] is an extra re-inforcement for the defence and he can play in several positions at the back. He is tall, very thin and extremely fast." On 3 February he played his first Eredivisie match for the club, against AZ Alkmaar. During his one half season-spell he helped the side to back-to-back national championships, appearing in 21 league games in the 2007–08 campaign (one goal) inclusively as a left back.
On 9 August 2008, Alcides signed with Ukraine's FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
International career[]
Alcides helped Brazil win the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, in the United Arab Emirates, appearing in all the matches.[2]
Personal life[]
Alcides was kidnapped in Brazil, but was released after he convinced his abductors he was not a football player.[citation needed]
See also[]
Honours[]
Club[]
[3] Schalke 04
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 2004–05
- Taça de Portugal: Runner-up 2004–05
PSV
- Eredivisie: 2006–07, 2007–08
- Johan Cruijff Shield: Runner-up 2007
Brazil U-20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2003
References[]
- ^ "Brazil – Alcides – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Alcides – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Alcides – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 – 0)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
External links[]
- Alcides at Sambafoot
- Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves at ForaDeJogo
- Alcides at Soccerway
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from São José do Rio Preto
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Santos FC players
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
- Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players
- Club Athletico Paranaense players
- Criciúma Esporte Clube players
- Bundesliga players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Primeira Liga players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Eredivisie players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Kidnapped Brazilian people
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- FC Dnipro players
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine