Alex (footballer, born 1979)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Alex
Personal information
Full name Domingos Alexandre Martins da Costa[1]
Date of birth (1979-09-06) 6 September 1979 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Wingback
Youth career
1990–1994 Vitória Guimarães
1994–1995 Ribeira Pena
1995–1998 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Fafe 76 (16)
2001–2003 Moreirense 57 (8)
2003–2005 Benfica 14 (0)
2004–2005 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 31 (4)
2005–2009 VfL Wolfsburg 21 (0)
2009–2013 Vitória Guimarães 95 (0)
Total 295 (28)
National team
2005 Portugal 3 (0)
Teams managed
2013–2014 Felgueiras 1932
2014 Académico Viseu
2016–2018 Vitória Guimarães (youth)
2018–2019 Vitória Guimarães B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Domingos Alexandre Martins da Costa (born 6 September 1979), commonly known as Alex, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back, currently a manager.

Over seven seasons (15 years in total as a professional), he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 170 matches and seven goals, mainly at the service of Vitória de Guimarães. He also spent four years in Germany, with VfL Wolfsburg.

Playing career[]

Alex was born in Guimarães. After five years, spent at the service of AD Fafe and Moreirense FC, he made his Primeira Liga debut with S.L. Benfica, mainly deputising for established Miguel. In 2004–05, he served a season-long loan spell at Vitória de Guimarães.[2]

After good performances at Vitória, which earned him a Portugal national team call-up – three matches, including two in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers[3]– Benfica sold Alex to VfL Wolfsburg on the final days of the summer transfer window.[4] He had a relatively successful debut campaign, but only appeared four times in the Bundesliga over the next three (none in the last two).

In late May 2009, Alex signed with former club Vitória de Guimarães on a free transfer.[5] During that first season he operated mostly as a right back, going on to be fully reconverted to the position in the following years and being first-choice.[6]

Coaching career[]

On 3 July 2013, Alex announced his retirement from professional football at the age of nearly 34, immediately starting his managerial career with F.C. Felgueiras 1932 in the third division.[7] He first arrived at the professionals in May 2014 after leading his team to safety, being appointed at Segunda Liga side Académico de Viseu FC.[8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9][10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fafe 1998–99 17 0 1 0 — — — 18 0
1999–00 27 8 7 1 — — — 34 9
2000–01 31 8 0 0 — — — 31 8
Total 75 16 8 1 — — — 83 17
Moreirense 2001–02 27 5 2 0 — — — 29 5
2002–03 30 3 2 0 — — — 32 3
Total 57 8 4 0 — — — 61 8
Benfica 2003–04 14 0 3 0 — 2 0 — 19 0
2005–06 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 0
Total 14 0 3 0 — 2 0 0 0 19 0
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2004–05 31 4 3 0 — — — 34 4
VfL Wolfsburg 2005–06 17 0 0 0 — — — 17 0
2006–07 4 0 1 0 — — — 5 0
2007–08 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
2008–09 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 21 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 22 0
VfL Wolfsburg II 2007–08 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Vitória Guimarães 2009–10 22 0 3 0 3 0 — — 28 0
2010–11 28 0 6 0 1 0 — — 35 0
2011–12 28 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 37 0
2012–13 17 0 5 0 1 0 — — 23 0
Total 95 0 16 0 7 0 4 0 1 0 123 0
Vitória Guimarães B 2012–13 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Career total 295 28 35 1 7 0 6 0 1 0 344 29

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2005 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

Moreirense

Benfica

Vitória Guimarães

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Alex" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Alex: «Objectivo é voltar ao Benfica»" [Alex: "Goal is to return to Benfica"]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 May 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Estreias com Scolari raramente são a doer" [Debuts with Scolari rarely happen when it matters]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 May 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Fußball: VfL Wolfsburg verpflichtet portugiesischen Verteidiger Alex" [Football: VfL Wolfsburg acquire Portuguese defender Alex] (in German). Kicker. 20 August 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Alex verlässt Wolfsburg in Richtung Portugal" [Alex leaves Wolfsburg towards Portugal] (in German). Goal. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Gémeos falsos" [False twins]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ^ Sousa, Pascoal (3 July 2013). "Alex despediu-se em lágrimas" [Alex said goodbye in tears]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Alex é o novo treinador do Ac. Viseu" [Alex is the new manager of Ac. Viseu] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ Alex at ForaDeJogo Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ a b Alex at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Alex". European Football. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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