Alcides (footballer)

Alcides
	Alcides with Dnipro in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves
Date of birth	13 March 1985 (age 39)
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
2002–2003	Vitória
2003	Schalke 04
2004	Santos
2004–2008	Chelsea
2004–2006	→ Benfica (loan)
2007–2008	→ PSV (loan)
2008–2012	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2013	Náutico
2014–2016	Ferroviária
2014	→ Atlético Paranaense (loan)
2014	→ Criciúma (loan)
2017	Matonense
Total
International career
2003	Brazil U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2016

Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves (born 13 March 1985), known simply as Alcides, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played 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]}

Honours

Club

^[3] Schalke 04

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003^[4]

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 (archived)
Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Alcides at Soccerway
Alcides at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

[1] "Brazil – Alcides – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[2] Alcides – FIFA competition record (archived)

[3] "Alcides – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

[4] "Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 – 0)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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