Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Júnior (born January 12, 1989),[2][3] known as Alan Kardec, is a Brazilian professional football player who plays for Atlético Mineiro as a striker.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Júnior[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-01-12) January 12, 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Mineiro | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2006 | Vasco da Gama | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Vasco da Gama | 73 | (18) |
2009 | → Internacional (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2009–2014 | Benfica | 23 | (3) |
2011–2012 | → Santos (loan) | 51 | (9) |
2012–2013 | Benfica B | 9 | (4) |
2013–2014 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 43 | (24) |
2014–2016 | São Paulo | 71 | (23) |
2016–2021 | Chongqing Lifan | 106 | (55) |
2021–2022 | Shenzhen | 16 | (11) |
2022– | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | (1) |
National team | |||
2009 | Brazil U20 | 15 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2022 |
He is named after the systematizer of Spiritism, Allan Kardec.[4]
Alan Kardec debuted for CR Vasco da Gama on 14 February 2007 in Manaus,[5] in a 2–1 victory over Fast Clube in the Copa do Brasil.[6] On 11 April 11,[7] he scored his first goal for Vasco when his club and Botafogo drew 4–4 in a Campeonato Carioca match.[8] On 21 July 2007,[9] he scored his first Série A goal when Vasco beat Atlético Mineiro 4–0.[8] He played 26 Série A matches and scored eight goals in 2007,[10] while in 2008, he played 19 matches and scored two goals in that competition.[11]
On 1 September 2009, Alan Kardec was loaned to Internacional.[12][13] He played his first game as an Internacional player on 28 October, a Série A game against São Paulo at Estádio do Morumbi, in which he came as a substitute for Fabiano Eller.[14]
Alan Kardec announced on 13 December 2009 that he will play for Benfica in the 2010 season after Vasco had accepted a €2.5 million bid from the Portuguese club.[15] The following week, he signed a personal contract with Benfica.[16] On 18 March 2010, he scored the winning goal in Benfica's UEFA Europa League match against Marseille with a ferocious strike from a hard angle.
In July 2011, was confirmed that Alan Kardec would be loaned for one season to Santos.[17] Santos attempt to renew the loan in July 2012, but Benfica denied, only allowing the player to leave on a permanent deal. Alan Kardec played occasionally for Benfica's B-team, as he was effectively blocked in the first team by strikers Óscar Cardozo, Lima and Rodrigo.[18][19]
In June 2013, Brazilian side Palmeiras confirmed the loan deal of Alan Kardec for one-and-half-years from Benfica, with an option to make the move permanent.[20] Kardec comes back to Brazil as a substitute for Kléber, that had a bad passage for the São Paulo city based club.[21]
In 2014, Alan Kardec had a great start to the year, scoring against São Paulo and Corinthians, two of Palmeiras' biggest rivals.
Alan Kardec signed a five-year deal with São Paulo on 12 May 2014, with the club paying €4.5 million to Benfica.[22]
On 15 July 2016, São Paulo announced that they had reached an agreement with Chinese club Chongqing Lifan for the transfer of Alan Kardec, for a fee of €5 million.[23] On 1 November 2020, after scoring in a 2–0 win over Shandong Luneng, Alan Kardec became the top scorer in the history of Chongqing Lifan, with 56 goals.[24]
Alan Kardec spent the 2021 season with Shenzhen, scoring 12 goals in 19 appearances.
On 24 June 2022, Alan Kardec joined Atlético Mineiro on a free transfer.[25]
Alan Kardec played eight South American Youth Championship matches for the Brazilian under-20 team between January 20, 2009, and February 8,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] scoring two goals against Uruguay and Argentina respectively.[28][30] He scored two goals in Brazil's first 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup game, played on September 27, 2009, against Costa Rica.[34] He also scored a goal in the round of 16, against Uruguay,[35] played on 7 October 2009, and the only goal of the semi-final, against Costa Rica, played on 13 October 2009.[36]
He was one of seven players put on standby for Brazil's 2014 FIFA World Cup team.[37]
In July 2021, it was revealed that the China national football team were attempting to naturalize him. He would be eligible to represent China PR from January 2022.[38]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vasco da Gama | 2007 | Série A | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 33 | 9 | |
2008 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 17[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | 43 | 12 | |||
2009 | Série B | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||
Total | 51 | 10 | 10 | 4 | — | 7 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 90 | 23 | |||
Internacional (loan) | 2009 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Benfica | 2009–10 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | |
2010–11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
Total | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | ||
Santos (loan) | 2011 | Série A | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||
2012 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 11[lower-alpha 6] | 4 | 20[lower-alpha 7] | 7 | 35 | 11 | ||||
Total | 31 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 64 | 13 | ||||
Benfica B | 2012–13 | Segunda Liga | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||||
Palmeiras (loan) | 2013 | Série B | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 14 | |||
2014 | Série A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15[lower-alpha 7] | 9 | 17 | 10 | |||
Total | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 9 | 46 | 24 | ||||
São Paulo | 2014 | Série A | 27 | 8 | — | — | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 34 | 10 | |||
2015 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 7] | 7 | 25 | 11 | |||
2016 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 7] | 1 | 35 | 4 | |||
Total | 47 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 94 | 25 | |||
Chongqing Lifan | 2016 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 7 | ||||
2017 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 10 | |||||
2018 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 16 | |||||
2019 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 15 | |||||
2020 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 8 | |||||
Total | 106 | 55 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 108 | 56 | |||||
Shenzhen | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 12 | |||
Atlético Mineiro | 2022 | Série A | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
Career total | 316 | 116 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 83 | 32 | 480 | 166 |
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