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Alessandro Santos (三都主 アレサンドロ, Santosu Aresandoro, formerly Alessandro dos Santos; born 20 July 1977), often known as Alex, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he became a Japanese citizen and made 82 appearances for the Japan national team.

Alessandro Santos
三都主 アレサンドロ

Personal information
Full name	Alessandro dos Santos
Date of birth	(1977-07-20) 20 July 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth	Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1996	Meitoku Gijuku High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2003	Shimizu S-Pulse	198	(56)
2004–2009	Urawa Reds	100	(11)
2007	→ Red Bull Salzburg (loan)	20	(1)
2009–2012	Nagoya Grampus	55	(0)
2013	Tochigi SC	25	(2)
2014	FC Gifu	18	(2)
2015	Maringá
2015	Grêmio Maringá
2016	PSTC
Total		416	(72)
National team
2002–2006	Japan	82	(7)
Honours Shimizu S-Pulse Runner-up J1 League 1999 Winner Emperor's Cup 2001 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1998 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2000 Urawa Reds Winner J1 League 2006 Runner-up J1 League 2004 Runner-up J1 League 2005 Runner-up J.League Cup 2004 Winner Emperor's Cup 2005 Winner Emperor's Cup 2006 Nagoya Grampus Winner J1 League 2010 Runner-up J1 League 2011 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2009 Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup 2004 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Santos was born in Maringá in Paraná and moved to Japan in 1994 at the age of sixteen. He enrolled in Meitoku Gijuku High School in Kōchi and played football for the school club. After graduating from the school, he joined the J1 League team Shimizu S-Pulse in 1997. In 1999, the club won the second place and he received the J.League Player of the Year.[1] In Asia, the club won the champions 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and third place 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

In August 2002, Santos agreed to join English Premier League club Charlton Athletic. But he was denied a work permit by the Home Office because he had not made the minimum number of national team appearances required for players from outside the European Union and returned to Shimizu for the remainder of the season.[2] In January 2004, he left Shimizu to join the Urawa Reds. After won the second place at J1 League for two years in a row (2004, 2005), the club won the champions in 2006 J1 League.

In January 2007, Santos was loaned out to Red Bull Salzburg.[3] He went back to Urawa in January 2008. He received a serious injury in a test match and had only one appearance in this season. In July 2009, he agreed to move to Nagoya Grampus.[4] He made 55 appearances for the club, before joining J2 League side Tochigi SC for the 2013 season. He made 25 appearances there, scoring twice. In January 2014, he joined fellow J2 League team FC Gifu.

International career

In 2001, Santos obtained Japanese citizenship. He made his first appearance for Japan national team on 21 March 2002, against Ukraine,[5] and he was part of Philippe Troussier's selection for the 2002 World Cup. He was the second foreign-born person to play for Japan in the World Cup finals after Wagner Lopes, who played in the 1998 World Cup and also the fifth naturalized citizen to play for Japan after Daishiro Yoshimura, George Yonashiro, Ruy Ramos, and Lopes.

After Zico took over as the national team manager, Santos was used on the left side of the Japanese lineup, as a full-back in a 4-4-2 formation or a midfielder in a 3-5-2 formation. At the 2004 Asian Cup, he played in all 6 matches and Japan won. He was selected in Japan's 2006 World Cup squad in May 2006, providing an assist for Keiji Tamada in a group stage match against his former country Brazil. He played 82 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 2006.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse	1997	J1 League	27	3	3	0	2	1	–		32	4
	1998		26	10	5	2	5	0	–		36	12
	1999		30	11	1	0	4	0	–		35	11
	2000		30	4	5	4	5	0	–		40	8
	2001		30	12	5	1	2	1	–		37	14
	2002		29	9	3	0	2	2	2	2	36	13
	2003		26	7	4	0	4	0	3	1	37	8
	Total		198	56	26	7	24	4	5	3	253	70
Urawa Reds	2004	J1 League	27	2	2	1	1	0	–		30	3
	2005		32	4	5	0	5	0	–		42	4
	2006		34	5	1	0	0	0	–		35	5
	Total		93	11	8	1	6	0	0	0	107	12
Red Bull Salzburg	2006–07	Austrian Bundesliga	9	0	–		–		–		9	0
	2007/08		11	1	–		–		1	0	12	1
	Total		20	1	–		–		1	0	21	1
Urawa Reds	2008	J1 League	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2009		6	0	0	0	4	0	–		10	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	0
Nagoya Grampus	2009	J1 League	14	0	6	1	0	0	4	0	24	1
	2010		25	0	3	1	1	0	–		29	1
	2011		11	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	19	0
	2012		5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
	Total		55	0	15	2	2	0	8	0	80	2
Tochigi SC	2013	J2 League	25	2	2	0	–		–		27	2
FC Gifu	2014	J2 League	18	2	0	0	–		–		18	2
Career total			416	72	51	10	36	4	14	3	517	89

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5][8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2002	9	1
	2003	15	1
	2004	22	2
	2005	17	1
	2006	19	2
Total		82	7

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Santos goal.

List of international goals scored by Alessandro Santos

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 May 2002	Kobe, Japan	Honduras		3–3	Friendly
2	7 December 2003	Saitama, Japan	Hong Kong		1–0	East Asian Football Championship 2003
3	12 February 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Iraq		2–0	Friendly
4	30 May 2004	Manchester, England	Iceland		3–2	Friendly
5	29 January 2005	Yokohama, Japan	Kazakhstan		4–0	Friendly
6	9 August 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Trinidad and Tobago		2–0	Friendly
7

Honours

Shimizu S-Pulse

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1999–2000
• Emperor's Cup: 2001
• Japanese Super Cup: 2002

Urawa Red Diamonds

• J1 League: 2006
• Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006
• Japanese Super Cup: 2002, 2006

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2006–07

Nagoya Grampus

• J1 League: 2010

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup: 2004

Individual

• J.League MVP: 1999
• J1 League Best Eleven: 1999

References

External links

• Alessandro Santos – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Alessandro Santos at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Alessandro Santos at J.League (in Japanese)
• No divided loyalties for Alex Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, FIFAworldcup.com, 22 June 2005

На других языках

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[de] Alex (Fußballspieler, Juli 1977)

Alex (bürgerlich Alessandro Santos; jap. 三都主 アレサンドロ .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Santosu Aresandoro; * 20. Juli 1977 in Maringá, Paraná, Brasilien) ist ein japanischer Fußballspieler mit brasilianischen Wurzeln.[1]

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- [en] Alessandro Santos

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[es] Alessandro Santos

Alessandro Santos (三都主 アレサンドロ, Santosu Aresandoro?, nacido el 20 de julio de 1977 en Maringá, Paraná), (anteriormente Alessandro dos Santos) conocido como Alex, es un exfutbolista japonés de origen brasileño. Jugaba de centrocampista y su último club fue el PSTC de la Série D de Brasil.

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[fr] Alex (football, juillet 1977)

Alessandro dos Santos (三都主アレサンドロ, Santosu Aresandoro?), dit Alex, né le 20 juillet 1977 à Maringá (Paraná), est un joueur de football japonais d'origine brésilienne.

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[it] Alessandro dos Santos

Alessandro dos Santos (三都主アレサンドロ Santosu Aresandoro?) noto anche come Alex (Maringá, 20 luglio 1977) è un ex calciatore brasiliano naturalizzato giapponese, di ruolo difensore o centrocampista.

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[ru] Сантос, Алессандро дос

Алессандро дос Сантос (порт. Alessandro dos Santos; яп. 三都主アレサンドロ; род. 20 июля 1977[1], Маринга, Парана) — бразильский футболист, получивший японское гражданство и выступавший за сборную Японии. Участник двух чемпионатов мира. Лучший игрок Японии 1999 года.

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