William Thomas Alves (born 4 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Thomas Alves[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 17)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
Number | 57 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2022 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2022 | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
2022- | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:22, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
In 2018, while he was a Year nine pupil at Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, Alves won the MOTD 'Can You Kick It' competition to find the UK's best young technical freestyle footballer.[3] On 8 January 2022, Alves made his professional club debut for Leicester as an 86th minute substitute for Ademola Lookman during a 4–1 win against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.[4]
In February 2022 Alves represented the England under-17 team against Scotland.[5]
On 21 September 2022, Alves made his England U18 debut as a substitute during a 1-0 win over Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena.[6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City U21 | 2021–22[7] | — | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Leicester City | 2021–22[7] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Leicester City F.C. – current squad | |
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