Afonso Alves
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Afonso Alves | ||
 |
||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Afonso Alves Martins Júnior | |
| Date of birth | January 30, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Middlesbrough | |
| Number | 12 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–2002 2002–2003 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008– |
Atlético-MG Örgryte IS Malmö FF SC Heerenveen Middlesbrough |
8 (1) 40 (23) 55 (29) 39 (45) 11 (6) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | Brazil | 8 (1) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Afonso Alves Martins Júnior. (born January 30, 1981) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as striker for Middlesbrough Red and White socks. He has also been capped by Brazil.
Contents |
[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Afonso Alves started his career with Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro. In 2002 he left Atlético for Swedish side Örgryte in Gothenburg, and two years later moved to Malmö, where he won the Swedish Champions title that year. He stayed for the 2005 season, scoring 14 in 24 games, becoming top-scorer in the club second year running when Malmö finished fifth.
[edit] Heerenveen
He started the 2006 season with a few goals in the spring before moving to SC Heerenveen, where he followed in the footsteps of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Marcus Allbäck, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Georgios Samaras. With a price-tag of 4.5 million euros he is Heerenveen's most expensive signing in the club's history.
Alves finished second in the Swedish goalscorers list two years in a row. In 2007, he finished as top goalscorer of the Eredivisie with 34 goals, which is a club record. Afonso Alves is the third Brazilian to become topscorer in the Dutch first division, joining former PSV Eindhoven strikers Romário and Ronaldo, and the second Brazilian who scored over 30 goals in the same competition, with Ronaldo netting 30 in the season 1994–1995. Other than finishing first in the scorers table, he was runner-up in the race for the European Golden Boot, a single point behind AS Roma midfielder Francesco Totti.
On October 7, 2007, in only his second appearance of the season, Alves scored seven goals in his side's 9–0 victory over Eredivisie rivals Heracles Almelo[1], setting a new record in Europe for most goals scored in a single match.
[edit] Middlesbrough
He finally ended a tense January transfer window and months of speculation when he moved to Premier League side Middlesbrough F.C. on January 31, 2008 right before the end of the transfer window for an undisclosed club record fee thought to be around £12.7m, signing a four and a half year contract.[2]
He made his debut on February 9, 2008 against Fulham as a second half substitute for Lee Dong-Gook. His first Middlesbrough start came on February 27 in an FA Cup home tie against Sheffield United, when he was substituted in the 73 minute. Middlesbrough eventually won the game 1–0.[3]
His first two goals for Middlesbrough came at Riverside Stadium on April 6, 2008 against Manchester United in a 2–2 draw.[4] He finished his first season in England with a hat-trick in an 8–1 home victory against Manchester City.[5]
[edit] International career
On May 17, 2007 Alves received his first call-up for the Brazilian national side for friendlies against England and Turkey.[6] On June 1, in the game against England, Alves was brought on to replace Kaká after 71 minutes of play. He was also part of the Brazilian squad which won the Copa America 2007 in Venezuela. Alves scored his first international goal on September 12, 2007 against Mexico in a 3–1 win.
[edit] Career Stats
| Club | Season | Premier League | FA Cup | Carling Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Middlesbrough | 2007-08 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| Club | Season | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europe | - | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| SC Heerenveen | 2007-08 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 11 |
| SC Heerenveen | 2006-07 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 38 | 37 |
| Club | Season | Allsvenskan | Swedish Cup | Europe | - | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Malmö FF | 2006 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 3 |
| Malmö FF | 2005 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 33 | 17 |
| Malmö FF | 2004 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 12 |
| Örgryte IS | 2003 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 26 | 15 |
| Örgryte IS | 2002 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 13 |
| Total | 132 | 97 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 8 | - | - | 159 | 108 | |
| a Updated June 1, 2007 | |||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Alves sets Eredivisie goal record. Teamtalk.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
- ^ Boro smash transfer record for Alves. mfc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ McNulty, Phil. "Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheff Utd (aet)", BBC Sport, 27 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Ornstein, David. "Middlesbrough 2-2 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 2008-04-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ Bevan, Chris. "Middlesbrough 8-1 Man City", BBC Sport, 2008-05-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ The 'lazy' Brazilian who says he'll catch England napping. Daily Mirror. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
- ^ Afonso Alves. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
[edit] External links
- Afonso Alves career stats at Soccerbase
- Afonso Alves Official website
- ESM Golden shoe standings.
- Afonso Alves: Slavery And Racism In Holland?
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Dirk Kuyt |
Dutch Footballer of the Year 2006-2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
Dutch Eredivisie Topscorer 2006 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
|
|||||||
|
|||||
