Alan Gelhorn Fialho (born 1 February 1993) is a Brazilian-Polish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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Early life

Fialho was born in

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Playing career

Club

Fialho has had three stints in Poland, one with

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

and two separate spells with Arka Gdynia. In 2016, Fialho was linked to a move to

FC Ashdod Moadon Sport Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Sport Club Ashdod''), commonly referred to as MS Ashdod (, ''Mem Samekh Ashdod''), is an Israeli professional Association football, football club, playing in the port city of Ashd ...

in Israel as he qualifies for

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i citizenship.

International

Fialho also holds a

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, and received a call-up to the Poland under-20 team in 2013, which was rescinded shortly after due to Fialho not speaking Polish.

Honours

Arka Gdynia * I liga: 2015–16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fialho, Alan 1993 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian people of Polish descent Men's association football defenders Fluminense FC players Legia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw II players Arka Gdynia players Clube Atlético Linense players FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín players Volta Redonda FC players I liga players III liga players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia