Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Júnior (born January 12, 1989), known as Alan Kardec, is a Brazilian professional

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player who plays for Atlético Mineiro as a

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. He is named after the systematizer of Spiritism, Allan Kardec.

Club career

Vasco da Gama

Alan Kardec debuted for CR Vasco da Gama on 14 February 2007 in

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, in a 2–1 victory over

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in the Copa do Brasil. On 11 April 11, he scored his first goal for Vasco when his club and Botafogo drew 4–4 in a

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match. On 21 July 2007, he scored his first Série A goal when Vasco beat Atlético Mineiro 4–0. He played 26 Série A matches and scored eight goals in 2007, while in 2008, he played 19 matches and scored two goals in that competition.

Internacional

On 1 September 2009, Alan Kardec was loaned to Internacional. 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.

Benfica

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. The following week, he signed a personal contract with Benfica. 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.

Santos

In July 2011, was confirmed that Alan Kardec would be loaned for one season to Santos. 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.

Palmeiras

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. Kardec comes back to Brazil as a substitute for Kléber, that had a bad passage for the São Paulo city based club. In 2014, Alan Kardec had a great start to the year, scoring against São Paulo and Corinthians, two of Palmeiras' biggest rivals.

São Paulo

Alan Kardec signed a five-year deal with São Paulo on 12 May 2014, with the club paying €4.5 million to Benfica.

Chongqing Lifan

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. 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.

Shenzhen

Alan Kardec spent the 2021 season with Shenzhen, scoring 12 goals in 19 appearances.

Atlético Mineiro

On 24 June 2022, Alan Kardec joined Atlético Mineiro on a free transfer.

International career

Alan Kardec played eight South American Youth Championship matches for the Brazilian under-20 team between January 20, 2009, and February 8, scoring two goals against Uruguay and Argentina respectively. He scored two goals in Brazil's first

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game, played on September 27, 2009, against

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. He also scored a goal in the round of 16, against Uruguay, played on 7 October 2009, and the only goal of the semi-final, against Costa Rica, played on 13 October 2009. He was one of seven players put on standby for Brazil's

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team. In July 2021, it was revealed that the

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were attempting to naturalize him. He would be eligible to represent China PR from January 2022.

Career statistics

Honors

Club

;Vasco da Gama *

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;Benfica *

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: 2009–10 *

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: 2009–10,

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;Santos *

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;Palmeiras *

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International

;Brazil * South American Youth Football Championship:

References

External links

Globoesporte

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