Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves (born 13 March 1985), known simply as Alcides, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as either a

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or a

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Club career

Born in

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, and a product of

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-based

Esporte Clube Vitória Esporte Clube Vitória () is a Brazilian professional club based in Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, Bahia founded on 13 May 1899. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, as well as in the Campeonato Baiano, the top flight of the Bahia St ...

's youth system, Alcides had a short loan spell with

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

in Germany still in his teens. After a quick stint with

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

in his country, he returned the following season to Europe and signed with

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in Portugal, playing seven times as Benfica won

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after an 11-year wait; at this time, he was already owned by Chelsea, which he never represented. In January 2007 Alcides moved to

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, going on to work with former Benfica boss

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, who said of him: "He lcidesis an extra re-inforcement for the defence and he can play in several positions at the back. He is tall, very thin and extremely fast." On 3 February he played his first

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match for the club, against

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. During his one half season-spell he helped the side to back-to-back national championships, appearing in 21 league games in the 2007–08 campaign (one goal) inclusively as a

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. On 9 August 2008, Alcides signed with Ukraine's

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International career

Alcides helped

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win the

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, in the

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, appearing in all the matches.

Personal life

Alcides was kidnapped in Brazil, but was released after he convinced his abductors he was not a football player.

Honours

Club

Schalke 04 *

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Benfica *

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

: 2004–05 *

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: Runner-up 2004–05 PSV *

: 2006–07, 2007–08 *

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: Runner-up 2007 Brazil U-20 *

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: 2003

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcides 1985 births Living people Footballers from São José do Rio Preto Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Esporte Clube Vitória players Santos FC players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Club Athletico Paranaense players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Bundesliga players FC Schalke 04 players Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers Chelsea F.C. players Eredivisie players PSV Eindhoven players Kidnapped Brazilian people Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dnipro players Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England