Alex dos Santos Gonçalves (born 20 May 1990) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Born in

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, Alex played in the youth categories of Grêmio, before moving abroad to Serbian club Teleoptik in August 2008, which is the satellite club of Serbian giants

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. Alex spent two seasons with Teleoptik, the first one along 3 more countryman,

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and

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, helping Teleoptik to finish 2nd in the

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, one of Serbian 3rd tiers, thus earning promotion to the

2009–10 Serbian First League The Serbian First Football League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Football Association of Serbia, Serbian FA. 18 teams will compete in this league for the 2009-10 season. T ...

.FK Teleoptik profile
at srbijafudbal.com Next season they did well and finished 6th in second tier. Next, he returned to his homeland and signed a short-term contract with

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, ...

in August 2010. Later on, Alex renewed his contract with Fluminense until the end of the 2012 season. He was subsequently loaned out to

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...

, making his Série A debut. In January 2012, Alex moved to Europe for the second time, being sent on loan to Romanian club

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. He was loaned to fellow Romanian side

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

in July 2012. In February 2013, after his contract with Fluminense expired, Alex signed with Tombense. He briefly played on loan at

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, making his Série B debut, before transferring to Romania for the third time, on a season-long loan to

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in August 2013. In June 2014, Alex moved to Portugal and joined

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newcomers

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

on another season-long loan. He was subsequently loaned to Turkish side

Yeni Malatyaspor Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya, Turkey. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country. History Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its prim ...

in July 2015. Six months later, his loan was terminated and Alex returned to Tombense, making his Série C debut.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alex América Futebol Clube (RN) players Araxá Esporte Clube players Men's association football forwards Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Brazilian footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Capivariano Futebol Clube players CS Concordia Chiajna players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players Esporte Clube Água Santa players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Malaysia FK Teleoptik players Fluminense FC players Liga I players Moreirense F.C. players Primeira Liga players Serbian First League players Sport Club Internacional players TFF First League players Tombense Futebol Clube players Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players Persela Lamongan players Persikabo 1973 players Melaka United F.C. players Persita Tangerang players Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Malaysia Super League players 1990 births Living people