Alexander Antonio Viana (born 24 April 1974), commonly known as Carioca, is a retired
Brazilian
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 for
Partizani Tirana
Futboll Klub Partizani, or FK Partizani for short, is an Albanian professional football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's curren ...
in the
Albanian Superliga
The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...
between 2001 and 2005.
Albania 2004–05
/ref> He became the first foreign player in the Albanian Superliga to score a hattrick and is currently one of two foreign players to have scored multiple hattricks in the league, alongside Croatian striker Pero Pejić
Pero Pejić (born 28 November 1982) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
With over 100 goals to his name, he is the highest scoring foreign player in Albanian football history. In 2015, Pero Pejić was one of ...
.
References
1974 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Albania
Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
Kategoria Superiore players
FK Partizani Tirana players
Men's association football midfielders
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