Allan Gonçalves Sousa (born 27 January 1997) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Danish club

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Club career

Early career

In winter 2016, at the age of 19, Sousa joined Al Arabi club in the Stars League for half a season 2015–2016. The following season he was loaned to Al-Markhiya in the

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. Sousa left the team before 5 rounds than end, then moved to Denmark.

Vejle Boldklub

On 9 February 2017,

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announced that Sousa had traveled with the team at training camp in Turkey prior to spring in the 2016–2017 season. The club also wrote that Sousa on the 12 day training camp would sign its agreement with the traditional club. He established himself from the start of the spring season as a starter in the club, but scored first his first VB goal on May 7, when he delivered a direct free kick to VB at 1–1 home against AB. In the following 2017–2018 season, he scored 9 goals in league and scored up to 8 VB scores in 28 matches. Thus he was a crucial player in Vejle Boldklub's return to Danish Superliga. He started the 2018–19 season in Superliga by scoring Vejle Boldklub's first goal this season when he put VB ahead of 1–0 in what ended up being a 3–1 victory over

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. He also followed up in the subsequent two matches against

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and AGF, respectively. Prior to the third match in the season against AGF, Sousa extended its contract with VB until summer 2021.

Loan to Sint-Truiden

On 16 July 2019 it was confirmed, that Sousa had extended his contract with Vejle and would be loaned out to Belgian club Sint-Truidense.VB forlænger og udlejer Allan Sousa til Sint-Truiden VV
vejle-boldklub.dk, 16 July 2019

Honours

Vejle *

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: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sousa, Alan 1997 births Living people Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Al-Markhiya SC players Vejle Boldklub players Sint-Truidense V.V. players AaB Fodbold players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Qatar Stars League players Qatari Second Division players Belgian Pro League players Place of birth missing (living people) Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium