Alberto Gonçalves da Costa (born 31 December 1980), commonly known as Beto Gonçalves or simply Beto, is a professional

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who plays as a striker for Liga 1 club

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. Born in Brazil, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Early career

Beto started his football career at the

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in Belém along. He transferred after one years to

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, where he became of his striker position.

Persipura Jayapura

His first season in Indonesia, he immediately brought his first Indonesian club

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champions 2008-09 Indonesia Super League. In his first season in Indonesia he scored 7 goals in 14 league matches. In season 2011-12 Indonesia Super League, He returned to Persipura and He also became the top score of the season 2011-12 Indonesia Super League.

Arema

In 2013, Beto signed a year contract with Arema. He made his league debut on 9 January 2013 in a match against

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. On 9 January 2013, Beto scored his first goal for Arema in the 18th minute at the

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Sriwijaya

On 1 February 2016, he returned to Indonesia to strengthen

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. He returned to beingthe top score of the season 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A and was also in the best starting XI that season too. For 3 seasons defending

, he scored 58 goals in 88 appearances and carry

won the pre-season competition 2018 East Kalimantan Governor Cup. On 25 August 2020, he returned to

with loan status from

Madura United

On 20 February 2019, he officially joined

from

. On 17 May 2019, he made his debut for the club, scoring two goals and providing

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with an assist in a 5–1 victory against

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Return to Sriwijaya (loan)

He was signed for

to play in the Liga 2 in the 2020 season, on loan from

. This season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the

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. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.

Persis Solo (loan)

On 26 April 2021, Beto signed for Indonesian Liga 2 club

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, on loan from Liga 1 club

. He made his league debut on 26 September by starting in a 2–0 win against

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, and he also scored his first goal for Persis in the 20th minute at the

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International career

He made his debut with

on 10 October 2018 in a friendly against

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in which he scored a goal and also immediately provide 1 assist. On 15 June 2019, he scored four goals against

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in which Indonesia won 6–0. He was also included to the Indonesia Olympic squad as one of the senior players at the

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. He also scored 4 goals in 5 appearances.

Career statistics

Club

International appearances

International goals

: ''Scores and results list the Indonesia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Persipura Jayapura *

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: 2008–09 *

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Arema * East Java Governor Cup: 2013 * Menpora Cup: 2013 Sriwijaya * East Kalimantan Governor Cup:

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Persis Solo * Liga 2:

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Individual

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Top Goalscorer: 2007–08 *

Top Goalscorer: 2011–12 *

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Top Goalscorer:

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* Indonesia Soccer Championship A Best XI:

* East Kalimantan Governor Cup Top Goalscorer:

* Liga 1 Team of the Season:

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(Substitutes) * Indonesian Soccer Awards: Best 11 2019 * Liga 2 Top Goalscorer:

* Liga 2 Best XI:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goncalves, Beto 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Belém Indonesian footballers Indonesia international footballers Brazilian footballers Brazilian emigrants to Indonesia Indonesian people of Brazilian descent I-League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Indonesian Super League-winning players Indonesian Premier Division players SVB Eerste Divisie players Malaysia Premier League players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Persijap Jepara players Persipura Jayapura players Dempo SC players Arema F.C. players Penang F.C. players Sriwijaya F.C. players Persija Jakarta players Madura United F.C. players Persis Solo players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in India Expatriate footballers in Suriname Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in India Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Suriname Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Naturalised citizens of Indonesia Association football forwards Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia