Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional
footballer
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who last played for
Botafogo
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.
He is known for his passing, aerial ability and tackling. He was a central midfielder who usually played either in a holding midfield role or as a
box-to-box
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. Despite often being used in a
defensive position
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, he was mainly an
attacking player. He has been capped for the
Brazilian national team.
Career
Dudu was born in
Fortaleza
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,
Ceará
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.
In 2007, Dudu expressed his wish to leave
CSKA Moscow
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.
Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
tried to sign him, but failed. In 2008, Olympiacos offered the Russian club €6 million. The offer was accepted and the player signed a three-year contract on 6 August 2008. In May 2009, he signed a new contract with the Greek club which would last until June 2013 with a buyout clause of €8.5 million.
On 7 April 2011, Olympiacos agreed to sell Dudu Cearense to
Atlético Mineiro
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*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
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for a fee of €1.1 million. Dudu signed a three-year contract with the Brazilian team. In 2012 he moved to
Goiás
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until the end of his contract in January 2014. Goiás wanted to extend with the player but he wanted to return to Europe. On 27 January 2014, he agreed a 1.5-year contract with Greek Club
OFI.
On 5 June 2014, he agreed for a one-year contract worth $245,000 with
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...
of the
Israel Premier League
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(biggest contract in the history of the club). Three weeks later, it was reported Dudu was injured and in poor shape. He was released on 22 September. He never played for Netanya in the league and only made two appearances in the
Toto Cup
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Fro ...
. He is considered the biggest flop in the club's history, mainly for the fact he never even played once in the league and the club had to pay $50,000 compensation after his release.
On 10 January 2015, he returned to Brazil and agreed to a contract with
Fortaleza
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Club
Vitória
*Supercampeonato Baiano Winner: 2002
*
Campeonato Baiano
The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption.
2020 format
First stage:
10 teams are included in one group, playing once only against all teams in ...
Winner: 2002, 2003
*
Copa do Nordeste
Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...
Winner: 2003
CSKA Moscow
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Russian Premier League
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Winner: 2005, 2006
*
Russian Super Cup
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Winner: 2006, 2007
*
Russian Cup Winner: 2005/2006,
2008
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Olympiacos
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Greek Super League
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Winner:
2009
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,
2011
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Greek Cup
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The Greek Cup is the second most im ...
Winner:
2009
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Atlético Mineiro
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Campeonato Mineiro
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The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: befor ...
:
2012
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Goiás
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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:
2012
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*
Goiás State League:
2013
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Fortaleza
*
Campeonato Cearense
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Format
The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change ever ...
:
2016
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Botafogo
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Campeonato Carioca
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:
2018
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International
Brazil
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Copa América
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Winner: 2004
Brazil U-20
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FIFA World Youth Championship
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Winner: 2003
Individual
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FIFA World Youth Championship
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Golden Shoe:
2003
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FIFA World Youth Championship
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Silver Ball:
2003
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1983 births
Living people
Association football midfielders
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
PFC CSKA Moscow players
J1 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
Olympiacos F.C. players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
Esporte Clube Vitória players
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Goiás Esporte Clube players
OFI Crete F.C. players
Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
Fortaleza Esporte Clube players
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Israel
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Brazil under-20 international footballers
Brazil international footballers
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2004 Copa América players
Sportspeople from Fortaleza
Ligue 1 players
Russian Premier League players
Super League Greece players
Israeli Premier League players
Copa América-winning players
Pan American Games medalists in football
Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games