Luís Manuel Rodrigues Alves (born 28 September 1971) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Alves spent the majority of his career playing for

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clubs. He made his professional debuts in the 1990–91 season, with Odivelas F.C. in the

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. Alves first came to prominence in 1999–2000, scoring nine goals for C.S.D. Câmara de Lobos in the third level and subsequently earning a contract with

C.D. Nacional Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...

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, where he appeared sparingly over the course of three campaigns, being relegated in his second. In the 2001 summer, after a failed second stint with Nacional, Alves moved to another team in

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A.D. Camacha Associação Desportiva da Camacha, known as A.D. Camacha, is a Portuguese football club from Santa Cruz, Madeira. Founded in 1978, they play in the Campeonato de Portugal. They play their home games in Campo Municipal da Nogueira, which has a c ...

, netting 16 goals in his only season. He then signed for his fifth club in the region,

A.D. Pontassolense Associação Desportiva Pontassolense is a Portuguese football club based in Ponta do Sol, Madeira. Founded in 1979, it currently plays in the Madeira Football Association, holding home matches at ''Campo Municipal Ponta do Sol'', with a 3,000-sea ...

(also in the third tier), where he repeated individual numbers in his first year. In 2003–04, 32-year-old Alves scored 15 goals for Pontassolense, thus becoming the third division – south zone – runner-up topscorer behind

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

's Edinho. He only found the net five times in the following campaign and, subsequently, moved to amateur football where he played a couple of years for two sides before retiring.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Luis 1971 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Odivelas F.C. players C.D. Nacional players União Montemor players Seixal F.C. players A.D. Camacha players