Alan Osório da Costa Silva (born 19 September 1979), known simply as Alan, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a winger. He amassed

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totals of 400 matches and 51 goals over 16 seasons (best-ever for a foreign player), representing in the competition Marítimo,

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and

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. He won two national championships with the second club, and the 2016 Taça de Portugal with the last.

Club career

Marítimo

Alan was born in

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. After starting professionally with

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he moved overseas, joining Portuguese

club

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in 2001–02 and playing 27 games in his debut season, but slightly fewer in

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. In his

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, Alan scored nine league goals, notably one against

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in the sixth minute of added time in a 2–1 home win as the

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n team

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for the

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after finishing sixth. The next season, on 6 February 2005, he repeated the feat against the same opponent in another victory at the

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(3–0).

Porto

Alan joined

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for 2005–06, sharing teams with established

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international

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, but still managed 24 league appearances in the campaign, although 14 as a substitute, scoring in a 3–0 home defeat of Rio Ave F.C. on 10 September 2005. In his second year he featured less prominently, being loaned to fellow top-division side

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for one season. During 2007–08, Alan played regularly as the

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team achieved a third-place in the domestic championship one year after promoting. He only missed one game and totalled 2,367 minutes, finding the net in the last fixture, a 4–0 home victory over

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Braga

In June 2008, Alan was released by Porto and joined Vitória's

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neighbours

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on a three-year contract. On 23 October, he scored after an individual effort in a

3–0 home win over

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. He also featured in all the league matches as Braga finished fifth. Alan fared even better the following season by scoring nine goals, again in 30 matches, as they managed a best-ever runner-up position. In August/September 2009, he notably scored against Sporting (2–1 away win) and his former club Porto (the only in a home victory). Veteran Alan continued to be first choice for Braga in the following years. On 2 October 2012, he scored the second goal of a 2–0 away defeat of

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in the

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of the

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. He added a brace in the competition's next matchday, but his side lost 3–2 at

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after being 2–0 up. On 13 April 2013, through a 45th-minute

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, Alan scored the game's only goal against former employers Porto – reduced to ten players prior to that action – to help Braga to

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the

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, a first-ever for them. He contributed two appearances in the 2015–16 edition of the

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for the winners, netting in the round of 16 to help beat Sporting 4–3 in

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; he remained unused in the final against Porto, a 4–2

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victory. Alan retired in June 2017 at age 37, remaining tied to his last club in directorial capacities.

Career statistics

Honours

Porto *

: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

: 2005–06 *

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Braga *Taça de Portugal: 2015–16; runner-up: 2014–15 *

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; runner-up: 2016–17 *Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up:

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runner-up:

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alan 1979 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Salvador, Bahia Men's association football wingers Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players C.S. Marítimo players FC Porto players Vitória S.C. players S.C. Braga players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal S.C. Braga non-playing staff