José Carlos Tofolo Júnior, commonly known as Alemão (born 2 March 1989), is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Monte Azul. Alemão also holds Italian nationality.

Club career

Early career

Alemão started his career at Santos, and signed a professional contract with club in 2005. He made his first team debut on 31 January 2008, starting in a 1–2

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loss against Grêmio Barueri, due to Kléber Pereira's injury. Alemão scored his first goal for ''Peixe'' four days later, in a 1–1 draw against

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Udinese/Varese and loans

In July 2008 he was signed by

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club

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on a reported free transfer, with performance based fees. However, Alemão was not registered in

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as the club did not have an extra non-EU signing quota (Udinese signed Ricardo Chará,

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and

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that season but only the last 2 were officially registered in the League Office). Santos also submitted a new contract to

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BID-E system to document a new contract which last until 2011 on 28 July. Alemão was only officially signed for Udinese in June 2009, and never appeared for Santos neither in

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nor

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, due to a dispute with the club's board. With Udinese, Alemão played for its Primavera under-20 team as an overage player. In July 2010 he was sold to

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club

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in co-ownership deal, for €400,000. Alemão made his debut abroad on 20 August 2010, replacing Alain Baclet in the 66th minute of a 0–2

loss against

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. On 31 January 2011, he was swapped with Marco Cellini of

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. In June 2011 Udinese gave up the remain 50% registration rights for free.

Back to Brazil

In January 2012 Alemão returned to Brazil, signing a temporary deal with Grêmio Catanduvense. He moved to

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until December in mid-2012. After scoring regularly he moved to neighbouring Ponte Preta. After only appearing sparingly in 2013 Série A, Alemão was loaned to fellow league team Vitória. He subsequently was loaned to Chapecoense and Portuguesa in the following year, he scored 8 goals in total in Serie league and State league.

Cruz Azul

On 12 December 2014 Alemão signed for

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side

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. He got 3 goals and 4 assists during 14 games but Figueirense wants him to play in the club

Second Return to Brazil

In 2015, he returned to Brazil again for Figueirense. He then signed by

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and Ribeirão Preto based

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FC Eindhoven

In 2016, he moved to Europe again for Dutch club

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Honours

ABC *

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: 2016 Monte Azul *

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: 2024

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alemao, footballer, 1989 1989 births Living people People from Valinhos Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Santos FC players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Esporte Clube Vitória players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Figueirense FC players Serie B players Udinese Calcio players LR Vicenza players Cruz Azul footballers ABC Futebol Clube players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players FC Eindhoven players Eerste Divisie players Paraná Clube players Busan IPark players K League 2 players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Ituano FC players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian football managers Atlético Monte Azul managers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen