José Alesio da Silva (born 27 September 1968), commonly known as Alesio, is a retired

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ian

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player and coach. He is the former coach of

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and

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Player

His playing career began in his native Brazil with Voltorantin Pernambuco, winning two state championships before a 1993 transfer to

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. In his first season in

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, he was voted the league's best player, but returned to

in 1998 with Inter Ulbra Porto Alegre, helping his team win both the national and Rio de Janeiro state titles followed by the Interclubes international tournament.UEFA Futsal Championship 2010: Alesio's Profile
In 2000, he joined CR Vasco de Gama and again immediately won Rio state and Brazilian titles before returning to Barcelona, then joining MFK Spartak Moskva, where he lifted the 2003/04 Russian Super Cup.

Coach

Alesio was appointed player-coach at MFK Spartak Moskva and although he then went home to rejoin Ulbra, he was soon back in

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in another player-coach role with TTG-Java Yugorsk. In 2007, Alesio was appointed coach of Kairat Almaty, leading them to the Kazakhstan title and the

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finals before moving on to lead

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, and securing their first qualification for a major tournament. He also coaches the nation's leading club,

, who beat Kairat 4–3 in November to reach the

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, to be held in April.Benfica to stage futsal finals in Lisbon

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alesio 1968 births Living people Brazilian men's futsal players Futsal coaches Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan FC Barcelona Futsal players 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen