Afonso Alves

Alves in 2007

Afonso Alves Martins Jr ( born January 30, 1981 in Belo Horizonte ) is a Brazilian footballer.

Alves is a fast and technically gifted players of the great strengths of the right foot are direct free kicks.

Career

In the club

The attacker was from 2006 to 2008 at SC Heerenveen under contract, he previously worked in the Swedish League, whose title he won with Malmö FF 2004; his home club is Atlético Mineiro.

In the season 2006/2007 he was charged with 34 hits, which he had scored in 31 games, top scorer in the Dutch league.

Alves made ​​7 October 2007 attracted attention when he contributed seven goals in the league game against Heracles Almelo 9-0 for his club. He made two hat-tricks: Sometime later between the 68th and 76th minute, as he even met 4 times 10 to 19 minutes and.

In the published by the IFFHS list of world's best Premiership goal scorers in 2007, he occupied before Eduardo Alves da Silva the first place. In just 31 league games he hit 34 times, so he was also the most efficient striker of the year.

Shortly before the end of the transfer window changed Alves in January 2008 for an undisclosed fee for Middlesbrough FC. The club announced that it was his most kostspieligster transfer. His first two league goals marked Alves 2-2 draw with Manchester United on April 6, 2008.

Shortly before the end of a for Alves and his club verlaufenen disappointing season in which he hit only four were successful in the league, the striker moved in a relegation match against Newcastle United on a foul by Nicky Butt a fracture of the metatarsal to.

For the season 2009/10 he left Middlesbrough and moved for about 12 million euro transfer fee to Al -Sadd in Qatar. Alves signed a three year contract there.

In the National Team

On 1 June 2007 he made ​​his debut in the Brazilian national team in the first international match of the England team at the new Wembley Stadium. He came on in the 72nd minute for Kaká.

Achievements / Title

In the club

  • Swedish Champion: 2004 ( Malmö FF)

As a national player

  • Copa América: 2007

Awards

  • World Best Erstligatorschütze: 2007
  • Footballer of the Year in the Netherlands: 2007
  • Scorer in the Eredivisie: 2007
  • Scorer of the AFC Cup: 2010
Middlesbrough F.C. al-Rayyan SC Newcastle United F.C. Al Sadd SC 2006–07 Eredivisie 2010 AFC Cup 1956–57 Eredivisie Coen Dillen 1957–58 Eredivisie 1958–59 Eredivisie 1959–60 Eredivisie Henk Groot 1960–61 Eredivisie 1961–62 Eredivisie 1962–63 Eredivisie Pierre Kerkhoffs 1963–64 Eredivisie Frans Geurtsen 1964–65 Eredivisie 1965–66 Eredivisie 1966–67 Eredivisie 1967–68 Eredivisie Ove Kindvall 1968–69 Eredivisie Dick van Dijk 1969–70 Eredivisie 1970–71 Eredivisie 1971–72 Eredivisie 1972–73 Eredivisie Cas Janssens 1973–74 Eredivisie 1974–75 Eredivisie Ruud Geels 1975–76 Eredivisie 1976–77 Eredivisie 1977–78 Eredivisie 1978–79 Eredivisie Kees Kist 1979–80 Eredivisie 1980–81 Eredivisie 1981–82 Eredivisie 1982–83 Eredivisie Peter Houtman 1983–84 Eredivisie 1984–85 Eredivisie 1985–86 Eredivisie 1986–87 Eredivisie 1987–88 Eredivisie 1988–89 Eredivisie 1989–90 Eredivisie 1990–91 Eredivisie Dennis Bergkamp 1991–92 Eredivisie 1992–93 Eredivisie 1993–94 Eredivisie 1994–95 Eredivisie Ronaldo 1995–96 Eredivisie Luc Nilis 1996–97 Eredivisie 1997–98 Eredivisie 1998–99 Eredivisie 1999–2000 Eredivisie 2000–01 Eredivisie 2001–02 Eredivisie Pierre van Hooijdonk 2002–03 Eredivisie 2003–04 Eredivisie 2004–05 Eredivisie Dirk Kuyt 2005–06 Eredivisie 2007–08 Eredivisie 2008–09 Eredivisie 2009–10 Eredivisie 2010–11 Eredivisie 2011–12 Eredivisie Bas Dost 2012–13 Eredivisie
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