Alexandre Pato
Pato (2010)
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva ( born September 2, 1989 in Pato Branco, Paraná ), better known by his player name Alexandre Pato or short Pato, is a Brazilian footballer. His player name refers to his birthplace.
Career
In the club
Pato has played with three years in his hometown of Futsal. In 2002, the young people went to Porto Alegre for SC Internacional. His pro debut he graduated at the age of 17 years. 2006 won with Pato Internacional Fifa Club World Cup.
In August 2007, Pato moved to AC Milan. In 2007 he was allowed to participate only in friendly matches of the club because he was not yet 18 years of age at the time of the change. From the 3rd January 2008, he was eligible to play in league matches for AC Milan and scored on his league debut 13 January 2008 against SSC Napoli hit. In the following years, Pato was always thrown back muscle injury. In the seasons 2009/10 and 2010/11 he made 23 games and 12 goals and 25 games and 14 goals, thus contributing to his first championship with Milan. The following season, he started 24 seconds after the kick-off with a remarkable goal against FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League, he managed only eleven inserts and a goal in the league. For the 2012/13 season Pato got the jersey number 9, which had previously supported the now retired Filippo Inzaghi. After he had, however, missed a lot of the games due to injuries in the first half of the season, scoring no goals in four league games, he expressed a desire to return to Brazil.
Finally, he moved in January 2013 for 15 million euros to Corinthians. He signed a contract for four seasons and was given the shirt number 7 After one season at Corinthians, he moved to city rivals FC São Paulo.
In the National Team
He helped the Brazilian U -20, U -20 South American Championship in 2007 to win in Paraguay, which the team for the FIFA U -20 World Cup Canada 2007 and the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 qualified. Making its debut in the senior national team of Brazil in a friendly against Sweden on 26 March 2008, he scored the 1-0 winning goal.
Despite its early initial nomination Pato was called by national team coach Dunga neither for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 nor the 2010 World Cup in Brazil squad. Only after the Brazilian national team for the disappointing running Cup in South Africa found Pato under new coach Mano Menezes again attention. In the summer of 2011, he was finally nominated for the Copa America in Argentina.
In 2012 he took part with the Olympic Team at the Olympic Games in London, in which Brazil wanted to win for the first time the gold medal. In the final, Brazil but was defeated with 1:2 of the Mexican team. He came in all six games for, scoring a goal in the match against Belarus.
Achievements
As a player
- Golden Boy: 2009
- Italy's Young Player of the Year: 2009
- Bidone d' oro: 2012
As a national player
- Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20: 2007
- Olympic football tournament: Bronze Medal 2008, Silver Medal, 2012
With its clubs
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2006
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2007
- Italian Championship: 2010/11
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2011