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Alex

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Alexsandro de Souza (born 14 September 1977), commonly known as Alex de Souza or Alex, is a Brazilian football manager, pundit and former footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of Operário Ferroviário. Alex was a captain of the Brazil national team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe; throughout his career, he also played for Coritiba, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Cruzeiro in Brazil, and Parma in the Italian Serie A. Alex is most prominent for his time at Fenerbahçe where he became the highest-scoring foreign player of all time in the Süper Lig. Internationally, Alex earned 48 caps and scored 12 goals for Brazil from 1998 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex is the 3,241st most popular soccer player (down from 2,010th in 2024), the 604th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 418th in 2019) and the 308th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alex ranks 3,241 out of 21,273. Before him are Zdravko Rajkov, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Mehdi Taremi, Ernesto Belis, Birger Rosengren, and Marco Coll. After him are Ephrem M'Bom, Jean Kalala N'Tumba, Mykhailo Mudryk, Maho Shimizu, Luis de Souza Ferreira, and Katsuyoshi Shinto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Alex ranks 125. Before him are Aria Giovanni, Yoshihiko Matsuoka, Danger Mouse, Natalia Gavrilița, Birgit Prinz, and Namie Amuro. After him are Manuel Almunia, Eiji Hanayama, Royce da 5'9", Ji Sung, Kim Hee-sun, and Annie Wersching.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Alex ranks 604 out of 2,236. Before him are Jaú (1909), Vampeta (1974), Eduardo da Silva (1983), Mirandinha (1959), João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), and Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907). After him are Joaquim Nabuco (1849), Levir Culpi (1953), Jô Soares (1938), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Juninho Paulista (1973), and Jô (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Alex ranks 308. Before him are Áttila (1910), Jaú (1909), Vampeta (1974), Eduardo da Silva (1983), Mirandinha (1959), and Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907). After him are Levir Culpi (1953), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Juninho Paulista (1973), Jô (1987), Sylvio Hoffmann (1908), and Tinoco (1904).

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