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Alex Teixeira

1990 - Today

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Alex Teixeira Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈlɛks te(j)ˈʃejɾɐ]; born 6 January 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama. Teixeira began his career with Vasco da Gama, making his debut for the senior team at the age of 18, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in November 2009. He spent seven years at the club, scoring 89 goals in 222 appearances, while winning the Ukrainian Premier League five times. In February 2016, he transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning for an Asian record transfer fee of €50 million. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Teixeira is the 7,572nd most popular soccer player (down from 6,423rd in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 935th in 2019) and the 569th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alex Teixeira ranks 7,572 out of 21,273Before him are Salman Al-Faraj, Masahiro Takahashi, Jean-François Gillet, Tommaso Rocchi, Darío Conca, and Willy Aubameyang. After him are Paul Green, Amara Traoré, Ryoichi Imamura, Yasuyuki Iwasaki, Jurica Vranješ, and Hitoshi Sogahata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Alex Teixeira ranks 222Before him are Jonathan Mensah, Anastasija Sevastova, Yumu Kudo, Marcus Ericsson, Thibaut Pinot, and Zelina Vega. After him are Álvaro González, Iselin Solheim, Carly Chaikin, Jan-Lennard Struff, Jan Veselý, and Federico Pellegrino.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Alex Teixeira ranks 1,019 out of 2,236Before him are Andradina (1974), Maicon Pereira de Oliveira (1988), Juan Jesus (1991), Henrique (1986), Tinga (1978), and Edmar (1960). After him are Daniella Cicarelli (1978), Marco Aurélio (1952), Francisco Lachowski (1991), Fernando Rech (1974), Márcio Rodrigues (1978), and Bruno Alexandre Rodrigues (1989).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Alex Teixeira ranks 569Before him are Andradina (1974), Maicon Pereira de Oliveira (1988), Juan Jesus (1991), Henrique (1986), Tinga (1978), and Edmar (1960). After him are Fernando Rech (1974), Márcio Rodrigues (1978), Bruno Alexandre Rodrigues (1989), Gleison Bremer (1997), Elzo Coelho (1961), and Lucas Severino (1979).