Dudu Cearense

Dudu Cearense

Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Silva de Sousa
Date of birth	(1983-04-15) 15 April 1983
Place of birth	Fortaleza, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Botafogo
Youth career
1998	Ceará
1998–2000	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	Vitória	49	(6)
2004	Kashiwa Reysol	11	(2)
2004–2005	Rennes	15	(1)
2005–2008	CSKA Moscow	74	(8)
2008–2011	Olympiacos	64	(7)
2011–2012	Atlético Mineiro	17	(3)
2012–2013	Goiás	23	(2)
2014	OFI Crete	11	(3)
2014	Maccabi Netanya	0	(0)
2015–2016	Fortaleza	7	(2)
2016–	Botafogo	29	(1)
National team‡
2002–2003	Brazil U-20	16	(7)
2003–2004	Brazil U-23	9	(3)
2004–2007	Brazil	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2009

Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983 in Fortaleza, Ceará), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Botafogo.

He is known for his passing, aerial ability and tackling. He is a central midfielder who usually plays either in a holding midfield role or as a box-to-box midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position he is mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Brazilian national team.

Career

In 2007, Dudu expressed his wish to leave CSKA Moscow. Olympiacos tried to sign him, but failed. In 2008, Olympiacos offered the Russian club €6 million. The offer was accepted and the player signed a 3-year contract deal on 6 August 2008.^[1] In May 2009, he signed a new contract with the Greek club which would last until June 2013 with a buy out clause of €8.5 million. On 7 April 2011, Olympiacos agreed to sell Dudu Cearense to Atlético Mineiro for a fee of €1,1 million. Dudu signed a 3-year contract with the Brazilian team. On 2012 he moved to Goiás until the end uf his contract on January 2014. Goiás wanted to extend with the player but he wanted to return to Europe. On 27 January 2014, he agreed with the Greek Club OFI for 1,5-year contract.

On 5 June 2014, he agreed for a one-year contract worth $245,000 with Maccabi Netanya of the Israel Premier League (biggest contract in the history of the club). 3 weeks later it was reported Dudu is injured and was in poor shape. He was released on 22 September. He never played for Netanya in the league and only made two appearances in the Toto Cup.^[2][3] He is considered the biggest flop in the club's history, mainly for the fact he never even played once in the league and the club had to pay $50,000 compensation after his release.^[4]

On 10 January 2015, he moved back to Brazil and agreed to a contract with Fortaleza.

Career statistics

Performances in major international tournaments

Last update: 28 November 2006

Team	Competition	Category	Apps	Goals	Team Record
Brazil	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	0	0	Round 1
Brazil	2003 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	7	4	Champion
Brazil	Copa América 2004	Senior	1	0	Champion

Honours

References

External links

• Dudu Cearense at Soccerway