Dudu Cearense

Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

Dudu Cearense
Dudu with CSKA Moscow in February 2007
Personal information
Full nameAlessandro Silva de Sousa
Date of birth (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birthFortaleza, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)Central midfielder
Youth career
1998Ceará
1998–2000Vitória
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003Vitória49(6)
2004Kashiwa Reysol11(2)
2004–2005Rennes15(1)
2005–2008CSKA Moscow74(8)
2008–2011Olympiacos64(7)
2011–2012Atlético Mineiro17(3)
2012–2013Goiás23(2)
2014OFI Crete11(3)
2014Maccabi Netanya0(0)
2015–2016Fortaleza7(2)
2016–2018Botafogo29(1)
International career
2002–2003Brazil U-2016(7)
2003–2004Brazil U-239(3)
2004–2007Brazil12(0)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Copa América
Winner2004 Peru
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2003 UAE
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career edit

Dudu was born in Fortaleza, Ceará.

In February 2005, after spending half a season playing for Rennes in France, Dudu transferred to CSKA Moscow, where he joined and played with fellow Brazilians Daniel Carvalho, Vagner Love, and later .

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 three-year contract 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 buyout 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 three-year contract with the Brazilian team. In 2012 he moved to Goiás until the end of his contract in January 2014. Goiás wanted to extend with the player but he wanted to return to Europe. On 27 January 2014, he agreed a 1.5-year contract with Greek Club OFI.

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). Three weeks later, it was reported Dudu was injured and 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 returned to Brazil and agreed to a contract with Fortaleza.

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 22 February 2018[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória2001Série A0000
2002180180
2003316316
Total496----496
Kashiwa Reysol2004J1 League1120030142
Stade Rennais2004–05Ligue 1151151
CSKA Moscow[7]2005Russian Premier League21310-3010263
200628272-8110445
200715120-7010251
200810120-00-121
Total747122--1813010710
Olympiacos2008–09Superleague Greece263-71-334
2009–10204-101-305
2010–11190-43-233
Total657--215--8612
Atlético Mineiro2011Série A133133
20124040
Total173----173
Goiás2012Série B4141
2013Série A19170165426
Total23270----165467
OFI Crete2013–14Superleague Greece11331144
Maccabi Netanya2014–15Israeli Premier League00002020
Fortaleza2015Série C622070152
20161030162202
Total7250----232354
Botafogo2016Série A1611000161
2017130104071241
201800004040
Total29120--40111462
Career total301342932043653842851

International edit

National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil200440
200500
200650
200720
Total110

Honours edit

Club edit

Vitória

CSKA Moscow

Olympiacos

Atlético Mineiro

Goiás

Fortaleza

Botafogo

International edit

Brazil

Brazil U-20

Individual edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympiakos Sign Dudu Cearense". goal.com. Goal. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 15 November 2016.
  3. ^ "גביע הטוטו: מכבי נתניה ומכבי תל אביב נפרדו ב-0:0 - וואלה! ספורט". 12 August 2014.
  4. ^ "פרסום ראשון: סארנסה שוחרר ממכבי נתניה - ספורט 5".
  5. ^ Dudu Cearense at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "DUDU CEARENSE". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Dudu". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). CSKA Moscow. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  8. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

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