Alessandro Soares

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Alessandro Soares
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-02-05) 5 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Montes Claros
1997–2001 Kalamata 98 (26)
2001–2004 OFI 84 (20)
2004–2005 → AEK Athens (loan) 25 (11)
2005–2006 AEK Athens 28 (2)
2006–2007 Anorthosis Famagusta 23 (3)
2007–2008 Alki Larnaca 23 (5)
2008–2009 Ermis Aradippou (7)
2009–2010 Chalkanoras Idaliou (18)
2011–2013 Funorte
2013–2014 Montes Claros
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alessandro Soares (born 5 February 1973) is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is known in Greece by the nickname "Giannis" which given to him by his then coach in Kalamata, Jacek Gmoch. He himself was so "tied" to this nickname that he baptized his little son who was born in Greece with the name "Giannis".

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Club career

Soares started his professional career in Montes Claros. In 1997, the contacts and connections of the then major shareholder of Kalamata, Stavros Papadopoulos, with the Brazilian market of football players, and suggested hid transfer to Greece. After a tryout by the then coach of the Messinians, Babis Tennes, he signed for the club playing with the team for four seasons.

In 2001 he was signed by OFI, where he played until 2004. In the summer of 2004, he caught the interest of Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. Eventually, the coach of the "greens", Zdeněk Ščasný suggested the acquisition of another striker, thus on 23 July 2004 he was signed by AEK, initially with a season-long loan and then by a permanent transfer. [1] On his first season with the yellow-blacks he emerged as the club's top scorer, while playing 7 matches in the UEFA Cup scoring once against Gorica on 30 September 2004. [2] He repeatedly tried to obtain Greek citizenship but three times he fell victim to the change in legislation and the increase of the years of residence required for its granting. [3]

In the summer of he moved to Cyprus and Anorthosis Famagusta. [4] On 12 May 2007, he won Cypriot Cup scoring in the 3–2 final against Omonia. [5] In the summer of 2007 he signed for Alki Larnaca, where he played for a season. In 2008 he also played for Cypriot Second Division side, Ermis Aradippou, helping them win promotion to the Cypriot First Division in 2009. [6] Afterwards, he moved to Chalkanoras Idaliou, where he helped them win the Cypriot Third Division in 2010 by finishing as first scorer of the league with 17 goals. [7]

Honours

Anorthosis Famagusta

Alki Larnaca

Chalkanoras Idaliou

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Kreta verkauft Soares an AEK". UEFA.com (in German). 23 July 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "AEK-Gorica UEFA Europa League 2004/05". UEFA.com.
  3. ↑ "Αλεσάντρε "Γιάννης" Σοάρες". aekpedia.com.
  4. ↑ "Στην Ανόρθωση ο Σοάρες". sport-fm.gr.
  5. ↑ "Cyprus 2006/07". RSSSF .
  6. ↑ "Cyprus 2008/09". RSSSF .
  7. ↑ "Cyprus 2009/10". RSSSF .
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