Alexandre Cavalcanti

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Alexandre Cavalcanti
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Personal information
Full name Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti
Born (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 (age 28)
Almada, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club MT Melsungen
Number 24
Youth career
YearsTeam
2013–2015
S.L. Benfica
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2013–2015
S.L. Benfica B
2014–2019
S.L. Benfica
2019–2024
HBC Nantes
2024–
MT Melsungen
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–
Portugal 74 (95)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 5 July 2024

Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti (born 27 December 1996) is a Portuguese handballer for MT Melsungen and the Portuguese national team. [1] [2]

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He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. [3] [4] In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France. [5]

Honours

Benfica

Nantes

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References

  1. "Alexandre Cavalcanti at zerozero". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Alexandre Cavalcanti at EHF". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. "EHF Euro 2020: Grupo fechado para o Campeonato da Europa". portal.fpa.pt. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  5. Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 2 February 2025.