Alexandre Penetra

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Alexandre Penetra
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Penetra playing for AZ in 2024
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Manuel Penetra Correia
Date of birth (2001-09-09) 9 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Viseu, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 AZ
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2010 Os Pestinhas
2010–2013 CB Viseu
2013–2020 Benfica
2020–2021 Famalicão
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Famalicão 59 (3)
2023– AZ 36 (0)
International career‡
2016 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2016–2017 Portugal U16 7 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 1 (0)
2022–2023 Portugal U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18ː40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00ː20, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Alexandre Manuel Penetra Correia, known as Alexandre Penetra (born 9 September 2001) is a Portuguese football player who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar.

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Club career

Penetra is a youth product of Os Pestinhas, CB Viseu, Benfica and Famalicão. In August 2020, he signed a three-year contract with Famalicão. [2]

He made his Primeira Liga debut for Famalicão on 15 August 2021 in a game against Porto. [3]

AZ Alkmaar

On 24 July 2023, Penetra signed a 5-year contract with AZ Alkmaar. In doing so, he followed in the footsteps of his fellow countryman, Tiago Dantas. [4]

International career

Penetra is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U21s. [5]

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2024 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Famalicão 2021–22 Primeira Liga 3012120—342
2022–23 Primeira Liga2925220—364
Total5937340—706
AZ Alkmaar 2023–24 Eredivisie 25030—7 [a] 0350
2024–25 Eredivisie11000—4 [b] 0150
Total36030—110500
Career Total953103401101206

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Alexandre Penetra". Eredivisie. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "ALEXANDRE PENETRA É REFORÇO DO FC FAMALICÃO" (in Portuguese). Famalicão. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Famalicão v Porto game report". Soccerway. 15 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Penetra volgende aanwinst AZ" (in Dutch). AZ. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Fernando Santos announces Portugal's World Cup playoff squad". portugoal.net.
  6. ↑ Alexandre Penetra at Soccerway
  7. ↑ "Alexandre Penetra's powerful strike wins him the Goal of the Month award". Liga Portugal. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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