![]() Penetra playing for AZ in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexandre Manuel Penetra Correia | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 2001 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Famalicão | 59 | (3) |
2023– | AZ | 60 | (1) |
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 as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00ː20, 11 December 2023 (UTC) |
Alexandre Manuel Penetra Correia, known as Alexandre Penetra (born 9 September 2001) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Eredivisie club AZ.
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]
On 24 July 2023, Penetra signed a five-year contract with AZ Alkmaar. In doing so, he followed in the footsteps of his fellow countryman, Tiago Dantas. [4]
Penetra is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U21s. [5]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Famalicão | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | ||
Total | 59 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 70 | 6 | |||
AZ Alkmaar | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 [a] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Eredivisie | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 [b] | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
2025–26 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 [a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 60 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | 88 | 1 | |||
Career Total | 119 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 158 | 7 |
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