Alexandre Torres

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Alexandre Torres
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alexandre Torres
Date of birth (1966-08-22) 22 August 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1980–1985 Fluminense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1990 Fluminense 75 (3)
1991–1994 Vasco da Gama 42 (3)
1995–1999 Nagoya Grampus Eight 142 (11)
2000–2001 Vasco da Gama 10 (0)
Total269(17)
International career
1992 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alexandre Torres (born 22 August 1966), known as Alexandre Torres, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. His father is former footballer Carlos Alberto Torres.

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Career

Club career

Torres played professionally in Brazil and Japan for Fluminense, Vasco da Gama and Nagoya Grampus Eight. At Nagoya Grampus he was signed by the manager Arsène Wenger, who seemed to recognise his agent's face from somewhere – bemused to find out it was his father and Brazil legend Carlos Alberto. [1]

International career

Torres was called up to the Brazil national squad in 1992, making one international appearance. [2]

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References

  1. "'Gabriel not first Brazil centre back'". www.Arsenal.com. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  2. Alexandre Torres at National-Football-Teams.com