Alex (footballer, born June 1982)

**Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa** (born 17 June 1982) is a Brazilian former football player.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Santos|2002|Série A|25|3|||||||||25|3|
|2003|Série A|40|10|||||||||40|10|||
|2004|Série A|13|1|||||||||13|1|||
|rowspan="4"|PSV (loan)|2004–05|Eredivisie|27|3|||—|13|2|||40|5||
|2005–06|Eredivisie|28|2|||—|7|0|||35|2||||
|2006–07|Eredivisie|29|6|||—|8|2|||37|8||||
|rowspan="6"|Chelsea|2007–08|Premier League|28|2|2|0|3|0|6|1|—|39|3||
|2008–09|Premier League|24|2|6|1|2|0|9|1|—|41|4||||
|2009–10|Premier League|16|1|6|0|1|0|2|1|0|0|25|1|||
|2010–11|Premier League|15|2|0|0|1|0|4|0|—|20|2||||
|2011–12|Premier League|3|0|0|0|3|0|3|0|—|9|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Paris Saint-Germain|2011–12|Ligue 1|15|2|1|0|0|0|—|—|16|2|||
|2012–13|Ligue 1|24|2|1|0|0|0|9|2|—|34|3||||
|2013–14|Ligue 1|31|2|1|0|2|0|7|0|1|1|42|3|||
|rowspan="3"|A.C. Milan|2014–15|Serie A|21|1|2|0|—|—|—|23|1||||
|2015–16|Serie A|25|3|0|0|—|—|—|25|3||||||

### International

|National team||Club||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Brazil|rowspan="2"|Santos|2003|5|0|||
|2004|0|0|||||||
|rowspan="3"|PSV Eindhoven|2004–2005|0|0|||||
|2005–2006|0|0|||||||
|2006–2007|9|0|||||||
|rowspan="2"|Chelsea|2007–2008|3|0|||||
|2008–2011|0|0|||||||
||Paris Saint-Germain|2012|0|0|||||

## Honours

**Santos**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2002

**PSV**
- Eredivisie: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
- KNVB Cup: 2004–05

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2009–10
- FA Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10
- FA Community Shield: 2009

**Paris Saint-Germain**
- Ligue 1: 2012–13, 2013–14
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2013–14
- Trophée des Champions: 2013

**Brazil**
- Copa América: 2007

**Individual**
- Bola de Prata: 2002, 2003

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alex
- **image**: Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa.jpg
- **caption**: Alex lining up for Chelsea F.C., Chelsea in 2010
- **fullname**: Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa
- **birth place**: Niterói, Brazil
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 2000–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Clube Atlético Juventus, Juventus (SP)
- **youthyears2**: 2002
- **youthclubs2**: Santos FC, Santos
- **years1**: 2002–2004
- **clubs1**: Santos FC, Santos
- **caps1**: 78
- **goals1**: 14
- **years2**: 2004–2012
- **clubs2**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps2**: 86
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2004–2007
- **clubs3**: → PSV Eindhoven, PSV (loan)
- **caps3**: 84
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 2012–2014
- **clubs4**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps4**: 70
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2014–2016
- **clubs5**: AC Milan
- **caps5**: 46
- **goals5**: 4
- **totalcaps**: 361
- **totalgoals**: 42
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2004
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil Olympic football team, Brazil U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2011
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 0