Alex (footballer, born 1977)

**Alexsandro de Souza** (born 14 September 1977) is a Brazilian football player. He plays for Coritiba.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="3"|Cup|colspan="3"|Continental|colspan="3"|Total||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Cruzeiro|2002|13|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|13|2|0|
|2003|38|23|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|38|23|0|||
|2004|5|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|5|2|0|||
|rowspan="10"|Fenerbahçe|2004–05|31|24|16|5|4|2|8|1|2|44|29|20|
|2005–06|31|15|24|8|2|1|4|3|2|43|20|27|||
|2006–07|32|19|12|3|0|2|12|1|7|47|20|21|||
|2007–08|28|14|12|3|0|1|12|4|6|43|18|19|||
|2008–09|26|11|12|5|4|0|9|2|0|40|17|12|||
|2009–10|26|11|11|9|7|1|8|3|2|43|21|14|||
|2010–11|33|28|13|1|0|0|4|0|0|38|28|13|||
|2011–12|33|14|7|3|3|4|0|0|0|36|17|11|||
|2012–13|5|0|0|1|1|0|4|1|2|10|2|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Coritiba|2013|29|12|4|17|15|0|1|0|0|47|27|4|
|2014|26|6|7|12|5|0|0|0|0|38|11|7|||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Brazil|1998|2|0|||
|1999|11|6|||||
|2000|7|1|||||
|2001|5|2|||||
|2002|1|0|||||
|2003|6|1|||||
|2004|13|1|||||
|2005|3|1|||||

### Manager

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Avaí||16 November 2022|3 May 2023|||||||||

## Honours

**Palmeiras**
- Copa do Brasil: 1998
- Copa Mercosur: 1998
- Copa Libertadores: 1999
- Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2000
- Copa dos Campeões: 2000

**Flamengo**
- Campeonato Carioca: 2000
- Taça Rio: 2000

**Cruzeiro**
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2003
- Copa do Brasil: 2003
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2003, 2004
- Copa Sul-Minas: 2001, 2002

**Fenerbahçe**
- Süper Lig: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11
- Turkish Cup: 2011–12
- Turkish Super Cup: 2007, 2009

**Coritiba**
- Campeonato Paranaense: 2013

**Brazil**
- Copa América: 1999, 2004

**Brazil U23**
- CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2000

**Brazil U20**
- South American Youth Championship: 1992, 1995

**Individual**
- Campeonato Paranaense Revelation: 1995
- Campeonato Paranaense Best Player: 1996
- Campeonato Paranaense Best Midfielder: 1997
- Copa Mercosur Best Player: 1998
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1999 _(3rd place)_
- Troféu Telê Santana Best Midfielder: 2002
- Troféu Telê Santana Star of the Year: 2003
- Bola de Ouro: 2003
- Bola de Prata: 2003
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2004
- Turkish Cup top scorer: 2004–05
- Footballer of the year in Turkey: 2005, 2010
- Süper Lig Gol Kralı: 2006–07 _(19 goals)_, 2010–11 _(28 goals)_
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2007–08 _(6 assists)_
- Turkish Cup Best Player: 2011–12

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alex
- **fullname**: Alexsandro de Souza
- **image**: Alexsandro de Souza.jpg
- **caption**: Alex playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe in 2011
- **birth place**: Curitiba, Paraná (state), Paraná, Brazil
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder
- **years1**: 1995–1997
- **years2**: 1997–2000
- **years3**: 2000–2002
- **years4**: 2000
- **years5**: 2001
- **years6**: 2001
- **years7**: 2002
- **years8**: 2002–2004
- **years9**: 2004–2012
- **years10**: 2013–2014
- **clubs1**: Coritiba Foot Ball Club, Coritiba
- **clubs2**: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras
- **clubs3**: Parma F.C., Parma
- **clubs4**: → Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo (loan)
- **clubs5**: → Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras (loan)
- **clubs6**: → Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro (loan)
- **clubs7**: → Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras (loan)
- **clubs8**: Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro
- **clubs9**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **clubs10**: Coritiba Foot Ball Club, Coritiba
- **caps1**: 24
- **caps2**: 37
- **caps3**: 8
- **caps4**: 12
- **caps5**: 13
- **caps6**: 29
- **caps7**: 16
- **caps8**: 55
- **caps9**: 245
- **caps10**: 55
- **goals1**: 4
- **goals2**: 9
- **goals3**: 0
- **goals4**: 1
- **goals5**: 0
- **goals6**: 2
- **goals7**: 2
- **goals8**: 27
- **goals9**: 136
- **goals10**: 18
- **totalcaps**: 499
- **totalgoals**: 221
- **nationalyears1**: 1999–2000
- **nationalyears2**: 1998–2005
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-23 football team, Brazil U20
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps2**: 48
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals2**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs1**: São Paulo FC (youth), São Paulo U20
- **manageryears2**: 2023
- **managerclubs2**: Avaí FC, Avaí