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Afonso Alves : biography

30 January 1981 –

Afonso Alves Martins Júnior (born 30 January 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Qatari club Al Gharafa as a striker. He enjoyed the most successful period of his career playing at Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie, where his goal-to-game ratio was higher than a goal a game. This precipitated a club record move to English club Middlesbrough, the transfer completed on the last day of the transfer window in January 2008. Alves has been capped for Brazil on eight occasions.

Early life

Alves was born on 30 January 1981, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third biggest city. He was brought up by his mother, Dona Eliade, and has a brother, Alexsander, and sister, Alexandra. His father died when he was nine years old.

Personal life

Alves left Brazil as a 21-year-old in 2002 to move to Sweden. He has a son, Felipe Henrique, who is a footballer at Atletico Mineiro’s Tupinambas Academy, and lives with Alves’ former girlfriend in Brazil.

Career statistics

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Club Season Qatari League Qatari Stars Cup Emir of Qatar Cup Asia Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Al Gharafa 2012–13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Al Rayyan 2011–12 18 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 20 18
2010–11 9 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 12 7
Al Rayyan (loan) 2009–10 7 9 0 0 3 2 7 9 17 18
Al-Sadd 2009–10 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 3
Club Season Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Middlesbrough 2008–09 31 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 33 7
2007–08 11 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 6
Club Season Eredivisie KNVB Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
SC Heerenveen 2007–08 8 11 1 0 1 0 10 11
2006–07 31 34 1 0 6 3 38 37
Club Season Allsvenskan Swedish Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Malmö FF 2006 7 3 0 0 0 0 7 3
2005 24 14 3 0 6 3 33 17
2004 24 12 1 0 2 0 27 12
Örgryte IS 2003 21 10 3 3 2 2 26 15
2002 18 13 0 0 18 13
Atlético Mineiro 2001–02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 224 137 21 13 4 2 24 17 273 169
a Updated 19 December 2012