Afonso Alves : biography
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
Club | Season | Qatari League | Qatari Stars Cup | Emir of Qatar Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
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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 |