Alemão (footballer born 1989)

Alemão
Personal information
Full name José Carlos Tofolo Jr.
Date of birth 2 March 1989 (1989-03-02) (age 23)
Place of birth Valinhos, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Vicenza
Number 8
Youth career
Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2009 Santos 0 (0)
2009–2010 Udinese 0 (0)
2010– Vicenza 21 (2)
2011 → Varese (loan) 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 December 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alemão (literally German) (born 2 March 1989) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Vicenza Calcio in Italy. He nicknamed German because it was a common nickname for people with blonde hair. His real name is José Carlos Tofolo Jr., a Portuguese given name José Carlos and Italian surname Toffolo.

Biography

Alemão started his career at Santos, which he signed a contract with club since 2005.[1] He made his first team debut in 2008 Campeonato Paulista, as starting forward against Grêmio Barueri,[2] due to the injury of Kléber Pereira.[3] He also scored his first goal for the team in the next match, which eventually 1–1 draw with Paulista FC.[4] In July 2008 he was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a reported free transfer[5] or a reported performance based fee.[6] However, he failed to register in Lega Calcio as the club did not had a extra non-EU signing quota (for signing players from abroad)[7] Udinese signed Ricardo Chará, Dušan Basta, Alexis Sánchez and Odion Ighalo that season but only the last 2 were officially registered in the League Office. Santos also submitted a new contract to Brazilian Football Confederation BID-E system to document a new contract which last until 2011 on 28 July. In June 2009 he officially became a player of Udinese and never played for Santos in 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A nor 2009 Campeonato Paulista.

With Udinese, he played for its Primavera under-20 team as overage player.[8] In July 2010 he was sold to Serie B club Vicenza in co-ownership deal.[9] Alemão made his professional debut in Italy on 20 August 2010, the first round of 2010–11 Serie B. He substituted Alain Baclet in the 66th minute. That match Vicenza losing to Atalanta 0–2.[10]

On 31 January 2011, he was swapped with Marco Cellini of Varese.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "BID ACUMULATIVO SÉRIE A /2005". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060529035842/http://www2.uol.com.br/cbf/bide/bid_a.htm. Retrieved 6 July 2010. 
  2. ^ "Match Report: Santos 1–2 Grêmio Barueri" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF). 31 January 2008. http://www.futebolpaulista.com.br/sumula_img.php?cat=39&cam=73&jog=50&ano=2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "Santos FC enfrenta Barueri nesta quinta-feira (31)" (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 January 2008. http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=17565. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  4. ^ "Match Report: Paulista 1–1 Santos" (in Portuguese). FPF. 3 February 2008. http://www.futebolpaulista.com.br/sumula_img.php?cat=39&cam=73&jog=60&ano=2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "Alemão troca a Vila pelo futebol italiano" (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 26 July 2008. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Santos/0,,MUL701740-9874,00-ALEMAO+TROCA+A+VILA+PELO+FUTEBOL+ITALIANO.html. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  6. ^ "Udinese: Alemão, il nuovo Kakà è in arrivo" (in Italian). Calcio Blog. 30 June 2008. http://www.calcioblog.it/post/6184/udinese-alemao-il-nuovo-kaka-e-in-arrivo. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  7. ^ "Klasnic, si decide Bologna su Okaka" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 3 July 2008. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2008/luglio/03/Klasnic_decide_Bologna_Okaka_ga_10_080703062.shtml. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  8. ^ "Udinese Reserves qualify for the round of eight". Udinese Calcio (udinese.it). 2 May 2010. http://www.udinese.it/ENG/script/view.php?id=171. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  9. ^ "Alemao in biancorosso. Di Cesare al Torino" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-01-25. http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/alemao-biancorosso-cesare-torino. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  10. ^ "Atalanta-Vicenza 2–0" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 20 August 2010. http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/atalanta-vicenza-2-0. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 
  11. ^ "Arrivano Cellini, Morosini e Frattali. Tutte le operazioni [Arrives Cellini, Morosini & Frattali. Total operations]" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/arrivano-cellini-morosini-e-frattali-tutte-operazioni. 
  12. ^ "Chiuso il mercato: ecco le operazioni ufficiali" (in Italian). AS Varese 1910. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07. http://www.varese1910.it/news.php?id=44. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 

External links

Vicenza Calcio – current squad