Alemão (footballer, born 1989)

Alemão
Personal information
Full nameJosé Carlos Tofolo Júnior
Date of birth2 March 1989
Place of birthValinhos, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Cruz Azul
Number8
Youth career
2003–2008Santos
2009–2010Udinese
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2009Santos0(0)
2009–2010Udinese0(0)
2010–2012Vicenza21(2)
2011→ Varese (loan)6(1)
2012→ Grêmio Catanduvense (loan)0(0)
2012→ Guaratinguetá (loan)25(14)
2013–2015Ponte Preta6(0)
2013→ Vitória (loan)9(1)
2014→ Chapecoense (loan)4(1)
2014→ Portuguesa (loan)8(1)
2015–→ Cruz Azul (loan)10(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

José Carlos Tofolo Júnior, commonly known as Alemão (born 2 March 1989), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Mexican side Cruz Azul on loan from Ponte Preta as a forward.

Club career

Early career

Alemão started his career at Santos, and signed a professional contract with club in 2005.[1] He made his first team debut on 31 January 2008, starting in a 1–2 Campeonato Paulista loss against Grêmio Barueri,[2] due to Kléber Pereira's injury.[3] Alemão scored his first goal for Peixe four days later, in a 1–1 draw against Paulista FC.[4]

Udinese/Varese and loans

In July 2008 he was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a reported free transfer,[5] with performance based fees.[6] However, Alemão was not registered in Lega Calcio as the club did not had an extra non-EU signing quota (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. Alemão was only officially signed for Udinese in June 2009, and never appeared for Santos neither in 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A nor 2009 Campeonato Paulista, due to a dispute with the club's board.

With Udinese, Alemão played for its Primavera under-20 team as an overage player.[7] In July 2010 he was sold to Serie B club Vicenza in co-ownership deal, for €400,000.[8][9] Alemão made his debut abroad on 20 August 2010, replacing Alain Baclet in the 66th minute of a 0–2 Serie B loss against Atalanta.[10]

On 31 January 2011, he was swapped with Marco Cellini of Varese.[11][12] In June 2011 Udinese gave up the remain 50% registration rights for free.

Back to Brazil

In the 2012 summer Alemão returned to Brazil, signing a temporary deal with Guaratinguetá, until December. After scoring regularly he moved to neighbouring Ponte Preta.

After only appearing sparingly in 2013 Série A, Alemão was loaned to fellow league team Vitória. He subsequently was loaned to Chapecoense and Portuguesa in the following year, both largely unsuccessful stints.

Cruz Azul

On 12 December 2014 Alemão signed for Liga MX side Cruz Azul.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "BID ACUMULATIVO SÉRIE A /2005". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Match Report: Santos 1–2 Grêmio Barueri". Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) (in Portuguese). 31 January 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Santos FC enfrenta Barueri nesta quinta-feira (31)". Santos FC (in Portuguese). 31 January 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Match Report: Paulista 1–1 Santos". FPF (in Portuguese). 3 February 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Alemão troca a Vila pelo futebol italiano" [Alemão changes Vila for Italian football]. GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). 26 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Udinese: Alemão, il nuovo Kakà è in arrivo" [Udinese: Alemão, the new Kaká arrives]. Calcio Blog (in Italian). 30 June 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Udinese Reserves qualify for the round of eight". Udinese Calcio (udinese.it). 2 May 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  8. ↑ Vicenza Calcio Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (Italian), CCIAA
  9. ↑ "Alemao in biancorosso. Di Cesare al Torino" [Alemão is biancorosso. Di Cesare to Torino]. Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-01-25. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Atalanta-Vicenza 2–0". Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Arrivano Cellini, Morosini e Frattali. Tutte le operazioni" [Arrives Cellini, Morosini and Frattali. All transfers]. Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08.
  12. ↑ "Chiuso il mercato: ecco le operazioni ufficiali" [Transfer market: all the official transfers]. AS Varese 1910 (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "Alemão, ex-Santos e Ponte Preta, fecha com Cruz Azul do México" [Alemão, former Santos and Ponte Preta player, signs with Mexican Cruz Azul] (in Portuguese). Terra. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

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