Aloísio Pires Alves

Aloísio
Personal information
Full nameAloísio Pires Alves
Date of birth16 August 1963
Place of birthPelotas, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1988Internacional107(7)
1988–1990Barcelona48(0)
1990–2001Porto332(11)
National team
1988Brazil6(0)
Teams managed
2003–2005Porto (assistant)
2005–2006Porto B
2006–2007Vila Meã
2007Braga (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver 1988 Seoul Team Competition
For another Brazilian footballer named Aloísio, see José Aloísio da Silva.

Aloísio Pires Alves, simply known as Aloísio (born 16 August 1963), is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.

He spent 11 of his 19 years as a professional with Porto, appearing in more than 400 official games with the club and winning 19 major titles.

Club career

Aloísio was born in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. In his country he represented local Sport Club Internacional, helping the Porto Alegre side to three state leagues and the second position in the 1987 national championship, named Copa União in that year.

In 1988, Aloísio moved to Spain and joined La Liga giants FC Barcelona. Never an undisputed starter whilst in Catalonia, he did feature regularly as the sides before the emergence of the Dream Team won one Copa del Rey – a 2–0 win against Real Madrid – and the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup, with the player starting in the final of the latter against U.C. Sampdoria (2–0).

After two seasons with Barça, Aloísio signed for F.C. Porto in Portugal, where he would remain for the following 11 years until his retirement. With the exception of his final season he never appeared in less than 28 matches in the league, being one of only five club players to win five consecutive national championships.

Aloísio retired from football in June 2001 at nearly 38 years of age, having won seven leagues, five cups and seven supercups with his main club and appearing in more than 400 official matches. In the 2003–04 campaign he was part of José Mourinho's coaching staff, as Porto won both the domestic and the UEFA Champions League; after one more year, now as assistant to Spaniard Víctor Fernández, he was appointed head coach of the reserve team, in the third division.

International career

During 1988, Aloísio gained six caps for Brazil. Also in that year he helped the Olympic team win silver at the Summer Olympic Games, in Seoul.[1]

Honours

Club

Internacional
Barcelona
Porto

Country

References

  1. "Aloísio". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 26 October 2009.

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