Alex Teixeira

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Teixeira and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
Alex Teixeira

Teixeira playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2015
Personal information
Full name Alex Teixeira Santos
Date of birth (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Jiangsu Suning
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2007 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2009 Vasco da Gama 51 (11)
2010–2016 Shakhtar Donetsk 146 (67)
2016– Jiangsu Suning 0 (0)
National team‡
2005 Brazil U15
2006–2007 Brazil U17
2009 Brazil U20 7 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2015

Alex Teixeira Santos or simply Alex Teixeira (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈlɛks te(j)ˈʃejɾɐ]; (born 6 January 1990) is a Brazilian attacking midfielder, who currently plays for Jiangsu Suning. He started his career with Vasco da Gama making his debut for the senior team at the age of 18, before moving to Shakhtar in November 2009. His debut for Shakhtar came on 20 March 2010. He has been capped at Under-17 and Under-20 level for Brazil. In February 2016, he transferred to Jiangsu Suning for a record Chinese transfer fee of €50 million.[2]

Career

Vasco de Gama

Early career

Teixeira started his career at Vasco da Gama, playing for the youth team from 1999 to 2007. He was promoted to the senior team for the 2008 season.

2008

Teixeira was promoted to the senior squad for the tour of Dubai in January 2008. On 11 May 2008 he made his league debut for the club, as a substitute, in a 1–0 defeat to Internacional at the age of 18. His first goal for the club came on 28 June 2008 when he scored a brace in a 4–2 victory over Ipatinga.[3] On 22 August he netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Portuguesa.[4] Vasco were relegated at the end of the season, finishing in 18th position with 40 points, finishing 4 points off safety.[5]

2009

On 8 February 2009 he was sent off in a Campeonato Carioca match against Fluminense.[6] Teixeira scored his first Série B goal in a 2–1 defeat to Bahia on 25 July 2009.[7] On 13 November 2009 he scored his final goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over América.[8] He made his final appearance for the club on 28 November, in a 2–0 defeat to Ipatinga.[9] At the end of the season Vasco were promoted back to the Série A after winning the league by 7 points.[10] This was Texeira's first, and only, trophy during his time with Vasco. On 21 December 2009, at the age of 19, he left Vasco to join Ukrainian side FC Shakhtar Donetsk,[11] joining for a fee of around 6 million euros on a five-year deal with his new club.[12] He made 92 appearances for the club scoring 14 times, including 51 league appearances with 11 goals.

Shakhtar Donetsk

2009–10

Teixeira made his debut for the club on 20 March 2010. He started a league match against Zorya Luhansk, before being taken off for Ilsinho after 55 minutes.[13] Shakhtar won the match 2–0. His home debut came on 25 April in a 3–0 victory over Chornomorets Odesa.[14] He was a 65th minute replacement for Ilsinho. His final appearance of the season came on 9 May in a 3–2 win against Tavryia Simferopol[15] He ended the season with 3 appearances for the club, all of which came in the league. Shakhtar won the Premier League by 6 points over second placed Dynamo Kyiv, giving Teixeira his first trophy as a Shakhtar Donetsk player.[16]

2010–11

On 4 July Teixeira came on as a 68th minute replacement for Jádson in Shakhtar's 7–1 Super Cup victory over Tavriya.[17] His European debut came in a 1–0 Champions League group stage victory over Partizan Belgrade on 15 September.[18] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 October in injury time against Dynamo Kyiv in a 2–0 win.[19] On 23 October he came on as a substitute for Vitaliy Vitsenets in the 46th minute and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Vorskla Poltava in the 57th minute, before being sent off after 63 minutes for a second bookable offence.[20] He replaced Willian in the 77th minute of Shakhtar's 2–0 Ukrainian Cup Final victory against Dynamo Kyiv.[21] He made 39 appearances for the club, 26 of which came in the league, and scored 6 goals, with 5 in the league, as Shakhtar secured the treble (Premier League, Cup and Super Cup).[22]

2011–12

Teixeira's first match of the season came in the Super Cup. He came on as a 64th minute replacement for Henrikh Mkhitaryan but could not prevent Shakhtar from losing 3–1 to Dynamo Kyiv.[23] This loss prevented Shakhtar from winning the treble for the second year in a row but they did manage to recapture the Premier League title and the Cup.[24] His first goal of the season came on 24 July in a 2–1 league victory over Karpaty Lviv.[25] He scored the first goal in Shakhtar's 2–1 extra time victory over Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Cup Final.[26] Shakhtar ended the Premier League as champions with 79 points, 4 ahead of nearest rivals Dynamo Kyiv marking Teixeira's third league title in three seasons with the club. The cup success was his second Ukrainian Cup win with the club. He made 37 appearances, scoring 10 goals. 26 of the appearances and 7 goals came in the league. The other 3 goals came in the cup. He finished the season as Shakhtar's top scorer in the Ukrainian Cup, 2 goals behind the overall top goalscorer, Maicon who scored 5.

2012–13

After losing out to Dynamo in the Super Cup the previous year, Shakhtar overcame Metalurh Donetsk 2–0 to regain the trophy.[27] Teixeira started the match but was replaced after 77 minutes for the newly signed Marko Dević. He gave Shakhtar the lead in a Champions League group stage match against Italian side Juventus on 2 October, however the match ended as a 1–1 draw.[28] This marked his first ever goal in the competition. He scored the opener in a 2–1 victory against English side Chelsea in the Champions League on 23 October.[29] On 27 October he netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory against Tavriya.[30] After the departure of Fernandinho Alex has been asked to drop deeper in the pitch and act as a replacement. He is quite happy to play deeper and when asked about it he said "Yes, indeed, after the departure of Fernandinho, we discussed this issue. I'm going to play in this position. It is important to adapt and get used to it, to operate up to the mark so that the team can continue winning". In July 2013, Teixeira signed a new five-year contract with Shakhtar.

2013–14

Teixeira and Dynamo Kyiv's Andriy Yarmolenko in October 2015

During the 2013–14 season, Teixeira was part of a Shakhtar team that won a fifth consecutive Ukrainian Premier League title. In addition to his six league goals, Teixeira scored three times during the group stage of the Champions League. He contributed both goals in a 2–0 win over Real Sociedad in San Sebastián, before scoring the second goal of a 4–0 defeat of the same opposition at the Donbass Arena.[31][32] On 15 May 2014, he played the full 90 minutes of Shakhtar's 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final loss to Dynamo Kyiv.

2014–15

Teixeira ended the 2014–15 season as joint-top scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League with 17 goals. He registered three goals in eight Champions League appearances; the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with FC Porto and both home and away to FC BATE in respective 5–0 and 7–0 wins.[33] On 4 June 2015, Teixeira played in a Ukrainian Cup Final defeat to Dynamo Kyiv for the second consecutive year.[34]

2015–16

At the winter break stage of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season, Teixeira has scored 22 goals from 15 appearances,[35] scoring at least one goal in all but two of his appearances and registering two goals on nine occasions. On 16 October 2015, Teixeira scored twice in a 3–0 win over champions Dynamo Kyiv at the Olimpiyskiy, to overtake the capital club at the top of the table.[36] On 25 November, he scored twice in a 3–4 loss to Real Madrid in the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[37]

Jiangsu Suning

In January 2016 English Premier League club Liverpool tried to sign Teixeira for about €30 million. Teixeira himself expressed a strong desire to move to Merseyside.[38] His Ukranian club refused to sell him, however, and instead Texeira ended up in China. On 5 February 2016, the forward joined Chinese club Jiangsu Suning on a four-year contract for a transfer fee of €50 million.[39]

International career

Teixeira is capped at Under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil.[40] He played for Brazil at the 2007 Under-17 World Cup and the 2009 Under-20 World Cup. In the latter tournament he scored 3 goals but missed the decisive penalty in the final shoot-out against Ghana. He was voted the second best player in the tournament, behind Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah.[41]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 December 2015[42][43][44]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasco da Gama 2008 2957120172558
2009 22530––123378
Total 5110101202959216
Shakhtar Donetsk 2009–10 30––––––30
2010–11 265418010396
2011–12 2675350103710
2012–13 27105482104116
2013–14 276408310409
2014–15 22177283003722
2015–16 1522[45]0094102526
Total 14667251046125022289
Career total 1977735114812345314105

Honours

Club

Vasco da Gama
Shakhtar Donetsk

International

Brazil Under-20

Individual

References

  1. ↑ http://shakhtar.com/en/team/player/?id=549
  2. ↑ "Alex Teixeira moves to Jiangsu Suning". Shakhtar Donestsk. 5 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vasco vs Ipatinga 4–2". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Portuguesa vs Vasco 0–1". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "2008 Serie A". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Fluminense vs Vasco 0–0". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Bahia vs Vasco 2–1". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Vasco vs América 2–1". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ipatinga vs Vasco 2–0". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Brazil Second Level 2009". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Alex Teixeira is Shakhtar player". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Shakhtar take on Alex Teixeira". UEFA.com. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  13. ↑ "Zorya vs Shakhtar 0–2". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Chornomorets 3–0". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Tavirya vs Shakhtar 2–3". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Ukraine 2009/10". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Tavriya 7–1".
  18. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Partizan 1–0". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Dynamo 2–0". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Vorskla 1–0". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv vs Shakhtar 0–2". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Ukraine 2010/11". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  23. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Dynamo 1–3". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Ukraine 2011/12". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  25. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Karpaty 2–1". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  26. ↑ "Metalurh Donetsk vs Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  27. ↑ "Metalurh Donetsk vs Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  28. ↑ "Juventus vs Shaktar 1–1". Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  29. ↑ "Shakhtar vs Chelsea 2–1". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  30. ↑ "Tavriya vs Shakhtar 0–1". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  31. ↑ "Modest Alex Teixeira shares Shakhtar plaudits". UEFA. 18 September 2013.
  32. ↑ "Shakhtar forge on as La Real hopes end". UEFA. 27 November 2013.
  33. ↑ "Alex Teixeira". UEFA. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  34. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv fans tear down goalposts after beating Shakhtar Donetsk in penalty shootout to win Ukrainian Cup final". Kyiv Post. 5 June 2015.
  35. ↑ "Liverpool's Alex Teixeira hopes diminish as Shakhtar Donetsk dig their heels in over Brazilian's valuation". The Mirror. 25 January 2016.
  36. ↑ "Dynamo 0-3 Shakhtar". FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 16 October 2015.
  37. ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk 3-4 Real Madrid". BBC. 25 November 2015.
  38. ↑ http://www.thisisanfield.com/2016/01/alex-teixeira-lowdown-on-the-next-brazilian-in-liverpools-transfer-sights/
  39. ↑ "Alex Teixeira moves to Jiangsu Suning". Shakhtar Donestsk. 5 February 2016.
  40. ↑ "Alex Teixeira em campo pelo Brasil contra a Costa Rica nesta quarta". 10 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
  41. ↑ "UEFA Champions League Alex Teixeira". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  42. ↑ Alex Teixeira – 2008
  43. ↑ Alex Teixeira – 2009
  44. ↑ "Alex Teixeira". http://shakhtar.com/en/. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Retrieved 24 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  45. ↑ http://www.soccerpunter.com/players/33074-Alex-Teixeira-Santos
  46. ↑ "FIFA U20 World Cup Final 2009 – Ghana 0:0 a.e.t. 4:3 PSO Brazil – Report". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  47. ↑ "FIFA U20 World Cup Final 2009 – Awards". FIFA.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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