Dudu Cearense

Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played for Botafogo.

Dudu Cearense
Dudu with CSKA Moscow in February 2007
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Silva de Sousa
Date of birth (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
1998 Ceará
1998–2000 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Vitória 49 (6)
2004 Kashiwa Reysol 11 (2)
2004–2005 Rennes 15 (1)
2005–2008 CSKA Moscow 74 (8)
2008–2011 Olympiacos 64 (7)
2011–2012 Atlético Mineiro 17 (3)
2012–2013 Goiás 23 (2)
2014 OFI Crete 11 (3)
2014 Maccabi Netanya 0 (0)
2015–2016 Fortaleza 7 (2)
2016–2018 Botafogo 29 (1)
National team‡
2002–2003 Brazil U-20 16 (7)
2003–2004 Brazil U-23 9 (3)
2004–2007 Brazil 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2009

He is known for his passing, aerial ability and tackling. He was a central midfielder who usually played either in a holding midfield role or as a box-to-box midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position, he was mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Brazilian national team.

Career

Dudu was born in Fortaleza, Ceará.

In 2007, Dudu expressed his wish to leave CSKA Moscow. Olympiacos tried to sign him, but failed. In 2008, Olympiacos offered the Russian club €6 million. The offer was accepted and the player signed a three-year contract on 6 August 2008.[1] In May 2009, he signed a new contract with the Greek club which would last until June 2013 with a buyout clause of €8.5 million.

On 7 April 2011, Olympiacos agreed to sell Dudu Cearense to Atlético Mineiro for a fee of €1.1 million. Dudu signed a three-year contract with the Brazilian team. In 2012 he moved to Goiás until the end of his contract in January 2014. Goiás wanted to extend with the player but he wanted to return to Europe. On 27 January 2014, he agreed a 1.5-year contract with Greek Club OFI.

On 5 June 2014, he agreed for a one-year contract worth $245,000 with Maccabi Netanya of the Israel Premier League (biggest contract in the history of the club). Three weeks later, it was reported Dudu was injured and in poor shape. He was released on 22 September. He never played for Netanya in the league and only made two appearances in the Toto Cup.[2][3] He is considered the biggest flop in the club's history, mainly for the fact he never even played once in the league and the club had to pay $50,000 compensation after his release.[4]

On 10 January 2015, he returned to Brazil and agreed to a contract with Fortaleza.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 February 2018[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória 2001 Série A 00––00
2002 180––180
2003 316––316
Total 496----496
Kashiwa Reysol 2004 J1 League 1120030––142
Stade Rennais 2004–05 Ligue 1 151––151
CSKA Moscow[7] 2005 Russian Premier League 21310-3010263
2006 28272-8110445
2007 15120-7010251
2008 10120-00-121
Total 747122--1813010710
Olympiacos 2008–09 Superleague Greece 263-71-334
2009–10 204-101-305
2010–11 190-43-233
Total 657--215--8612
Atlético Mineiro 2011 Série A 133––133
2012 40––40
Total 173----173
Goiás 2012 Série B 41––41
2013 Série A 19170––165426
Total 23270----165467
OFI Crete 2014–15 Superleague Greece 11331–––144
Maccabi Netanya 2014–15 Israeli Premier League 000020––20
Fortaleza 2015 Série C 6220––70152
2016 1030––162202
Total 7250----232354
Botafogo 2016 Série A 16110––00161
2017 13010–4071241
2018 0000––4040
Total 29120--40111462
Career total 301342932043653842851

International
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 200440
200500
200650
200720
Total110

Honours

Club

Vitória

CSKA Moscow

Olympiacos

Atlético Mineiro

Goiás

Fortaleza

Botafogo

International

Brazil

Brazil U-20

Individual

References
  1. "Olympiakos Sign Dudu Cearense". goal.com. Goal. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=386298
  3. http://sports.walla.co.il/item/2775045
  4. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=176201&lang=HE
  5. "Dudu Cearense". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. "DUDU CEARENSE". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. "Dudu". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). CSKA Moscow. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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