Álex dos Santos

Alexandre "Álex" dos Santos Ferreira (born 15 January 1999) is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Croatian club NK Lokomotiva.

Álex dos Santos
Personal information
Full name Alexandre dos Santos Ferreira[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999
Place of birth Xinguara, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Don Benito Balompié
2011–2018 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Atlético Madrid B 20 (0)
2020 Lokomotiva 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020

Club career

Atlético Madrid

Born in Xinguara, Pará, dos Santos was raised in Extremadura, and joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2011, from Don Benito Balompié AD.[2] On 21 August 2013, while still a youth, he signed a new five-year contract with the club.[3]

Promoted to the reserves for the 2018–19 season, dos Santos made his senior debut on 23 September 2018, starting in a 4–2 Segunda División B away win against CDA Navalcarnero. The following 8 February, he extended his contract until 2022,[4] but spent the most of the campaign as a backup to Miguel San Román.

dos Santos became a regular starter in 2019–20 after San Román left, but the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lokomotiva

On 20 August 2020, dos Santos moved to Croatian side NK Lokomotiva as a part of Ivo Grbić's transfer to Atlético;[5] his former side also retained 40% over a future sale.[6] He made his professional debut on 13 September, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–2 home loss against HNK Gorica for the Croatian First Football League championship.

Personal life

Born in Brazil, dos Santos also holds Spanish nationality.[7]

References
  1. "Acta de Club Marino de Luanco – Club Atlético de Madrid "B"" [Report of Club Marino de Luanco – Club Atlético de Madrid "B"] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. "El Atlético ficha al portero infantil del Don Benito Balompié Alejandro Dos Santos" [Atlético sign the infantil goalkeeper of Don Benito Balompié Alejandro Dos Santos] (in Spanish). Hoy. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. "El Atlético prolonga el sueño de Álex" [Atlético extend Álex's dream] (in Spanish). Hoy. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. "Dos Santos renueva hasta 2022" [Dos Santos renews until 2022] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. "Agreement with NK Lokomotiva Zagreb over the transfer of Ivo Grbic". Atlético Madrid. 2020-08-20. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. "Dos Santos, camino de Zagreb... pero el Atlético se guarda un as en la manga" [Dos Santos, towards Zagreb... but Atlético have something up their sleeve] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. "Jornal: quatro brasileiros estão entre negócios que fizeram Atlético não poder contratar" [Journal: four Brazilians are among the business that made Atlético being unable to sign players] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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