João Alves (footballer, born 1980)

João Artur Rosa Alves (born 18 August 1980) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

For other people named João Alves, see João Alves (disambiguation).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Rosa and the second or paternal family name is Alves.
João Alves
Personal information
Full name João Artur Rosa Alves
Date of birth (1980-08-18) 18 August 1980
Place of birth Chaves, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1998 Chaves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Chaves 152 (17)
2004–2005 Braga 22 (4)
2005–2007 Sporting CP 25 (1)
2007–2012 Vitória Guimarães 118 (3)
2012–2013 Omonia 14 (1)
2013–2014 Académico Viseu 29 (4)
2014–2015 Freamunde 1 (0)
Total 361 (30)
National team
1999 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2005 Portugal 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Chaves, Alves started his professional career at hometown club G.D. Chaves,[1] making his debut in the Primeira Liga on 11 November 1998 in a 1–2 home loss against U.D. Leiria after coming in as a substitute in the 63rd minute. He appeared in a further nine league matches during that season, with the northerners eventually being relegated after ranking 17th.

In 2004–05, after five additional campaigns with Chaves in the second division, Alves joined S.C. Braga,[2] his first league appearance occurring on 14 November 2004 in a 0–0 draw at Leiria. After some solid performances that helped the Minho side finish fourth, he moved to Sporting CP.

After having appeared just twice for Sporting in 2006–07, Alves signed a three-year contract with Vitória S.C. in July 2007, with Sporting keeping half of the player's rights.[3] In his first year, he only missed one league game as his team came straight from the second level into a final third place.[4]

Alves made an average of 23 league appearances in the following three seasons, and on 20 June 2011 he replaced veteran Flávio Meireles as club captain.[5]

International career

On 17 August 2005, Alves made his debut for the Portugal national team, making an assist for Hélder Postiga in a 2–0 friendly win over Egypt.[6]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chaves 1998–99[7] Primeira Liga 10000—100
1999–2000[7] Segunda Liga 21010—220
2000–01[7] Segunda Liga 27600—276
2001–02[7] Segunda Liga 31510—325
2002–03[7] Segunda Liga 33331—364
2003–04[7] Segunda Liga 30210—312
Total 1521761—15818
Braga 2004–05[7] Primeira Liga 20420—224
2005–06[7] Primeira Liga 2000—20
Total 22420—244
Sporting 2005–06[7] Primeira Liga 231302[lower-alpha 1]0281
2006–07[7] Primeira Liga 20001[lower-alpha 2]030
Total 2513030311
Vitória Guimarães 2007–08[7] Primeira Liga 29051—341
2008–09[7] Primeira Liga 251804[lower-alpha 3]1372
2009–10[7] Primeira Liga 22060—280
2010–11[7] Primeira Liga 22280—302
2011–12[7] Primeira Liga 200303[lower-alpha 1]0260
Total 1183301711555
Omonia 2012–13[8] Cypriot First Division 141421[lower-alpha 1]0193
Académico Viseu 2013–14[7] Segunda Liga 29410—304
Freamunde 2014–15[7] Segunda Liga 1020—30
Career total 3613048411142035
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

Honours

Club

Sporting

Omonia

International

Portugal

References
  1. João Alves: «Só faltou terminar a carreira no D. Chaves» (João Alves: «All I missed was ending my career at D. Chaves»); Mais Futebol, 18 February 2016 (in Portuguese)
  2. João Alves: «Gostava de jogar num clube grande» (João Alves: «I would like to play for a big club»); Record, 8 February 2005 (in Portuguese)
  3. Sporting e Sp. Braga acertam transferência de João Alves (Sporting and Sp. Braga agree transfer of João Alves); Mais Futebol, 14 June 2007 (in Portuguese)
  4. Guimarães termina campeonato no terceiro lugar (Guimarães end league in third place); Açoriano Oriental, 11 May 2008 (in Portuguese)
  5. João Alves é o novo capitão do Vitória (João Alves is the new captain of Vitória); Guimarães Digital, 20 June 2011 (in Portuguese)
  6. Postiga on target for Portugal; UEFA, 18 August 2005
  7. "João Alves". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  8. "João Alves". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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