Dudu Cearense Explained

Dudu Cearense
Fullname:	Alessandro Silva de Sousa
Birth Date:	1983 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Fortaleza, Brazil
Height:	1.86 m
Position:	Central midfielder
Youthyears1:	1998
Youthclubs1:	Ceará
Youthyears2:	1998–2000
Youthclubs2:	Vitória
Years1:	2000–2003
Clubs1:	Vitória
Caps1:	49
Goals1:	6
Years2:	2004
Clubs2:	Kashiwa Reysol
Caps2:	11
Goals2:	2
Years3:	2004–2005
Clubs3:	Rennes
Caps3:	15
Goals3:	1
Years4:	2005–2008
Clubs4:	CSKA Moscow
Caps4:	74
Goals4:	8
Years5:	2008–2011
Clubs5:	Olympiacos
Caps5:	64
Goals5:	7
Years6:	2011–2012
Clubs6:	Atlético Mineiro
Caps6:	17
Goals6:	3
Years7:	2012–2013
Clubs7:	Goiás
Caps7:	23
Goals7:	2
Years8:	2014
Clubs8:	OFI Crete
Caps8:	11
Goals8:	3
Years9:	2014
Clubs9:	Maccabi Netanya
Caps9:	0
Goals9:	0
Years10:	2015–2016
Clubs10:	Fortaleza
Caps10:	7
Goals10:	2
Years11:	2016–2018
Clubs11:	Botafogo
Caps11:	29
Goals11:	1
Nationalyears1:	2002–2003
Nationalteam1:	Brazil U-20
Nationalcaps1:	16
Nationalgoals1:	7
Nationalyears2:	2003–2004
Nationalteam2:	Brazil U-23
Nationalcaps2:	9
Nationalgoals2:	3
Nationalyears3:	2004–2007
Nationalteam3:	Brazil
Nationalcaps3:	12
Nationalgoals3:	0

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

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 Brazil national team.

Career

Dudu was born in Fortaleza, Ceará.

In February 2005, after spending half a season playing for Rennes in France, Dudu transferred to CSKA Moscow, where he joined and played with fellow Brazilians Daniel Carvalho, Vagner Love, and later Jô.

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

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória	2001	Série A	0	0			–		–				0	0
	2002		18	0			–		–				18	0
	2003		31	6			–		–				31	6
	Total		49	6			-	-	-	-			49	6
Kashiwa Reysol	2004	J1 League	11	2	0	0	3	0	–		–		14	2
Stade Rennais	2004–05	Ligue 1	15	1					–		–		15	1
CSKA Moscow^[6]	2005	Russian Premier League	21	3	1	0	colspan="2"	-	3	0	1	0	26	3
	2006		28	2	7	2	colspan="2"	-	8	1	1	0	44	5
	2007		15	1	2	0	colspan="2"	-	7	0	1	0	25	1
	2008		10	1	2	0	colspan="2"	-	0	0	colspan="2"	-	12	1
	Total		74	7	12	2	-	-	18	1	3	0	107	10
Olympiacos	2008–09	Superleague Greece	26	3			colspan="2"	-	7	1	colspan="2"	-	33	4
	2009–10		20	4			colspan="2"	-	10	1	colspan="2"	-	30	5
	2010–11		19	0			colspan="2"	-	4	3	colspan="2"	-	23	3
	Total		65	7			-	-	21	5	-	-	86	12
Atlético Mineiro	2011	Série A	13	3			–		–				13	3
	2012	Série A	4	0			–		–				4	0
	Total		17	3			-	-	-	-			17	3
Goiás	2012	Série B	4	1			–		–				4	1
	2013	Série A	19	1	7	0	–		–		16	5	42	6
	Total		23	2	7	0	-	-	-	-	16	5	46	7
OFI Crete	2013–14	Superleague Greece	11	3	3	1	–		–		–		14	4
Maccabi Netanya	2014–15	Israeli Premier League	0	0	0	0	2	0	–		–		2	0
Fortaleza	2015	Série C	6	2	2	0	–		–		7	0	15	2
	2016	Série C	1	0	3	0	–		–		16	2	20	2
	Total		7	2	5	0	-	-	-	-	23	2	35	4
Botafogo	2016	Série A	16	1	1	0	–		–		0	0	16	1
	2017		13	0	1	0	–		4	0	7	1	24	1
	2018		0	0	0	0	–		–		4	0	4	0
	Total		29	1	2	0	-	-	4	0	11	1	46	2
Career total			301	34	29	3	2	0	43	6	53	8	428	51