Teixeira and the second or paternal family name is Santos. In this portuguese name, the first or enate family appoint isand the second or paternal family name is Alex Teixeira Santos ( brazilian portuguese : [ aˈlɛks ti ( j ) ˈʃejɾɐ ] ; born 6 January 1990 ) is a brazilian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.
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Teixeira began his career with Vasco district attorney Gama, making his debut for the senior team at the old age of 18, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in November 2009. He spent seven years at the baseball club, scoring 89 goals in 222 appearances, while winning the ukrainian Premier League five times. In February 2016, he transferred to chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning for an asian record transportation fee of € 50 million. [ 2 ] internationally, Teixeira has been capped at under-17 and under-20 degree for Brazil .
Club career [edit ]
Vasco de Gama [edit ]
early on career [edit ]
Teixeira began his career at Vasco district attorney Gama, playing for the young person team from 1999 to 2007. [ citation needed ] He was promoted to the elder team for the 2008 season .
2008 season [edit ]
Teixeira was promoted to the elder police squad for the tour of Dubai in January 2008. [ citation needed ] On 11 May 2008, he made his league debut for the club as a ersatz in a 1–0 get the better of to Internacional at the historic period of 18. His first finish for the club came on 28 June 2008 when he scored a pair in a 4–2 victory over Ipatinga. [ 3 ] On 22 August, he netted the only finish 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 four points off safety. [ 5 ]
2009 season [edit ]
On 8 February 2009, Teixeira was sent off in a Campeonato Carioca catch against Fluminense. [ 6 ] He scored his first Série B finish in a 2–1 get the better of 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 get the better of to Ipatinga. [ 9 ] At the end of the season, Vasco were promoted second to the Série A after winning the league by a seven-point margin over the second-place team. [ 10 ] This was Texeira ‘s inaugural, and only, trophy during his time with Vasco. On 21 December 2009, at the age of 19, he left Vasco district attorney Gama to join ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, [ 11 ] joining for a fee of around € 6 million on a five-year cope. [ 12 ] In total with Vasco, he made 92 appearances for the club, scoring 14 times, including 51 league appearances with 11 goals .
Shakhtar Donetsk [edit ]
2009–10 temper [edit ]
Teixeira made his debut for the golf club on 20 March 2010. He started a ukrainian Premier League match against Zorya Luhansk before being taken off for compatriot 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 sixty-fifth minute refilling for Ilsinho. His final examination appearance of the season came on 9 May in a 3–2 gain against Tavryia Simferopol. [ 15 ] He ended the season with three appearances for the baseball club, all of which came in the league. Shakhtar won the 2009–10 ukrainian Premier League by a six-point gross profit over second-placed Dynamo Kyiv, giving Teixeira his first trophy as a Shakhtar player. [ 16 ]
2010–11 season [edit ]
On 4 July 2010, Teixeira came on as a 68th-minute successor for Jádson in Shakhtar ‘s 7–1 ukrainian Super Cup victory over Tavriya Simferopol. [ 17 ] His european introduction came in a 1–0 UEFA Champions League group stage victory over Partizan 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 lone goal in a 1–0 victory over Vorskla Poltava in the 57th minute, before being sent off after 63 minutes for a second bookable umbrage. [ 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 six goals, with five in the league, as Shakhtar secured the treble ( League, ukrainian Cup, and Super Cup ). [ 22 ]
2011–12 season [edit ]
Teixeira ‘s first match of the season came in the Super Cup. He came on as a 64th minute substitute for Henrikh Mkhitaryan but could not prevent Shakhtar from losing 3–1 to Dynamo Kyiv. [ 23 ] This loss prevented Shakhtar from winning the soprano for the second base year in a rowing, although they did manage to recapture the ukrainian Premier League title and the ukrainian Cup. [ 24 ] Teixeira ‘s beginning 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 2012 ukrainian Cup final. [ 26 ] Shakhtar ended the 2011–12 ukrainian Premier League as champions with 79 points, four ahead of nearest rivals Dynamo Kyiv, marking Teixeira ‘s third base league deed in three seasons with the club. The cup success was besides his second ukrainian Cup win with the club. He made 37 appearances, scoring 10 goals. Twenty-six of the appearances and seven goals came in the league, while the other three goals came in the ukrainian Cup. He finished the season as Shakhtar ‘s top scorer in the ukrainian Cup, two goals behind the overall clear goalscorer Maicon of Volyn Lutsk, who scored five .
2012–13 temper [edit ]
After losing out to Dynamo Kyiv in the Super Cup the former class, Shakhtar overcame Metalurh Donetsk 2–0 to regain the trophy. [ 27 ] Teixeira started the couple but was replaced after 77 minutes for the newly signed Marko Dević. Teixeira then gave Shakhtar the go in a Champions League group stage match against italian slope Juventus on 2 October, although the match ended in a 1–1 draw. [ 28 ] This marked his first always goal in the contest. He scored the opener in a 2–1 victory against English side Chelsea in the Champions League on 23 October. [ 29 ] On 27 October, Teixeira netted the only finish in a 1–0 victory against Tavriya Simferopol. [ 30 ] After the deviation of Fernandinho to Manchester City, Teixeira was asked to drop thick in the peddle and act as a replacement. When asked about the decision, he stated, “ Yes, indeed, after the departure of Fernandinho, we discussed this write out. I ‘m going to play in this situation. It is significant to adapt and get used to it, to operate up to the target so that the team can continue winning ”. In July 2013, Teixeira signed a five-year compress extension with Shakhtar.
2013–14 season [edit ]
During the 2013–14 season, Teixeira was part of a Shakhtar team that won a fifth back-to-back ukrainian Premier League entitle. In addition to his six league goals, he 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 moment goal of a 4–0 frustration of the like opposition at the Donbass Arena. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] On 15 May 2014, he played the full 90 minutes of Shakhtar ‘s 2014 ukrainian Cup concluding loss to Dynamo Kyiv .
2014–15 season [edit ]
Teixeira ended the 2014–15 season as joint-top scorekeeper in the ukrainian Premier League with 17 goals. He registered three goals in eight Champions League appearances ; the first step goal of a 2–2 draw with Porto and both home and away to BATE Borisov 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 temper [edit ]
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, he scored twice in a 3–0 succeed over champions Dynamo Kyiv at the Olimpiyskiy to overtake the capital cabaret at the top of the table. [ 36 ] On 25 November, he scored doubly in a 3–4 loss to Real Madrid in the group degree of the 2015–16 Champions League. [ 37 ]
Jiangsu Suning [edit ]
In January 2016, English Premier League club Liverpool submitted a bid of €32 million ( £24.6m ) to sign Teixeira, with him expressing a strong desire to move to Merseyside. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Shakhtar refused the invite, however, and on 5 February 2016, Teixeira joined taiwanese cabaret Jiangsu Suning on a four-year contract for a transplant fee of €50 million. [ 2 ] This was the third base time in ten days that China ‘s transfer record had been broken, the first being for compatriot Ramires who besides joined Jiangsu, from Chelsea. [ 40 ] On 1 March 2016, Teixeira scored on his competitive debut for Jiangsu in a 3–2 gain over Jeonbuk Motors in the AFC Champions League. [ 41 ] On 5 March 2016, Teixeira scored two goals in a 3–0 acquire over Shandong Luneng on his taiwanese Super League debut. [ 42 ] On 12 November 2020, Teixeira set up his side ‘s inaugural goal converted by Éder and scored the winning finish in the second-leg of the chinese Super League finals against Guangzhou Evergrande. Jiangsu Suning won the equal 2–1, with an aggregate victory of the same scoreline, securing the clubhouse ‘s beginning league title in their history. [ 43 ] due to the clubs fiscal problems Teixeira left Jiangsu Suning as a unblock agent in January 2021 .
Beşiktaş [edit ]
On 5 August 2021, Teixeira announced that he would join Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. On 10 August Beşiktaş announced that Teixeira had signed a three-year shrink .
International career [edit ]
Teixeira is capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil. [ 44 ] He played for Brazil at the 2007 Under-17 World Cup and the 2009 Under-20 World Cup. In the latter tournament, he scored three goals but missed the decisive penalty in the final examination shoot-out against Ghana. He was voted the irregular best player in the tournament, behind Ghana ‘s Dominic Adiyiah. [ 45 ] Teixeira was named in the Brazil senior team ‘s probationary team for Copa América Centenario, but was cut from the final examination police squad. [ 46 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 29 October 2020[47][48][49][1][50]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
Cup
Continental
Other[a]
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Vasco da Gama
2008
Série A
29
5
7
1
2
0
17
2
55
8
2009
Série B
22
5
3
0
0
0
12
3
37
8
Total
51
10
10
1
2
0
29
5
92
16
Shakhtar Donetsk
2009–10
Ukrainian Premier League
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2010–11
Ukrainian Premier League
26
5
4
1
8
0
1
0
39
6
2011–12
Ukrainian Premier League
26
7
5
3
5
0
1
0
37
10
2012–13
Ukrainian Premier League
27
10
5
4
8
2
1
0
41
16
2013–14
Ukrainian Premier League
27
6
4
0
8
3
1
0
40
9
2014–15
Ukrainian Premier League
22
17
7
2
8
3
0
0
37
22
2015–16
Ukrainian Premier League
15
22
0
0
10
4
1
0
26
26
Total
146
67
25
10
47
12
5
0
223
89
Jiangsu Suning
2016
Chinese Super League
28
11
7
6
6
2
1
0
42
19
2017
Chinese Super League
19
8
2
0
7
3
1
0
29
11
2018
Chinese Super League
28
13
3
2
—
—
31
15
2019
Chinese Super League
30
18
1
0
—
—
31
18
2020
Chinese Super League
16
9
1
0
—
—
17
9
Total
121
59
14
8
13
5
2
0
150
72
Career total
318
136
49
19
62
17
36
5
465
177
Honours [edit ]
Vasco da Gama
Shakhtar Donetsk [ 51 ]
Jiangsu Suning
Brazil U-20
Individual
References [edit ]
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