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Alex Santana

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This article is about the Brazilian footballer. For the American baseball player, see Alex Santana (baseball). For other people named Alex Santana, see Alex Santana (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Menezes and the second or paternal family name is Santana.
Alex Santana
Personal information
Full name Alex Paulo Menezes Santana
Date of birth (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Morungaba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Corinthians
Number 80
Youth career
2010–2012 Paulista
2012–2013 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Internacional 5 (0)
2016 → Criciúma (loan) 11 (0)
2016 → Guarani (loan) 12 (1)
2017

→ [[Paranáense

Clube|ParanáenseClube]] (loan)		 10 (2)
2018 → Paraná (loan) 32 (4)
2019–2020 Botafogo 40 (9)
2020–2022 Ludogorets Razgrad 45 (12)
2022–2024 Athletico Paranaense 22 (2)
2024– Corinthians 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Alex Paulo Menezes Santana (born 13 May 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Brasileirão Série A club Corinthians as a midfielder.[1]

Santana began his professional career at Internacional in 2013, spending time on loan at Criciúma, Guarani and Paraná before moving to Botafogo six years later. He joined Athletico in July 2022.

Career

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Early career

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Santana began his professional career at Internacional. He made his debut on 11 October 2013 by replacing Otávio for the final 29 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Flamengo.[2]

Ludogorets

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On 23 July 2020, Santana signed for Ludogorets Razgrad[3] for a reported fee of €750,000.[4] After signing a contract with the club, he said: "I joined Ludogorets to play in the Champions League.".[5] He scored his debut goal for the Bulgarian champions on 23 August 2020 in a league game against Cherno More Varna. On 14 April 2021, he received his first red card in the 1:2 home loss against CSKA Sofia in a Bulgarian Cup match.[6] During his time with Ludogorets, he established himself as a key member of the team.[7]

Career statistics

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As of 8 December 2024[8]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Internacional 2013 Série A 1 0 — — — — 1 0
2014 0 0 3 0 — — — 3 0
2015 1 0 — 0 0 — — 1 0
2017 Série B 0 0 — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
Subtotal 2 0 3 0 0 0 — 1 0 6 0
Criciúma (loan) 2016 Série B 0 0 11 0 — — 1[a] 0 12 0
Guarani (loan) 2016 Série C 12 1 — — — — 12 1
Paraná (loan) 2017 Série B 1 0 9 2 7 0 — 2[a] 0 19 2
2018 Série A 27 4 5 0 0 0 — — 32 4
Subtotal 28 4 14 2 7 0 — 2 0 51 6
Botafogo 2019 Série A 24 5 8 3 4 1 6[b] 1 — 42 10
2020 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 — 11 1
Subtotal 24 5 16 4 7 1 6 1 — 53 11
Ludogorets 2020–21 First League 23 5 — 3 0 8[c] 0 1[d] 0 35 5
2021–22 20 6 — 5 0 10[e] 0 1[d] 1 36 8
2022–23 3 1 — 0 0 4[f] 1 0 0 7 2
Subtotal 46 12 0 0 8 0 22 1 2 1 78 15
Athletico Paranaense 2022 Série A 13 2 — 0 0 5[g] 1 — 18 3
2023 21 3 15 1 3 2 5 2 — 44 8
2024 4 0 8 1 0 0 6[g] 0 0 0 18 1
Subtotal 38 5 23 2 3 2 16 3 — 80 12
Corinthians 2024 Série A 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
Subtotal 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 133 24 53 6 22 2 35 3 6 1 307 46
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Bulgarian Supercup
  5. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  7. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

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Internacional

Athletico Paranaense

References

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  1. ^ "Alex Santana retorna ao Paraná Clube menos de um ano depois de sair". Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Flamengo vs. Internacional". soccerway.com. 11 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Ludogorets attracted a midfielder from Botafogo". ludogorets.com. 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Лудогорец дава 780 000 евро за Сантана, той вече бил в България". sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Alex Santana: I joined Ludogorets to play in the Champions League". ludogorets.com. 24 July 2020.
  6. ^ Cherkezov, Zdravko, ed. (14 April 2021). "ЦСКА изнесе лекция на "Лудогорец" и е на финал за Купата след корида в Разград" (in Bulgarian). bgonair.bg. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. ^ Kostov, Hristo (29 January 2022). "Ключов играч на Лудогорец е трансферна цел на бразилци" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. ^ Alex Santana at Soccerway
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