Alan Monken Arruda (born September 12, 1981) is a Brazilian professional

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and coach, who currently is based in

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as a coach for

JK Tabasalu Jalgpalliklubi Tabasalu, commonly known as Tabasalu, is an Estonian football club based in Tabasalu, Harku Parish. The club competes in Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. Tabasalu's home ground is Tabasalu Arena. History The footb ...

of the

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Career

He joined to

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n club

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after pay for

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, Ferencváros Torna Club, ASV Spratzern,

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and became the

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of the

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team. His former clubs include

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

an
Paraíba do Sul F. C.
Arruda scored his first

goal on March 22, 2008, in the 24th minute

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in a 0–1 win against

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. In 2010 Alan Arruda transfer to Finland and play for FC Atlantis, 2012 became a club (player/head coach). At the moment Alan Arruda play for

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Gibraltar Premier League club.

Position

He plays the position of Central or

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Coach

Arruda was appointed as head coach by Atlantis FC in May 2012.

Honours

Club

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** Runners Up: 2008–09

References

1981 births Living people Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Sportspeople from Petrópolis Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Ferencvárosi TC footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Nõmme Kalju FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Brazilian men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Atlantis FC players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar Men's association football defenders Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar Meistriliiga players Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state) 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub