Alex Teixeira Santos (; born 6 January 1990) is a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
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for
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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club
Vasco da Gama
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.
Teixeira began his career with
Vasco da Gama
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Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
, making his debut for the senior team at the age of 18, before moving to
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...
in November 2009. He spent seven years at the club, scoring 89 goals in 222 appearances, while winning the
Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
five times. In February 2016, he transferred to
Chinese Super League
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side Jiangsu Suning for an Asian record transfer fee of
€
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50 million.
Internationally, Teixeira has been capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil.
Club career
Vasco de Gama
Early career
Teixeira began his career at
Vasco da Gama
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Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
, playing for the youth team from 1999 to 2007. He was promoted to the senior team for the 2008 season.
2008 season
Teixeira was promoted to the senior squad for the tour of
Dubai
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in January 2008. On 11 May 2008, he made his
league
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debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Internacional at the age of 18. His first goal for the club came on 28 June 2008 when he scored a brace in a 4–2 victory over
Ipatinga
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. On 22 August, he netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Portuguesa. Vasco were relegated at the end of the
season
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, finishing in 18th position with 40 points, finishing four points off safety.
2009 season
On 8 February 2009, Teixeira was sent off in a
Campeonato Carioca
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match against
Fluminense
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. He scored his first Série B goal in a 2–1 defeat to
Bahia
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on 25 July 2009. On 13 November 2009, he scored his final goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over América. He made his final appearance for the club on 28 November in a 2–0 defeat to Ipatinga. At the end of the
season
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, Vasco were promoted back to the Série A after winning the league by a seven-point margin over the second-place team. This was Texeira's first, and only, trophy during his time with Vasco.
On 21 December 2009, at the age of 19, he left Vasco da Gama to join Ukrainian side
Shakhtar Donetsk
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, joining for a fee of around
€
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6 million on a five-year deal. In total with Vasco, he made 92 appearances for the club, scoring 14 times, including 51 league appearances with 11 goals.
Shakhtar Donetsk
2009–10 season
Teixeira made his debut for the club on 20 March 2010. He started a
Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
match against
Zorya Luhansk
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The modern club as a ...
before being taken off for compatriot
Ilsinho
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after 55 minutes. Shakhtar won the match 2–0. His
home
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debut came on 25 April in a 3–0 victory over
Chornomorets Odesa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine.
According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959Tavryia Simferopol. He ended the season with three appearances for the club, all of which came in the league. Shakhtar won the
2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League
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by a six-point margin over second-placed
Dynamo Kyiv
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, giving Teixeira his first trophy as a Shakhtar player.
2010–11 season
On 4 July 2010, Teixeira came on as a 68th-minute replacement for
Jádson
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Having begun his career at Atlético Paranaense, he moved to Shakhtar Donet ...
in Shakhtar's 7–1
Ukrainian Super Cup
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victory over Tavriya Simferopol. His
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debut came in a 1–0
UEFA Champions League
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group stage
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victory over Partizan on 15 September. He scored his first goal for the club on 3 October in injury time against Dynamo Kyiv in a 2–0 win.
On 23 October, he came on as a substitute for Vitaliy Vitsenets in the 46th minute and scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over
Vorskla Poltava
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in the 57th minute, before being sent off after 63 minutes for a second bookable offence. He replaced Willian in the 77th minute of Shakhtar's 2–0 Ukrainian Cup final victory against Dynamo Kyiv. 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 (
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,
Ukrainian Cup
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, and
Super Cup
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).
2011–12 season
Teixeira's first match of the
season
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came in the
Super Cup
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. He came on as a 64th minute replacement for
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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Mkhitaryan won four Armenian Premier League titles with Pyunik, and joined Metalurh Donetsk in 2009; he moved ...
but could not prevent Shakhtar from losing 3–1 to Dynamo Kyiv. This loss prevented Shakhtar from winning the treble for the second year in a row, although they did manage to recapture the Ukrainian Premier League title and the
Ukrainian Cup
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. Teixeira's first goal of the season came on 24 July in a 2–1 league victory over Karpaty Lviv. He scored the first goal in Shakhtar's 2–1 extra time victory over
Metalurh Donetsk
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History
Club predecessor
Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industr ...
2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 21st since its establishment and fourth since its reorganisation. The season began on 8 July 2011 when newly promoted PFC Oleksandria visited FC Vorskla Poltava. FC Shakhtar Donetsk were the d ...
as champions with 79 points, four ahead of nearest rivals Dynamo Kyiv, marking Teixeira's third league title in three seasons with the club. The cup success was also 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 top goalscorer
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of
Volyn Lutsk
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, who scored five.
2012–13 season
After losing out to Dynamo Kyiv in the Super Cup the previous year, Shakhtar overcame Metalurh Donetsk 2–0 to regain the trophy. Teixeira started the match but was replaced after 77 minutes for the newly signed
Marko Dević
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A naturalized Ukrainian citizen since 2008, Serbian-born Dević made his international debut for his adopted country in 2008. He has earned 35 ...
Juventus
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on 2 October, although the match ended in a 1–1 draw. This marked his first ever goal in the competition. He scored the opener in a 2–1 victory against English side Chelsea in the Champions League on 23 October.
On 27 October, Teixeira netted the only goal in a 1–0 victory against Tavriya Simferopol. After the departure of Fernandinho to
Manchester City
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, Teixeira was asked to drop deeper in the pitch and act as a replacement. When asked about the decision, he stated, "Yes, indeed, after the departure of Fernandinho, we discussed this issue. I'm going to play in this position. It is important to adapt and get used to it, to operate up to the mark so that the team can continue winning". In July 2013, Teixeira signed a five-year contract extension with Shakhtar.
2013–14 season
During the 2013–14 season, Teixeira was part of a Shakhtar team that won a fifth consecutive Ukrainian Premier League title. In addition to his six league goals, he scored three times during the
group stage
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of the Champions League. He contributed both goals in a 2–0 win over
Real Sociedad
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in
San Sebastián
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, before scoring the second goal of a 4–0 defeat of the same opposition at the Donbass Arena. On 15 May 2014, he played the full 90 minutes of Shakhtar's 2014 Ukrainian Cup final loss to Dynamo Kyiv.
2014–15 season
Teixeira ended the 2014–15 season as joint-top scorer in the
Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
with 17 goals. He registered three goals in eight Champions League appearances; the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with
Porto
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and both home and away to
BATE Borisov
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in respective 5–0 and 7–0 wins. On 4 June 2015, Teixeira played in a Ukrainian Cup final defeat to Dynamo Kyiv for the second consecutive year.
2015–16 season
At the winter break stage of the
2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League
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season, Teixeira has scored 22 goals from 15 appearances, 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 win over champions Dynamo Kyiv at the Olimpiyskiy to overtake the capital club at the top of the table. On 25 November, he scored twice in a 3–4 loss to
Real Madrid
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in the
group stage
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Premier League
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club
Liverpool
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submitted a bid of €32 million (£24.6m) to sign Teixeira, with him expressing a strong desire to move to
Merseyside
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. Shakhtar refused the bid, however, and on 5 February 2016, Teixeira joined Chinese club Jiangsu Suning on a four-year contract for a transfer fee of €50 million. This was the third time in ten days that China's transfer record had been broken, the first being for compatriot
Ramires
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who also joined Jiangsu, from Chelsea.
On 1 March 2016, Teixeira scored on his competitive debut for Jiangsu in a 3–2 win over Jeonbuk Motors in the
AFC Champions League
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. On 5 March 2016, Teixeira scored two goals in a 3–0 win over
Shandong Luneng
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on his
Chinese Super League
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debut.
On 12 November 2020, Teixeira set up his side's first goal converted by Éder and scored the winning goal in the second-leg of the Chinese Super League finals against
Guangzhou Evergrande
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. Jiangsu Suning won the match 2–1, with an aggregate victory of the same scoreline, securing the club's first league title in their history.
Due to the club's financial problems, Teixeira left Jiangsu Suning as a free agent in January 2021.
Beşiktaş
On 5 August 2021, Teixeira announced that he would join
Süper Lig
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club
Beşiktaş
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. On 10 August Beşiktaş announced that Teixeira had signed a three-year contract.
Return to Vasco de Gama
On 13 July 2022, Teixeira returned to
Vasco da Gama
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after twelve years. On 12 January 2023, Teixeira signed a contract extension with Vasco da Gama until December 2023. On 21 December 2023, Vasco da Gama announced that Teixeira would leave the club at the expiration of his contract.
International career
Teixeira is capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil. 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 shoot-out against
Ghana
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. He was voted the second best player in the tournament, behind Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah.
Teixeira was named in the Brazil senior team's provisional squad for
Copa América Centenario
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, but was cut from the final squad.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Vasco da Gama
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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:
2009
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Shakhtar Donetsk
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Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
2010–11
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2012–13
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Ukrainian Cup
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:
2010–11
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2012–13
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*
Ukrainian Super Cup
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2010
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,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
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* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
2013
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2013 was designated as:
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*International Year of Quinoa
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January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
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2014
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,
2015
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* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
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January
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Jiangsu Suning
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Chinese Super League
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2020
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Beşiktaş
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Turkish Super Cup
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:
2021
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Brazil U-20
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FIFA U-20 World Cup
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runner-up:
2009
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Individual
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FIFA U-20 World Cup
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Silver Ball: 2009
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Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...