Carlos Alexandre Torres (born 22 August 1966), known as Alexandre Torres, is a Brazilian retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender. His father is former footballer
Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto "Capita" Torres (17 July 1944 – 25 October 2016), also known as "O Capitão do Tri", was a Brazilian football player and manager who played as an attacking right-sided full-back or wing-back. A technically gifted defender w ...
.
Career
Club career
Torres played professionally in Brazil and Japan for
Fluminense,
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
and
Nagoya Grampus Eight
(formerly known as ) is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939, the ...
.
At
Nagoya Grampus
(formerly known as ) is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939, the ...
he was signed by then manager
Arsène Wenger
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger (; born 22 October 1949) is a French former football manager and player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. He was the manager of Arsenal from 1996 to 2018, where he was the l ...
, who seemed to recognise his agent's face from somewhere – bemused to find out it was his father and Brazil legend
Carlos Alberto.
International career
Torres was called up to the
Brazil national squad in 1992, making one international appearance.
References
External links
Player profile at SambaFoot.com*
1966 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazil international footballers
Fluminense FC players
CR Vasco da Gama managers
Nagoya Grampus players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
J1 League players
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Association football defenders
Brazilian football managers
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