Huỳnh Kesley Alves or Kesley Alves (born 23 December 1981) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in Brazil, he represented Vietnam at international level.

Playing career

In 2005, he came to Vietnam and signed for Becamex Bình Dương from

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in 2005 and became one of the greatest foreigners in the V-League. He gained Vietnamese citizenship in 2009 and earned one cap with

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. Alves announced his retirement in 2019. He became the assistant manager of Becamex Bình Dương in 2021, before he was registered in the club’s squad list for the second part of the season during the 2022 season, making his comeback from retirement. In 2024, he joined LPBank Ho Chi Minh City in

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International career

In 2009, Kesley became a Vietnamese citizen. In the same year, Kesley was called up for the

by coach

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. He made his debut in a friendly match against

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on May 31, 2009.

Personal life

His wife is Huynh Thi Le Loc, a Vietnamese. He has two Vietnamese-born son. One of his son, Huynh Kelvin Alves (born in 2009) has participated in The Voice Kids of Vietnam season 8.

Honours

Club

;Becamex Bình Dương *

V.League 1 The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...

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Vietnamese Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup (), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.League 1 season and the holders of th ...

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Individual

* Best foreign player of V-League 2005 * Top goal-scorer of V-League 2005 * Top goal-scorer of

2009 AFC Cup The 2009 AFC Cup was the sixth season of the AFC Cup, a competition among clubs from member nations of the Asian Football Confederation. With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made significant ...

* Vietnamese Golden Boot Award 2009

References

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* 1981 births Living people Men's association football forwards Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Bahia Brazilian emigrants to Vietnam Naturalized citizens of Vietnam Vietnam men's international footballers Vietnamese men's footballers 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Xuan Thanh Saigon Cement FC players Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC players Becamex Binh Duong FC players Dong Nai FC players V.League 1 players Naturalised association football players Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{vietnam-footy-bio-stub