João Alves

For another Portuguese footballer, see João Resende Alves.
For the Brazilian footballer, see Jô.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Rosa and the second or paternal family name is Alves.
João Alves
Personal information
Full name João Artur Rosa Alves
Date of birth (1980-08-18) 18 August 1980
Place of birth Chaves, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1998 Chaves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Chaves 152 (17)
2004–2005 Braga 22 (4)
2005–2007 Sporting CP 25 (1)
2007–2012 Vitória Guimarães 118 (3)
2012–2013 Omonia 14 (2)
2013–2014 Académico Viseu 29 (4)
2014–2015 Freamunde 1 (0)
Total 361 (31)
National team
2005 Portugal 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


João Artur Rosa Alves (born 18 August 1980) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Chaves, Alves started his professional career at hometown club G.D. Chaves, making his debut in the Primeira Liga on 11 November 1998 in a 1–2 home loss against U.D. Leiria after coming in as a substitute in the 63rd minute. He appeared in a further nine league matches during that season, with the northerners eventually being relegated after ranking 17th.

In 2004–05, after five additional campaigns with Chaves in the second division, Alves joined S.C. Braga, his first league appearance occurring on 14 November 2004 in a 0–0 draw at Leiria. After some excellent performances that helped the Minho side finish fourth, he moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal.

After having appeared just twice for Sporting in 2006–07, Alves signed a three-year contract with Vitória de Guimarães in July 2007, with Sporting keeping 50% of the player's rights and Braga and Guimarães sharing the other half. In his first year he only missed one league contest, as his team came straight from the second level into a final third place.

Alves played in an average of 23 league games in the following three seasons, sharing captain duties with veteran Flávio Meireles.

International career

On 17 August 2005 Alves made his debut for the Portuguese national team, making an assist for an Hélder Postiga goal in a 2–0 friendly win over Egypt.[1]

Club statistics

As of 1 October 2014
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chaves 1998–99[2] Primeira Liga 10000—100
1999–2000[2] Segunda Liga 21010—220
2000–01[2] Segunda Liga 27600—276
2001–02[2] Segunda Liga 31510—325
2002–03[2] Segunda Liga 33331—364
2003–04[2] Segunda Liga 30210—312
Total 1521761—15818
Braga 2004–05[2] Primeira Liga 20420—224
2005–06[2] Primeira Liga 2000—20
Total 22420—244
Sporting 2005–06[2] Primeira Liga 231302[lower-alpha 1]0281
2006–07[2] Primeira Liga 20001[lower-alpha 2]030
Total 2513030311
Vitória Guimarães 2007–08[2] Primeira Liga 29051—341
2008–09[2] Primeira Liga 251804[lower-alpha 3]1372
2009–10[2] Primeira Liga 22060—280
2010–11[2] Primeira Liga 22280—302
2011–12[2] Primeira Liga 200303[lower-alpha 1]0260
Total 1183301711555
Omonia 2012–13[3] Cypriot First Division 141421[lower-alpha 1]0193
Académico 2013–14[2] Segunda Liga 29410—304
Freamunde 2014–15[2] Segunda Liga 1020—30
Career total 3613048411142035
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

Honours

Sporting
Omonia

References

  1. ↑ Postiga on target for Portugal; UEFA.com, 18 August 2005
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "João Alves". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "João Alves". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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