Sandro Alex: career and the path to the success of the Brazilian football player

Sandro Alex Lobo Silva is the full name of the famous Brazilian football player. He has a rather interesting life and career. And about the most interesting facts concerning this flank defender, it is better to tell in more detail.

early years

Sandro Alex was born on January 26, in 1991, in the Brazilian municipality called Ananindeua. Like any other football player, he was fond of this sport since early childhood. His first club was "Atletico Paranaense", of which he is a pupil. And the professional career of the young "lateral" began there, in 2005.

The young athlete possessed all the qualities necessary for a flank defender. He is strong, hardy, tall (178 cm) and a tightly knocked out football player. So breakthroughs on the flank with subsequent canopies he always turned out perfectly.

No wonder the boy was noticed. For the "hurricanes" he played 17 games, scoring one goal, and then was bought by Santos. And that's where Alex started the road to success.

Further career

The young defender after his transition played only one match in the League of Paulista. In that season, "Santos" won first place. So Sandro Alex also became the champion of the State of São Paulo. But soon the young man became the "basis" of the team. For the year spent in his new club, he played 52 games and scored three goals. This is a very good result, if you put in contrast to 17 meetings for 2 years in "Atletico Paranaense".

Thanks to Alex's excellent game, his new club received a ticket to the coveted Libertadores Cup in 2011 (which the "fish" then won). And then, not without the help of Sandro, the club for the second time in a row became the winner of the League of Paulista. Alex held his last meeting for Santos on July 3, 2011.

Performances in the national team and the transition to "Porto"

After 20 days after the last match for the "fish", it became known that Alex Sandro left the club. Footballer joined the composition of "Porto". His "dragons" bought out for almost 10 million euros. The scheme of the deal was quite interesting. The contract was concluded through the Uruguayan "Deportivo Maldonado", which formally took over after that the rights to the defender.

And in 2011, the Brazilian began to speak for his national team. Until that moment, he played in the composition of up to 20 years, held 10 meetings, but then came to a new level. Even appeared on the field in the starting lineup - in a friendly match against the Egyptian national team. And in the Olympic team played three matches.

In "Port" the Brazilian spent four years, and during this time he played 83 matches, even scored three goals. In one of the early interviews, the footballer told what he likes in the European club - he is given enough playing time, and the coach shows confidence. Along with Porto, Alex twice won the Portuguese Championship and once the Super Bowl. Besides, for him these were years of invaluable experience.

Moving to Italy

In 2015, it became known - Alex Sandro moves to Juventus, one of the best clubs in Europe. This was a real event. The footballer himself said that his main quality lies in the desire to win and 100% payback for the sake of achieving the goal. And so, he achieved it - he was invited to Juventus, which he had long dreamed of. Sandro said that it was in this club that he would like to develop not only as a football player, but also as a person. Defender admitted - the philosophy and style of "Juventus" he was always close. And the game Del Piero and Trezego inspired the victory.

By the way, Sandro Alex chose the 12th number because the Hulk, with whom they are firmly friends, wore a T-shirt with this figure when he was still playing for Porto.

So far, the Brazilian account 22 matches held for Juventus, and two goals scored. Together with the "old lord" he has already become the Champion of Italy and the winner of the Cup (in the season 2015/16), but you can be sure - this is far from the last of his achievements.