ALEX





Full name: Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa
Date of birth: June 17, 1982
Birthplace: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
EU passport: No
Height: 188 cms
Weight: 89 kgs

Club: Chelsea
Position: Defender [C]
Squad Number: 33
Contract expires: Juni 2010
Previous clubs: Juventus SP > Santos > (€8m) PSV > Chelsea > PSV (loan) > Chelsea

International debut: July 2003, v Mexico
International Caps: 17
International Goals: 0
World Cups: none

Copa America (2007)

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2002)
Dutch Eredivisie (2005, 2006, 2007)
Dutch KNVB Cup (2005)
English FA Cup (2009)



SeasonClubCountryLevelGPGS
2008-09 Chelsea ENG A 24 2
2007-08 Chelsea ENG A 28 1
2006-07 PSV Eindhoven NED A 29 6
2005-06 PSV Eindhoven NED A 28 2
2004-05 PSV Eindhoven NED A 27 3
2004-04 Santos BRA A 4 0
2003-03 Santos BRA A 34 9
2002-02 Santos BRA A 25 3
Career Totals:19926


UEFA Champions League 2006-07

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
07/03 Emirates Stadium, London Arsenal 1:1 PSV 90 1 0 1 1 0 0
20/02 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:0 Arsenal 90 0 0 1 0 0 0
05/12 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:3 Bordeaux 90 1 0 0 1 0 0
22/11 Anfield, Liverpool Liverpool 2:0 PSV 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
31/10 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 2:0 Galatasaray 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/10 Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadyumu, Istanbul Galatasaray 1:2 PSV 90 0 0 1 0 0 0
27/09 Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux Bordeaux 1:1 PSV 90 0 0 2 1 0 0
12/09 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 0:0 Liverpool 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competition Totals:720205300
Competition Average:900.2500.630.3800

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


UEFA Champions League 2005-06

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
08/03 Stade de Gerland, Lyon Lyon 4:0 PSV 76 0 0 2 2 0 0
21/02 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 0:1 Lyon 90 0 0 2 2 0 0
06/12 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 2:0 Fenerbahce 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/11 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Schalke 3:0 PSV 90 0 0 0 2 0 0
01/11 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:0 Milan 90 0 0 2 0 0 0
19/10 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Milan 0:0 PSV 90 0 0 1 0 0 0
28/09 Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul Fenerbahce 3:0 PSV 90 0 0 1 1 0 0
Competition Totals:616008700
Competition Average:88001.14100

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


UEFA Champions League 2004-05

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
04/05 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 3:1 Milan 90 0 0 1 0 0 0
27/04 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Milan 2:0 PSV 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/04 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:1 Lyon 120 1 0 1 1 0 0
05/04 Stade de Gerland, Lyon Lyon 1:1 PSV 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03 Stade Louis II, Monaco Monaco 0:2 PSV 90 0 0 4 0 0 0
22/02 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:0 Monaco 90 1 0 1 1 0 0
07/12 Stadio Apostolos Nikolaidis, Athens Panathinaikos 4:1 PSV 76 0 0 2 0 1 0
24/11 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:1 Arsenal 90 0 0 1 0 0 0
02/11 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:0 Rosenborg 90 0 0 0 1 0 0
29/09 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven PSV 1:0 Panathinaikos 90 0 1 1 0 0 0
14/09 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 1:0 PSV 90 0 0 2 3 0 0
Competition Totals:10062113610
Competition Average:91.450.180.091.180.550.090

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards



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1982
Born June 17 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2006
April: Helps PSV to clinch its second straight Dutch Title.
2007
March 7: Went from villain to hero as his late strike earned a 2-1 aggregate victory over Arsenal in the Champions League last 16. Alex had looked like being the fall guy for Ronald Koeman's side when his second-half own goal brought Arsenal back onto level terms in the tie. But he glanced home a header eight minutes from full-time to clinch a 1-1 second leg draw that sent PSV through to the quarter-finals.
March 12: Torn a hamstring and is out for six weeks, PSV said.
April 29: Member of the PSV Eindhoven squad that won the Dutch league title on goal difference. In a thrilling finale, PSV finished on 75 points with a goal difference of plus 50 while Ajax also ended on 75 points but with a goal difference of plus 49.
July 15: Member of the Brazil squad that stunned bitter rivals and overwhelming favourites Argentina 3-0 to win their eighth Copa America title.
August 10: Passed a medical and signed a three-year contract with Chelsea.

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