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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is de Sousa.
Dudu Cearense
Dudu with CSKA Moscow in February 2007
Personal information
Full name
Alessandro Silva de Sousa
Date of birth
(1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth
Fortaleza, Brazil
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Central midfielder
Youth career
1998
Ceará
1998–2000
Vitória
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2000–2003
Vitória
49
(6)
2004
Kashiwa Reysol
11
(2)
2004–2005
Rennes
15
(1)
2005–2008
CSKA Moscow
74
(8)
2008–2011
Olympiacos
64
(7)
2011–2012
Atlético Mineiro
17
(3)
2012–2013
Goiás
23
(2)
2014
OFI Crete
11
(3)
2014
Maccabi Netanya
0
(0)
2015–2016
Fortaleza
7
(2)
2016–2018
Botafogo
29
(1)
International career
2002–2003
Brazil U-20
16
(7)
2003–2004
Brazil U-23
9
(3)
2004–2007
Brazil
12
(0)
Medal record
Representing Brazil
Copa América
Winner
2004 Peru
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner
2003 UAE
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.
He is known for his passing, aerial ability and tackling. He was a central midfielder who usually played either in a holding midfield role or as a box-to-box midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position, he was mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Brazil national team.
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where he would link up with fellow Brazilian compatriots Vágner Love, DuduCearense, and Jô, all of whom joined the team within his first two seasons at...
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participated in the foundation of the Associação Cearense de Desportos. That same year they got their first Cearense Championship title. In 1951, the Municipality...
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