Alex Santana

Alex Paulo Menezes Santana (born 13 May 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Brasileirão Série A club Athletico Paranaense as a midfielder.[1]

This article is about the Brazilian footballer. For the American baseball player, see Alex Santana (baseball). For other people named Alex Santana, see Alex Santana (disambiguation).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Menezes and the second or paternal family name is Santana.
Alex Santana
Personal information
Full name Alex Paulo Menezes Santana
Date of birth (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995
Place of birth Morungaba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Athletico Paranaense
Number 80
Youth career
2010–2012 Paulista
2012–2013 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Internacional 5 (0)
2016 → Criciúma (loan) 11 (0)
2016 → Guarani (loan) 12 (1)
2017 → Paraná (loan) 10 (2)
2018 → Paraná (loan) 32 (4)
2019–2020 Botafogo 40 (9)
2020–2022 Ludogorets Razgrad 45 (12)
2022– Athletico Paranaense 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:41, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Santana began his professional career at Internacional in 2013, spending time on loan at Criciúma, Guarani and Paraná before moving to Botafogo six years later. He joined Athletico in July 2022.

Career

Early career

Santana began his professional career at Internacional. He made his debut on 11 October 2013 by replacing Otávio for the final 29 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Flamengo.[2]

Ludogorets

On 23 July 2020, Santana signed for Ludogorets Razgrad[3] for a reported fee of €750,000.[4] After signing a contract with the club, he said: "I joined Ludogorets to play in the Champions League.".[5] He scored his debut goal for the Bulgarian champions on 23 August 2020 in a league game against Cherno More Varna. On 14 April 2021, he received his first red card in the 1:2 home loss against CSKA Sofia in a Bulgarian Cup match.[6] During his time with Ludogorets, he established himself as a key member of the team.[7]

Career statistics
As of 28 February 2023[8]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internacional 2013 Série A 10————10
2014 0030———30
2015 10—00——10
2017 Série B 00———1[lower-alpha 1]010
Subtotal 203000—1060
Criciúma (loan) 2016 Série B 00110——1[lower-alpha 1]0120
Guarani (loan) 2016 Série C 121————121
Paraná (loan) 2017 Série B 109270—2[lower-alpha 1]0192
2018 Série A 2745000——324
Subtotal 28414270—20516
Botafogo 2019 Série A 24583416[lower-alpha 2]1—4210
2020 00813000—111
Subtotal 2451647161—5311
Ludogorets 2020–21 First League 235—308[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0355
2021–22 206—5010[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 4]1368
2022–23 31—004[lower-alpha 6]10072
Subtotal 46120080221217815
Athletico Paranaense 2022 Série A 132—005[lower-alpha 7]1—183
2023 00900000—90
Subtotal 132900051—273
Career total 125245362223336123936
  1. Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in Bulgarian Supercup
  5. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Internacional

Athletico Paranaense

References
  1. "Alex Santana retorna ao Paraná Clube menos de um ano depois de sair". Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. "Flamengo vs. Internacional". soccerway.com. 11 October 2013.
  3. "Ludogorets attracted a midfielder from Botafogo". ludogorets.com. 23 July 2020.
  4. "Лудогорец дава 780 000 евро за Сантана, той вече бил в България". sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 11 July 2020.
  5. "Alex Santana: I joined Ludogorets to play in the Champions League". ludogorets.com. 24 July 2020.
  6. Cherkezov, Zdravko, ed. (14 April 2021). "ЦСКА изнесе лекция на "Лудогорец" и е на финал за Купата след корида в Разград" (in Bulgarian). bgonair.bg. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. Kostov, Hristo (29 January 2022). "Ключов играч на Лудогорец е трансферна цел на бразилци" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. Alex Santana at Soccerway
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