Frederik Alves

Frederik Alves Ibsen (born 8 November 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby.[2] Alves also played for Denmark in youth levels, most recently national U21 team.

Frederik Alves
Personal information
Full name Frederik Alves Ibsen[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Brøndby
Number 32
Youth career
Herfølge
Hvidovre
2015–2016 Coritiba
2017–2018 Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Silkeborg 47 (0)
2021–2022 West Ham United 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Sunderland (loan) 3 (0)
2022– Brøndby 30 (0)
International career
2019 Denmark U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Denmark U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:36, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Youth career

Due to Alves' Brazilian background, he travelled to visit some family in Brazil. Alves played with his cousins and took part in a few training matches, before he was spotted by an agent, which he made a deal with. The agent then brought 15-year old Alves to Coritiba.[3] Alves returned to Denmark after two years in Brazil and joined Silkeborg.

Silkeborg

In the summer 2018, 19-year old Alves signed a one-year trainee-contract with Silkeborg which meant, that he was going to train with the first team but play with the U19's.[4] On 26 September 2018, Alves got his official debut for Silkeborg in a Danish Cup game against Næstved BK, where he was among the 11 starting players.[5] On 1 November 2018, he signed a new deal until the end of 2020.[6] Except for the following two games, Alves played all of the remaining games for Silkeborg and helped the team promoting to the Danish Superliga which also gained him a spot on the Danish U-20 national team.[7] On 1 June 2019, Alves signed a new contract until the summer 2024.[8]

West Ham United

On 4 November 2020, Silkeborg announced that they had sold Alves to an unnamed club,[9] believed to be English Premier League club West Ham United.[10] On 22 December 2020, West Ham announced the signing of Alves for an undisclosed fee, on a three-and-a-half year contract commencing on 2 January 2021.[11]

Loan to Sunderland

Alves joined Sunderland on a season-long loan for the 2021–22 EFL League One season on 13 August 2021.[12] He made his Sunderland debut, in the EFL Cup on 24 August, in a 3–2 win against Blackpool.[13] On 14 January 2022, Alves’ loan to Sunderland was cut short and he returned to West Ham United. During his loan period "disciplinary issues" occurred forcing him to be omitted from the team. He also suffered lack of game time as he could not force his way into the team ahead of Callum Doyle, Tom Flanagan and Bailey Wright. He played 10 games in all competitions during his loan at Sunderland.[14]

Brøndby

On 31 January 2022, Alves returned to Denmark, joining Danish champions Brøndby, signing a four-and-a-half year contract with the club.[15] He made his competitive debut coming off the bench in injury time for Mathias Kvistgaarden in a 1–0 league win over his former club Silkeborg.[16]

Style of play

Alves has described his playing style as "a defender who likes to play with the ball at my feet, but I also like defending and am good in my duels", drawing inspiration from German international defender Jérôme Boateng. The Athletic has praised Alves' versatility, owing to his ability to use both feet and being able to operate at right-back.[17] Upon signing for Brøndby, director of football Carsten V. Jensen labelled Alves as "calm on the ball" with "great physical qualities".[15]

Personal life

Alves' mother is Brazilian, while his father is Danish. For this reason, Alves has dual citizenship although he was born and raised in Hvidovre, Denmark.[3]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 September 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Silkeborg 2018–19 Danish 1st Division 17010———180
2019–20 Danish Superliga 22020———240
2020–21 Danish 1st Division 8000———80
Club total 41030———500
West Ham United 2020–21 Premier League 0000———00
2021–22 Premier League 00000000—00
Club total 00000000—00
Sunderland (loan) 2021–22 League One 301030—3[lower-alpha 3]0100
Brøndby 2021–22 Danish Superliga 4000———40
2022–23 Danish Superliga 17000—2[lower-alpha 4]0—190
2023–24 Danish Superliga 9000———90
Club total 30000—20—320
Career total 74040302030860
  1. Includes Danish Cup, FA Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. "Updated squad lists for 2020/21 Premier League". Premier League. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. Frederik Alves at Soccerway
  3. Ung brasser på spring til SIF-forsvaret, midtjyllandsavis.dk, 11 February 2019
  4. Forsvars-talent på kontrakt i SIF, silkeborgif.com, 2 July 2018
  5. Debutanten Alves: Vi manglede lidt positiv energi, silkeborgif.com, 27 September 2019
  6. Forsvarstalent forlænger med SIF, silkeborgif.com, 1 November 2018
  7. Alves fik landsholds-debut i Marbella, silkeborgif.com, 26 March 2019
  8. Alves på langtids-kontrakt i SIF, silkeborgif.com, 1 June 2019
  9. "SIF bekræfter salg af Frederik Alves". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  10. Ritzau. "Silkeborg sælger dansk U21-landsholdsspiller". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  11. Flood, George (December 22, 2020). "West Ham clinch first January signing as Frederik Alves deal confirmed". www.standard.co.uk.
  12. "Alves arrives on loan". Sunderland Association Football Club. August 13, 2021.
  13. "Why Frederik Alves endured a challenging start to his SAFC debut and how he overcame it". www.sunderlandecho.com.
  14. "Sunderland have cut short Frederik Alves loan spell". The Northern Echo.
  15. "Brøndby IF køber Frederik Alves Ibsen" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  16. "Silkeborg vs. Brøndby – 6 March 2022 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  17. Thomas, Roshane (23 December 2020). "West Ham's Frederik Alves: Deadline day heartache to trying to emulate Boateng". The Athletic. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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