Luís Alves

Luís Manuel Rodrigues Alves (born 28 September 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Luís Alves
Personal information
Full name Luís Manuel Rodrigues Alves
Date of birth (1971-09-28) 28 September 1971
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1984–1990 Odivelas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Odivelas
1991–1992 Sacavenense
1992–1993 Portosantense
1993–1994 Odivelas
1994–1997 Nacional 37 (7)
1997–1998 União Montemor 32 (2)
1998–1999 Seixal 32 (5)
1999–2000 Câmara Lobos 31 (9)
2000–2001 Nacional 10 (0)
2001–2002 Camacha 35 (17)
2002–2005 Pontassolense 79 (39)
2005–2006 Caniçal
2006–2007 Câmara Lobos
Total 256+ (79+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Born in Lisbon, Alves spent the majority of his career playing for third division clubs. He made his professional debuts in the 1990–91 season, with Odivelas F.C. in the fourth division.

Alves first came to prominence in 1999–2000, scoring nine goals for C.S.D. Câmara de Lobos in the third level[1] and subsequently earning a contract with C.D. Nacional of division two, where he appeared sparingly over the course of three campaigns, being relegated in his second.

In the 2001 summer, after a failed second stint with Nacional, Alves moved to another team in Madeira, A.D. Camacha, netting 16 goals in his only season.[2] He then signed for his fifth club in the region, A.D. Pontassolense (also in the third tier), where he repeated individual numbers in his first year.[3]

In 2003–04, 32-year-old Alves scored 15 goals for Pontassolense, thus becoming the third division – south zone – runner-up topscorer behind S.C. Olhanense's Edinho.[4] He only found the net five times in the following campaign[5] and, subsequently, moved to amateur football where he played a couple of years for two sides before retiring.

References
  1. "Melhores Marcadores dos Nacionais 1999 / 2000" [National Championships Top Scorers 1999 / 2000] (in Portuguese). ESEC Tomás Cabreira. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  2. "Melhores Marcadores dos Nacionais 2001 / 2002" [National Championships Top Scorers 2001 / 2002] (in Portuguese). ESEC Tomás Cabreira. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  3. "Melhores Marcadores dos Nacionais 2002 / 2003" [National Championships Top Scorers 2002 / 2003] (in Portuguese). ESEC Tomás Cabreira. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  4. "Melhores Marcadores dos Nacionais 2003 / 2004" [National Championships Top Scorers 2003 / 2004] (in Portuguese). ESEC Tomás Cabreira. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  5. "Melhores Marcadores dos Nacionais 2004 / 2005" [National Championships Top Scorers 2004 / 2005] (in Portuguese). ESEC Tomás Cabreira. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
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