Alcides

Alcides is the kind of footballer I find quietly compelling: a 1.90 m Brazilian defender comfortable at both right back and central defence. That positional flexibility is gold to a coach, even if it rarely earns headlines. I'm drawn to players who win matches by stopping things rather than scoring them, and a tall, adaptable defender out of Vitória's youth system fits that mould perfectly. Brazil exports flashy attackers by the dozen, so a steady, physical backline craftsman feels almost refreshing. Signed by Chelsea in 2007, loaned to PSV and later moved to Dnipro, he strikes me as a workmanlike professional who let his defending do the talking.

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Name (English)

Alcides

Name (Japanese)

アウシデス・アラウージョ・アウヴェス

Reading

あうしです・あらうーじょ・あうゔぇす

Born

March 13, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcides%20(footballer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B7%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460029

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.