Alair Cruz Vicente Explained

Alair Cruz Vicente
Fullname:Alair Cruz Vicente
Height:1.72 m
Birth Date:19 April 1981
Birth Place:Aracruz, Brazil
Position:Left-back
Currentclub:VfL Germania Leer
Youthclubs1:Riachuelo
Youthclubs2:Desportiva Ferroviária
Youthyears3:1998–2001
Youthclubs3:AZ
Years1:2001–2004
Clubs1:AZ
Caps1:8
Goals1:0
Years2:2004–2006
Clubs2:Volendam
Caps2:68
Goals2:0
Years3:2006–2012
Clubs3:Veendam
Caps3:162
Goals3:6
Years4:2012–2013
Clubs4:AGOVV
Caps4:17
Goals4:1
Years5:2013
Clubs5:Sparta
Caps5:13
Goals5:0
Years6:2013–2014
Clubs6:Den Bosch
Caps6:8
Goals6:0
Years7:2014–2015
Clubs7:Telstar
Caps7:19
Goals7:1
Years8:2018
Clubs8:Aracruz
Years9:2018
Clubs9:Pau Brasil
Years10:2018–2019
Clubs10:VV Nieuweschans
Years11:2019–2020
Clubs11:VfL Germania Leer
Caps11:1
Goals11:0
Years12:2020–
Clubs12:Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II
Manageryears1:2020–
Managerclubs1:Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II
Club-Update:13 February 2021 (UTC)

Alair Cruz Vicente (born 19 April 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who works as a player-coach for German club Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II. He plays as a left-back.

Career

Born in Aracruz, Cruz Vicente started playing for Riachuelo before being noticed by Corinthians at a youth cup tournament in São Paulo as part of Desportiva Ferroviária. He eventually moved to the Netherlands, signing a youth contract with AZ on 13 April 1998 after the club had brokered a deal through agent Apollonius Konijnenburg.

Cruz Vicente would, besides AZ, play in the Netherlands for FC Volendam, SC Veendam and SC Telstar.[1]

He left Telstar in January 2015,[2] and returned to Brazil in order to work in his parents' coffee plantation.[3] Cruz Vicente also began playing football again after a few years, signing with hometown club EC Aracruz in January 2018, who were competing in the Campeonato Capixaba Série B.[4] After a conflict with management, he moved to Pau Brasil, a club playing in a local competition in an Indian reservation.[5]

In August 2018, Cruz Vicente returned to the Netherlands to play for VV Nieuweschans in the Vijfde Klasse, the tenth and lowest tier of Dutch football, after having initially chosen to play for WVV Winschoten.[6] In July 2019, he moved to German club VfL Germania Leer competing in the Landesliga Weser-Ems.[7] After one season, where he made one official appearance, he moved to the Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II team where he took on a role as player-manager for the Kreisliga team.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Dutch. Voetbal International.
  2. Web site: Telstar laat Cruz Vicente terugkeren naar Brazilië . www.fcupdate.nl . FC Update . 6 August 2020 . 14 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Slagter . Merijn . Voormalig Corinthians-target strijkt neer bij WVV: 'Hier is wél waardering' . overdebal.nl . Over De Bal . 6 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Aracruz fecha elenco para a Série B do Capixabão 2018 . www.folhalitoral.com.br . Folha do Litoral . 6 August 2020 . 26 January 2018 . 30 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204621/http://www.folhalitoral.com.br/site/?p=noticias_ver&id=7888 . dead .
  5. Web site: Lana . Renato . Festa na aldeia de Pau Brasil: Equipes categoria "Aspirante" e "Titular" classificam-se para as finais . www.aracruz.es.gov.br . Aracruz . 6 August 2020 . 18 September 2017 . 24 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035303/http://www.aracruz.es.gov.br/noticia/8428/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Buurke . Karel-Jan . Cruz Vicente op eerste training Nieuweschans: 'Ik wil WVV bedanken voor alles' . rtvnoord.nl . RTV Noord . 6 August 2020 . 22 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Lilienthal . Georg . Homes . Nicklas . Brasilianer trickste im Germania-Trikot . oz-online.de . Ostfriezen-Zeitung . 6 August 2020 . 5 July 2019.
  8. News: Voormalig speler SC Veendam wordt trainer in Leer . 13 February 2021 . Noord360 . 22 June 2020 . nl.