| Alex | |
| Fullname: | Alex de Oliveira Nascimento |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.89 m |
| Currentclub: | Santos |
| Clubnumber: | 2 |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | São Paulo |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Fluminense |
| Youthyears3: | 2019–2020 |
| Youthclubs3: | Santos |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Fluminense |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020– |
| Clubs2: | Santos |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | → Famalicão (loan) |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC) |
Alex de Oliveira Nascimento (born 10 May 1999), simply known as Alex (pronounced as /pt-BR/), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Santos.
Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Alex joined Fluminense's youth setup in June 2016, from São Paulo.[1] On 17 January 2018, he appeared as an unused substitute in a 3–1 Campeonato Carioca away loss against Boavista.[2]
Alex made his first team – and Série A – on 27 October 2018, replacing injured Frazan in a 3–0 loss at Santos.[3]
Alex joined Santos on 7 May 2019, initially assigned to the under-20 squad. Fluminense also retained 30% of the player's federative rights.[4] On 30 July, after nearly three months at the club, he renewed his contract until December 2023.[5]
On 22 January 2020, as both first team regulars Lucas Veríssimo and Felipe Aguilar were injured, Alex was included in Jesualdo Ferreira's 28-man squad for the 2020 Campeonato Paulista.[6] On 1 July, he further extended his contract until 2024,[7] and made his debut for the club on 16 August, replacing injured Veríssimo in a 3–1 home win against Athletico Paranaense.[8]
Alex made his Copa Libertadores debut on 24 September 2020, again replacing Veríssimo in a 2–1 away defeat of Delfín SC.[9] On 10 November, it was announced that he and a further six first team players tested positive for COVID-19.[10]
On 17 August 2021, Alex moved abroad and joined Portuguese Primeira Liga side Famalicão on a one-year loan deal.[11] He made his debut for the club on 28 August, replacing Pêpê late into a 1–1 home draw against Sporting CP.
Alex returned to Santos in July 2022, as Famalicão did not activate his buyout clause.[12] An immediate backup to starters Maicon and Eduardo Bauermann, he scored his first goal for the club on 25 October, but in a 3–2 away loss against Flamengo.[13]
In November 2022, Alex suffered a muscular injury which kept him out of the remaining matches of the season.[14] It was later discovered as a parcial ligament injury, and he spent the first months of the 2023 campaign recovering.[15]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Conmebol | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Fluminense | 2018 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Santos | 2020 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[16] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[17] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | Série B | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Famalicão (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1[18] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 1 | |||