| Will Alves | |
| Fullname: | William Thomas Alves[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 2005[2] |
| Birth Place: | Leicester, England |
| Currentclub: | Leicester City |
| Clubnumber: | 37 |
| Position: | Left winger |
| Youthyears1: | –2022 |
| Youthclubs1: | Leicester City |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2024 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 18:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 08:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC) |
William Thomas Alves (born 4 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.
In 2018, while he was a Year 9 pupil at Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, Alves won the MOTD "Can You Kick It" competition to find the UK's best young technical freestyle footballer.[3] On 8 January 2022, Alves made his professional club debut for Leicester as an 86th minute substitute for Ademola Lookman during a 4–1 win against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.[4] On 21 December 2022, Alves suffered a torn ACL in the second half of extra time in a 3–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Youth Cup.[5] The injury was caused by a foul from Caden Voice and caused a public outcry. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers stated that the challenge was "one of the worst I have seen".[6] [7] Other team members, such as James Maddison, also publicly commented in support of Alves, describing the tackle as "unacceptable".[8]
Born in England, Alves is of Portuguese descent.[9] In February 2022 he represented the England under-17 team against Scotland.[10]
On 21 September 2022, Alves made his England U18 debut as a substitute during a 1–0 win over Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena.[11]
On 7 June 2024, Alves made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 2-1 win over Sweden at Stadion ŠRC Sesvete.[12]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leicester City U21 | 2021–22 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Leicester City | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||