Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Carlos Tofolo Júnior | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Valinhos, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Jaraguá | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2008 | Santos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2008–2009 | Santos | 4 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Vicenza | 21 | (2) |
2011 | → Varese (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2012 | → Grêmio Catanduvense (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2012 | → Guaratinguetá (loan) | 25 | (14) |
2013–2014 | Ponte Preta | 37 | (9) |
2013 | → Vitória (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2014 | → Chapecoense (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2014 | → Portuguesa (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Cruz Azul | 14 | (3) |
2015–2016 | → Figueirense (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2016 | ABC | 4 | (1) |
2016 | Botafogo-SP | 15 | (7) |
2016–2017 | FC Eindhoven | 21 | (5) |
2017–2019 | Paraná | 27 | (7) |
2018 | → Busan IPark (loan) | 8 | (2) |
2018 | → CSA (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2019 | → Ituano (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020 | Guarani | 13 | (0) |
2021 | America-RJ | 6 | (1) |
2021– | Jaraguá | 1 | (0) |
Total | 255 | (58) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019 |
José Carlos Tofolo Júnior, commonly known as Alemão (born 2 March 1989), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Maringá. He also holds Italian nationality. [1]
Alemão started his career at Santos, and signed a professional contract with club in 2005. [2] He made his first team debut on 31 January 2008, starting in a 1–2 Campeonato Paulista loss against Grêmio Barueri, [3] due to Kléber Pereira's injury. [4] Alemão scored his first goal for Peixe four days later, in a 1–1 draw against Paulista. [5]
In July 2008 he was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a reported free transfer, [6] with performance based fees. [7] However, Alemão was not registered in Lega Calcio as the club did not have an extra non-EU signing quota (Udinese signed Ricardo Chará, Dušan Basta, Alexis Sánchez and Odion Ighalo that season but only the last 2 were officially registered in the League Office). Santos also submitted a new contract to Brazilian Football Confederation BID-E system to document a new contract which last until 2011 on 28 July. Alemão was only officially signed for Udinese in June 2009, and never appeared for Santos neither in 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A nor 2009 Campeonato Paulista, due to a dispute with the club's board.
With Udinese, Alemão played for its Primavera under-20 team as an overage player. [8] In July 2010 he was sold to Serie B club Vicenza in co-ownership deal, for €400,000. [9] [10] Alemão made his debut abroad on 20 August 2010, replacing Alain Baclet in the 66th minute of a 0–2 Serie B loss against Atalanta. [11]
On 31 January 2011, he was swapped with Marco Cellini of Varese. [12] [13] In June 2011 Udinese gave up the remain 50% registration rights for free.
In January 2012 Alemão returned to Brazil, signing a temporary deal with Grêmio Catanduvense. [14] He moved to Guaratinguetá until December in mid-2012.[ citation needed] After scoring regularly he moved to neighbouring Ponte Preta. [15]
After only appearing sparingly in 2013 Série A, Alemão was loaned to fellow league team Vitória. He subsequently was loaned to Chapecoense [16] and Portuguesa [17] in the following year, he scored 8 goals in total in Serie league and State league.
On 12 December 2014 Alemão signed for Liga MX side Cruz Azul. [18] He got 3 goals and 4 assists during 14 games but Figueirense wants him to play in the club as loan.[ citation needed]
In 2015, he returned to Brazil again for Figueirense. He then signed by ABC and Ribeirão Preto based Botafogo-SP.
In 2016, he moved to Europe again for Dutch club FC Eindhoven. [1]