Alessandro Soares (born 5 February 1973) is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is known in Greece by the nickname "Giannis" which given to him by his then coach in Kalamata, Jacek Gmoch. He himself was so "tied" to this nickname that he baptized his little son who was born in Greece with the name "Giannis".
Soares started his professional career in Montes Claros. In 1997, the contacts and connections of the then major shareholder of Kalamata, Stavros Papadopoulos, with the Brazilian market of football players, and suggested hid transfer to Greece. After a tryout by the then coach of the Messinians, Babis Tennes, he signed for the club playing with the team for four seasons.
In 2001 he was signed by OFI, where he played until 2004. In the summer of 2004, he caught the interest of Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. Eventually, the coach of the "greens", Zdeněk Ščasný suggested the acquisition of another striker, thus on 23 July 2004 he was signed by AEK, initially with a season-long loan and then by a permanent transfer.[1] On his first season with the yellow-blacks he emerged as the club's top scorer, while playing 7 matches in the UEFA Cup scoring once against Gorica on 30 September 2004. [2] He repeatedly tried to obtain Greek citizenship but three times he fell victim to the change in legislation and the increase of the years of residence required for its granting.[3]
alessandro, soares, born, february, 1973, former, brazilian, professional, footballer, played, forward, known, greece, nickname, giannis, which, given, then, coach, kalamata, jacek, gmoch, himself, tied, this, nickname, that, baptized, little, born, greece, wi. Alessandro Soares born 5 February 1973 is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward He is known in Greece by the nickname Giannis which given to him by his then coach in Kalamata Jacek Gmoch He himself was so tied to this nickname that he baptized his little son who was born in Greece with the name Giannis Alessandro SoaresPersonal informationDate of birth 1973 02 05 5 February 1973 age 51 Place of birthRio de Janeiro BrazilHeight1 74 m 5 ft 9 in Position s ForwardSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1996 1997Montes Claros1997 2001Kalamata98 26 2001 2004OFI84 20 2004 2005 AEK Athens loan 25 11 2005 2006AEK Athens28 2 2006 2007Anorthosis Famagusta23 3 2007 2008Alki Larnaca23 5 2008 2009Ermis Aradippou 7 2009 2010Chalkanoras Idaliou 18 2011 2013Funorte2013 2014Montes Claros Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External linksClub career editSoares started his professional career in Montes Claros In 1997 the contacts and connections of the then major shareholder of Kalamata Stavros Papadopoulos with the Brazilian market of football players and suggested hid transfer to Greece After a tryout by the then coach of the Messinians Babis Tennes he signed for the club playing with the team for four seasons In 2001 he was signed by OFI where he played until 2004 In the summer of 2004 he caught the interest of Panathinaikos and AEK Athens Eventually the coach of the greens Zdenek Scasny suggested the acquisition of another striker thus on 23 July 2004 he was signed by AEK initially with a season long loan and then by a permanent transfer 1 On his first season with the yellow blacks he emerged as the club s top scorer while playing 7 matches in the UEFA Cup scoring once against Gorica on 30 September 2004 2 He repeatedly tried to obtain Greek citizenship but three times he fell victim to the change in legislation and the increase of the years of residence required for its granting 3 In the summer of he moved to Cyprus and Anorthosis Famagusta 4 On 12 May 2007 he won Cypriot Cup scoring in the 3 2 final against Omonia 5 In the summer of 2007 he signed for Alki Larnaca where he played for a season In 2008 he also played for Cypriot Second Division side Ermis Aradippou helping them win promotion to the Cypriot First Division in 2009 6 Afterwards he moved to Chalkanoras Idaliou where he helped them win the Cypriot Third Division in 2010 by finishing as first scorer of the league with 17 goals 7 Honours editAnorthosis Famagusta Cypriot First Division 2006 07 Cypriot Cup 2006 07 Alki Larnaca Cypriot Second Division 2008 09 Chalkanoras Idaliou Cypriot Third Division 2009 10 Individual Cypriot Third Division top scorer 2009 10References edit Kreta verkauft Soares an AEK UEFA com in German 23 July 2004 Retrieved 25 August 2020 AEK Gorica UEFA Europa League 2004 05 UEFA com Alesantre Giannhs Soares aekpedia com Sthn Anor8wsh o Soares sport fm gr Cyprus 2006 07 RSSSF Cyprus 2008 09 RSSSF Cyprus 2009 10 RSSSF External links editAlessandro Soares at WorldFootball net CBF in Portuguese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alessandro Soares amp oldid 1224936299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
