Alexandre Torres

Carlos Alexandre Torres (born 22 August 1966), known as Alexandre Torres, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. His father is former footballer Carlos Alberto Torres.

Alexandre Torres

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alexandre Torres
Date of birth	(1966-08-22) 22 August 1966 (age 56)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1980–1985	Fluminense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1990	Fluminense	75	(3)
1991–1994	Vasco da Gama	42	(3)
1995–1999	Nagoya Grampus Eight	142	(11)
2000–2001	Vasco da Gama	10	(0)
Total		269	(17)
International career
1992	Brazil	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club career

Torres played professionally in Brazil and Japan for Fluminense, Vasco da Gama and Nagoya Grampus Eight. At Nagoya Grampus he was signed by then manager Arsène Wenger, who seemed to recognise his agent's face from somewhere – bemused to find out it was his father and Brazil legend Carlos Alberto.^[1]

International career

Torres was called up to the Brazil national squad in 1992, making one international appearance.^[2]

References

1. "'Gabriel not first Brazil centre back'". www.Arsenal.com. 30 January 2015. from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
2. Alexandre Torres at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Player profile at SambaFoot.com
• Alexandre Torres at J.League () (in Japanese)