Sandro Alex Lobo Silva is the full name of the famous Brazilian footballer. He has a rather interesting life and career. And about the most interesting facts concerning this flank defender, it is better to tell in more detail.
early years
Sandro Alex was born on January 26, in 1991, in a Brazilian municipality called Ananindeua. Like any other football player, he was fond of this sport from early childhood. His first club was Atletico Paranaense, whose pupil he is. And the professional career of the young “lateral” began in the same place, in 2005.
The young athlete possessed all the qualities necessary for a flank defender. He is strong, hardy, tall (178 cm) and a strong-knit footballer. So breakthroughs on the flank with subsequent canopies he always turned out perfectly.
No wonder the young man was noticed. For the “hurricanes” he played 17 matches, scoring one goal, and then was bought out by Santos. And there, Alex began the path to success.
Further career
The young defender after his transition played only one match in the League of Paulista. Santos took first place that season. So Sandro Alex also became the champion of the state of Sao Paulo. But soon, the young man stood at the "backbone" of the team. For the year spent in his new club, he played 52 matches and scored three goals. This is a very good result, as opposed to 17 meetings in 2 years at Atletico Paranaens.
Thanks to the excellent game of Alex, his new club received a ticket to the coveted Libertadores Cup in 2011 (which the “fish” then won). And then, not without Sandro's help, the club won the Paulista League for the second time in a row. Alex held his last meeting for Santos on July 3, 2011.
Performances in the national team and transfer to Porto
20 days after the last match for the "fish", it became known that Alex Sandro left the club. The footballer joined the Porto squad. His "dragons" bought back almost 10 million euros. The deal layout was quite interesting. The contract was concluded through the Uruguayan “Deportivo Maldonado”, which formally took possession of the rights to a defender after that.
And in 2011, the Brazilian began to play for his national team. Until that moment, he played in the squad until the age of 20, held 10 meetings, but then went to a new level. He even appeared on the field in the starting lineup - in a friendly match against the Egyptian team. And in the Olympic squad he played three matches.
The Brazilian spent four years at Porto, and during that time he played 83 matches, scoring even three goals. In one of the early interviews, the footballer said that he liked the European club - he was given enough playing time, and the coach showed confidence. Together with Porto, Alex twice won the Portuguese Championship and once the Super Bowl. Moreover, for him these were years of invaluable experience.
Relocation to Italy
In 2015, it became known - Alex Sandro transferred to Juventus, one of the best clubs in Europe. This was a real event. The football player himself said that his main quality is the desire to win and one hundred percent return in order to achieve the goal. And so, he achieved it - he was invited to Juventus, which he had long dreamed of. Sandro said that it was in this club that he would like to develop not only as a football player, but also as a person. The defender admitted - the philosophy and style of Juventus were always close to him. And the game of Del Pierrot and Trezego inspired victory.
By the way, Alex chose Sandro number 12 because the Hulk, with whom they were close friends, wore a T-shirt with this number when he was still playing for Porto.
So far, the Brazilian has 22 matches played for Juventus, and two goals scored. Along with the “old lord,” he has already become the Champion of Italy and the owner of the Cup (in the 2015/16 season), but one can be sure that this is far from his last achievements.