1. Alex Teixeira spent seven years at the club, scoring 89 goals in 222 appearances, while winning the Ukrainian Premier League five times.
23 Facts About Alex Teixeira
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Internationally, Alex Teixeira has been capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil.
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Alex Teixeira began his career at Vasco da Gama, playing for the youth team from 1999 to 2007.
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Alex Teixeira was promoted to the senior team for the 2008 season.
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Alex Teixeira was promoted to the senior squad for the tour of Dubai in January 2008.
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On 8 February 2009, Alex Teixeira was sent off in a Campeonato Carioca match against Fluminense.
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Alex Teixeira made his debut for the club on 20 March 2010.
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Alex Teixeira started a Ukrainian Premier League match against Zorya Luhansk before being taken off for compatriot Ilsinho after 55 minutes.
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Alex Teixeira ended the season with three appearances for the club, all of which came in the league.
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Alex Teixeira made 39 appearances for the club, 26 of which came in the league, and scored six goals, with five in the league, as Shakhtar secured the treble.
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Alex Teixeira finished the season as Shakhtar's top scorer in the Ukrainian Cup, two goals behind the overall top goalscorer Maicon of Volyn Lutsk, who scored five.
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Alex Teixeira started the match but was replaced after 77 minutes for the newly signed Marko Devic.
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In July 2013, Alex Teixeira signed a five-year contract extension with Shakhtar.
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On 4 June 2015, Alex Teixeira played in a Ukrainian Cup final defeat to Dynamo Kyiv for the second consecutive year.
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On 12 November 2020, Alex Teixeira set up his side's first goal converted by Eder and scored the winning goal in the second-leg of the Chinese Super League finals against Guangzhou Evergrande.
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On 5 August 2021, Alex Teixeira announced that he would join Super Lig club Besiktas.
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On 13 July 2022, Alex Teixeira returned to Vasco da Gama after twelve years.
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On 12 January 2023, Alex Teixeira signed a contract extension with Vasco da Gama until December 2023.
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On 21 December 2023, Vasco da Gama announced that Alex Teixeira would leave the club at the expiration of his contract.
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Alex Teixeira is capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil.
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Alex Teixeira played for Brazil at the 2007 Under-17 World Cup and the 2009 Under-20 World Cup.
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Alex Teixeira was voted the second best player in the tournament, behind Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah.
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Alex Teixeira was named in the Brazil senior team's provisional squad for Copa America Centenario, but was cut from the final squad.