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Huỳnh Kesley Alves
Vietnamese footballer (born 1981)
Huỳnh Kesley Alves or Kesley Alves (born 23 December 1981) is a professional footballer who plays for LPBank Ho Chi Minh City Football Club in Vietnamese Football League Second Division. Born in Brazil, he represented Vietnam at international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Huỳnh Kesley Alves | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-12-23) 23 December 1981 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Palmeiras, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Định Hướng Phú Nhuận | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portuguesa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Portuguesa | 18 | (1) |
| 2003 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | (9) |
| 2004 | Desportiva | 27 | (5) |
| 2005 | Matsubara | 10 | (4) |
| 2005 | Becamex Bình Dương | 32 | (21) |
| 2006 | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 16 | (6) |
| 2007–2010 | Becamex Bình Dương | 17 | (36) |
| 2011–2012 | Sài Gòn Xuân Thành | 24 | (31) |
| 2013–2014 | Becamex Bình Dương | 19 | (10) |
| 2015 | Đồng Nai | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN | 11 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Kasetsart | 28 | (10) |
| 2018 | Krabi | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Hồ Chí Minh City | 24 | (7) |
| 2022 | Becamex Bình Dương | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Định Hướng Phú Nhuận | 5 | (3) |
| 2024– | LPBank Ho Chi Minh City | 1 | |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Vietnam | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | Becamex Bình Dương (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2022 | |||
In 2005, he came to Vietnam and signed for Becamex Bình Dương from Matsubara in 2005 and became one of the greatest foreigners in the V-League. He gained Vietnamese citizenship in 2009[1] and earned one cap with Vietnam national football team.
Alves announced his retirement in 2019. He became the assistant manager of Becamex Bình Dương in 2021, before he was registered in the club’s squad list for the second part of the season during the 2022 season, making his comeback from retirement.
His wife is Vietnamese and he has a Vietnamese-born son named Kelvin Huynh Alves.
Club
- Becamex Bình Dương
- V.League 1 (3): 2007, 2008, 2014
- Vietnamese Super Cup (2): 2007, 2008
- Sài Gòn Xuân Thành
- V.League 2 (1): 2011
- Vietnamese National Cup (1): 2012
Individual
- Best foreign player of V-League 2005 [2]
- Top goal-scorer of V-League 2005 [1]
- Top goal-scorer of 2009 AFC Cup[3]
- Golden Boot Award 2009 [4]
- "Huynh Kesley Alves and love for Vietnam". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12.
- "Ngoisao - Qua bong vang Tai Em, Kim Chi". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- "Kesley receives Golden Boot Award for 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06.
- Huỳnh Kesley Alves at National-Football-Teams.com
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