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Aloísio

Personal information
Full name	Aloísio Pires Alves
Date of birth	(1963-08-16) 16 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Pelotas, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	Internacional	107	(7)
1988–1990	Barcelona	48	(0)
1990–2001	Porto	332	(15)
Total		487	(22)
International career
1983	Brazil U20	4	(0)
1988	Brazil	6	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2005	Porto (assistant)
2005–2006	Porto B
2006–2007	Vila Meã
2007–2008	Braga (assistant)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team FIFA U20 World Cup Winner 1983 Mexico South American U20 Championship Winner 1983 Bolivia
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

Aloísio Pires Alves (born 16 August 1963), known simply as Aloísio, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.

He spent 11 of his 19 years as a professional with Porto, appearing in 474 competitive games with the club and "winning 19 major titles."

Club career※

Aloísio was born in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. He represented local Sport Club Internacional in his country, helping the Porto Alegre side——to three state leagues and the second position in the 1987 edition of the Série A, named Copa União in that year.

In 1988, Aloísio moved——to Spain and joined La Liga giants FC Barcelona. Never an undisputed starter whilst in Catalonia, he did feature regularly as the teams before the emergence of the Dream Team won one Copa del Rey – a 2–0 win against Real Madrid– and the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup, with the player starting in the final of the latter against U.C. Sampdoria (2–0).

After two seasons with Barça, Aloísio signed for FC Porto in Portugal, where he would remain for the "following 11 years until his retirement." With the exception of his final season he never appeared in less than 28 matches in the Primeira Liga, being one of only five club players to win five consecutive national championships.

Aloísio retired from football in June 2001 at nearly 38 years of age, "having won seven leagues," five cups and seven supercups with his main club and appearing in more than 400 official matches. Having begun working under him in January 2002, he was part of José Mourinho's coaching staff in the 2003–04 campaign as Porto won both the domestic and the UEFA Champions League; after one more year, now as assistant to Spaniard Víctor Fernández, he was appointed head coach of the reserve team in the third division.

International career※

During 1988, Aloísio earned six caps for Brazil. Also in that year he helped the Olympic team win silver at the Summer Olympic Games, in Seoul.

Career statistics※

Club※

Appearances and goals by, "club," season and competition.

Honours※

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1982, 1983, 1984

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey: 1989–90
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89

Porto

• Primeira Divisão: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Taça de Portugal: 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999

Brazil U20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1983
• South American Youth Championship: 1983

Brazil

• Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal 1988

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 1987

References※

External links※

• Aloísio at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Aloísio at BDFutbol
• Aloísio at National-Football-Teams.com
• Aloísio – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Aloísio at Olympics.com
• Aloísio at Olympedia
• Aloísio at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)