Alemão (footballer, born 1989)

Alemão

Personal information
Full name	José Carlos Tofolo Júnior
Date of birth	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Valinhos, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Monte Azul (head coach)
Youth career
2003–2008	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Santos	4	(1)
2009–2010	Udinese	0	(0)
2010–2012	Vicenza	21	(2)
2011	→ Varese (loan)	6	(1)
2012	→ Grêmio Catanduvense (loan)	12	(2)
2012	→ Guaratinguetá (loan)	25	(14)
2013–2014	Ponte Preta	37	(9)
2013	→ Vitória (loan)	9	(1)
2014	→ Chapecoense (loan)	4	(1)
2014	→ Portuguesa (loan)	8	(1)
2015–2016	Cruz Azul	14	(3)
2015–2016	→ Figueirense (loan)	4	(0)
2016	ABC	4	(1)
2016	Botafogo-SP	15	(7)
2016–2017	FC Eindhoven	21	(5)
2017–2019	Paraná	27	(7)
2018	→ Busan IPark (loan)	8	(2)
2018	→ CSA (loan)	12	(0)
2019	→ Ituano (loan)	4	(0)
2020	Guarani	13	(0)
2021	America-RJ	6	(1)
2021	Jaraguá	5	(0)
2021–2023	Maringá	38	(8)
2021	→ Goianésia (loan)	4	(0)
2022	→ Confiança (loan)	0	(0)
Total		301	(66)
Managerial career
2024–	Monte Azul
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Carlos Tofolo Júnior, commonly known as Alemão (born 2 March 1989), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Monte Azul.

Alemão also holds Italian nationality.[1]

Club career

Early career

Alemão started his career at Santos, and signed a professional contract with club in 2005.[2] He made his first team debut on 31 January 2008, starting in a 1–2 Campeonato Paulista loss against Grêmio Barueri,[3] due to Kléber Pereira's injury.[4] Alemão scored his first goal for Peixe four days later, in a 1–1 draw against Paulista.[5]

Udinese/Varese and loans

In July 2008 he was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a reported free transfer,[6] with performance based fees.[7] However, Alemão was not registered in Lega Calcio as the club did not have an extra non-EU signing quota (Udinese signed Ricardo Chará, Dušan Basta, Alexis Sánchez and Odion Ighalo that season but only the last 2 were officially registered in the League Office). Santos also submitted a new contract to Brazilian Football Confederation BID-E system to document a new contract which last until 2011 on 28 July. Alemão was only officially signed for Udinese in June 2009, and never appeared for Santos neither in 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A nor 2009 Campeonato Paulista, due to a dispute with the club's board.

With Udinese, Alemão played for its Primavera under-20 team as an overage player.[8] In July 2010 he was sold to Serie B club Vicenza in co-ownership deal, for €400,000.[9][10] Alemão made his debut abroad on 20 August 2010, replacing Alain Baclet in the 66th minute of a 0–2 Serie B loss against Atalanta.[11]

On 31 January 2011, he was swapped with Marco Cellini of Varese.[12][13] In June 2011 Udinese gave up the remain 50% registration rights for free.

Back to Brazil

In January 2012 Alemão returned to Brazil, signing a temporary deal with Grêmio Catanduvense.[14] He moved to Guaratinguetá until December in mid-2012.^[citation needed] After scoring regularly he moved to neighbouring Ponte Preta.[15]

After only appearing sparingly in 2013 Série A, Alemão was loaned to fellow league team Vitória. He subsequently was loaned to Chapecoense[16] and Portuguesa[17] in the following year, he scored 8 goals in total in Serie league and State league.

Cruz Azul

On 12 December 2014 Alemão signed for Liga MX side Cruz Azul.[18] He got 3 goals and 4 assists during 14 games but Figueirense wants him to play in the club as loan.^[citation needed]

Second Return to Brazil

In 2015, he returned to Brazil again for Figueirense. He then signed by ABC and Ribeirão Preto based Botafogo-SP.

FC Eindhoven

In 2016, he moved to Europe again for Dutch club FC Eindhoven.[1]

Honours

ABC

• Campeonato Potiguar: 2016

Monte Azul

• Copa Paulista: 2024

References

1. "José Carlos Tofolo Júnior (Alemão)" (in Dutch). FC Eindhoven. 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
2. "BID ACUMULATIVO SÉRIE A /2005". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
3. "Match Report: Santos 1–2 Grêmio Barueri". Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) (in Portuguese). 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
4. "Santos FC enfrenta Barueri nesta quinta-feira (31)". Santos FC (in Portuguese). 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
5. "Match Report: Paulista 1–1 Santos". FPF (in Portuguese). 3 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
6. "Alemão troca a Vila pelo futebol italiano" [Alemão changes Vila for Italian football]. GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). 26 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
7. "Udinese: Alemão, il nuovo Kakà è in arrivo" [Udinese: Alemão, the new Kaká arrives]. Calcio Blog (in Italian). 30 June 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
8. "Udinese Reserves qualify for the round of eight". Udinese Calcio. udinese.it. 2 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
9. Vicenza Calcio Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian), CCIAA
10. "Alemao in biancorosso. Di Cesare al Torino" [Alemão is biancorosso. Di Cesare to Torino]. Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
11. "Atalanta-Vicenza 2–0". Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.^[permanent dead link‍]
12. "Arrivano Cellini, Morosini e Frattali. Tutte le operazioni" [Arrives Cellini, Morosini and Frattali. All transfers]. Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
13. "Chiuso il mercato: ecco le operazioni ufficiali" [Transfer market: all the official transfers]. AS Varese 1910 (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
14. "Alemao in prestito al Gremio Catanduvense" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
15. "Atacante Alemão está liberado para vestir a camisa alvinegra neste sábado" (in Portuguese). Associação Atlética Ponte Preta. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
16. "Empréstimos de Alemão e Rafael Ratão são oficializados" (in Portuguese). Associação Atlética Ponte Preta. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
17. "Alemão é emprestado para a Portuguesa" (in Portuguese). Associação Atlética Ponte Preta. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
18. "Alemão, ex-Santos e Ponte Preta, fecha com Cruz Azul do México" [Alemão, former Santos and Ponte Preta player, signs with Mexican Cruz Azul] (in Portuguese). Terra. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

External links

• Football.it Profile (in Italian)
• Alemão at Soccerway