Alex Felipe

Alex Aparecido Felipe dos Santos (23 April 1993 – 6 January 2026), commonly known as Alex, was a Brazilian futsal player who played for Norilsk Nickel and the Brazilian national futsal team as a winger.

Biography

Since U-15 category, Alex had been a part of Corinthians futsal club, winning all of junior titles for the team. His first adult title came on his first year at the principal team when Corinthians won against AABB. With each team winning a match in the final, Alex scored at the additional time which proved to be a "golden goal" for Corinthians.

Death Alex Felipe died in Ukhta, Russia on 6 January 2026, at the age of 32. He had suddenly lost consciousness in the local airport while checking-in for a flight to Moscow two hours after the first game of the 2025–2026 Russian Futsal Cup semifinal against MFK Ukhta, the local ambulance crew was not able to resuscitate him. He was married to Danielle and had two children.

Honours UEFA Futsal Champions League: 2018–19 Copa América de Futsal: 2017 Champion of Spain: 2014-15 Portuguese Futsal Cup (2): 2018-19, 2019-20 Portuguese Futsal Supercup: 2018 Russian Futsal Cup: 2023–24 Copa del Rey de Futsal: 2014-15 Liga Paulista (2): 2013, 2018