Dudu Cearense

Alexandro Silva de Sousa (born 15 April 1983), known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

He is known for his passing, aerial ability and tackling. He was a central midfielder who usually played either in a holding midfield role or as a box-to-box midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position, he was mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Brazil national team.

Career Dudu was born in Fortaleza, Ceará.

In February 2005, after spending half a season playing for Rennes in France, Dudu transferred to CSKA Moscow, where he joined and played with fellow Brazilians Daniel Carvalho, Vágner Love, and later Jô.

In 2007, Dudu expressed his wish to leave CSKA Moscow. Olympiacos tried to sign him, but failed. In 2008, Olympiacos offered the Russian club €6 million. The offer was accepted and the player signed a three-year contract on 6 August 2008. In May 2009, he signed a new contract with the Greek club which would last until June 2013 with a buyout clause of €8.5 million.

On 7 April 2011, Olympiacos agreed to sell Dudu Cearense to Atlético Mineiro for a fee of €1.1 million. Dudu signed a three-year contract with the Brazilian team. In 2012 he moved to Goiás until the end of his contract in January 2014. Goiás wanted to extend with the player but he wanted to return to Europe. On 27 January 2014, he agreed a 1.5-year contract with Greek Club OFI.

On 5 June 2014, he agreed for a one-year contract worth $245,000 with Maccabi Netanya of the Israel Premier League (biggest contract in the history of the club). Three weeks later, it was reported Dudu was injured and in poor shape. He was released on 22 September. He never played for Netanya in the league and only made two appearances in the Toto Cup. He is considered the biggest flop in the club's history, mainly for the fact he never even played once in the league and the club had to pay $50,000 compensation after his release.

On 10 January 2015, he returned to Brazil and agreed to a contract with Fortaleza.

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Honours

Club Vitória Supercampeonato Baiano: 2002 Campeonato Baiano: 2002, 2003 Copa do Nordeste: 2003

CSKA Moscow Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006 Russian Super Cup: 2006, 2007 Russian Cup: 2005/2006, 2008

Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2009, 2011 Greek Cup: 2009

Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro: 2012

Goiás Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2012 Goiás State League: 2013

Fortaleza Campeonato Cearense: 2016

Botafogo Campeonato Carioca: 2018

International Brazil Copa América Winner: 2004

Brazil U-20 FIFA World Youth Championship Winner: 2003

Individual FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Shoe: 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Ball: 2003