Bill
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Faria
Date of birth (1978-06-07) 7 June 1978
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Vila Nova
Ponte Preta-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ponte Preta-SP (–)
2000 El Paso Patriots 8 (–)
2001 Caxias (–)
2002 Guarany de Bagé (–)
2003–2004 Chapecoense ? (10)
2004–2005 15 de Novembro (–)
2005 Tubarão F.C.[1] ? (3)
2006 São José de Porto Alegre (–)
2006 Pelotas[2] (–)
2006 River (Ipauí) (–)
2006–2007 Novo Hamburgo (–)
2007 Bragantino (–)
2007 Bagé (–)
2007–2008 BSV Rehden (–)
2008 Oeste de Chapecó (–)
2009 Atlético de Ibirama[3] (–)
2009 Videira (–)
2010–2011 CENE
2011 Riopardense (–)
2011 Aimoré (–)
2012 Glória
2012 Cometa
International career
2003–2004 Togo 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2009

Alessandro Faria (born 7 June 1978), known as Bill, is a former footballer who played as a forward. Born and raised in Brazil, he has been naturalized by Togo and played for that national team.[4]

Career

He was signed by BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden in November 2007,[5] and returned to Brazil for Oeste de Chapecó in September 2008.[6]

International career

Bill made his Togo national team debut on June 8, 2003, in a 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying match against Cape Verde, in Lomé. That day Les Eperviers (the nickname of Togo national football team) won by 5-2 and he scored one of the Togolese goals.[7]
Bill also played for Togo against the Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko in a friendly match on 29 June 2003 in Stade de Kégué, Lomé.[8]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 2003 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Cape Verde 1 – 0 5 – 2 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying match
2 22 June 2003 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Kenya 1 – 0 2 – 0 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying match
3 22 June 2003 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Kenya 2 – 0 2 – 0 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying match

References

  1. "..:Portal do Tubarão Futebol Clube:.. - Fotos". Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  2. "Centroavante Bill é o novo reforço do Lobão". Esporte Clube Pelotas. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
  3. "Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger". Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  4. "Samba mix inspires Togo". BBC Sport. 23 June 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2003.
  5. CBF 2007 transfer list Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  6. CBF 2008 transfer list Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "International Matches 2003 - Africa". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. "Search results". google.com.
  • BillFIFA competition record (archived)
  • Bill at National-Football-Teams.com
  • "CBF" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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