Huỳnh Kesley Alves
Personal information
Full name Huỳnh Kesley Alves
Date of birth (1981-12-23) 23 December 1981
Place of birth Palmeiras, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Định Hướng Phú Nhuận
Youth career
Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Portuguesa 18 (1)
2003 Vasco da Gama 20 (9)
2004 Desportiva 27 (5)
2005 Matsubara 10 (4)
2005 Becamex Bình Dương 32 (21)
2006 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 16 (6)
2007–2010 Becamex Bình Dương 17 (36)
2011–2012 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 24 (31)
2013–2014 Becamex Bình Dương 19 (10)
2015 Đồng Nai 10 (0)
2015 Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN 11 (2)
2016–2017 Kasetsart 28 (10)
2018 Krabi 13 (1)
2018–2019 Hồ Chí Minh City 24 (7)
2022 Becamex Bình Dương 5 (0)
2023– Định Hướng Phú Nhuận 1 (2)
International career
2009 Vietnam 1 (0)
Managerial career
2021– Becamex Bình Dương (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2022

Huỳnh Kesley Alves or Kesley Alves (born 23 December 1981) is a former professional footballer. Born in Brazil, he represented Vietnam at international level.

Playing career

In 2005, he came to Vietnam and signed for Becamex Bình Dương from Matsubara in 2005 and became one of the greatest foreigners in the V-League. He gained Vietnamese citizenship in 2009[1] and earned one cap with Vietnam national football team.

Alves announced his retirement in 2019. He became the assistant manager of Becamex Bình Dương in 2021, before he was registered in the club’s squad list for the second part of the season during the 2022 season, making his comeback from retirement.

Personal life

His wife is Vietnamese and he has a Vietnamese-born son named Kelvin Huynh Alves.

Honours

Club

Becamex Bình Dương
Sài Gòn Xuân Thành

Individual

  • Best foreign player of V-League 2005 [2]
  • Top goal-scorer of V-League 2005 [1]
  • Top goal-scorer of 2009 AFC Cup[3]
  • Golden Boot Award 2009 [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Huynh Kesley Alves and love for Vietnam". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12.
  2. "Ngoisao - Qua bong vang Tai Em, Kim Chi". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  3. "AFC Cup 2009 Honours List".
  4. "Kesley receives Golden Boot Award for 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06.


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