Júlio Alves

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Place in overall rating 10309 of 12842

Place in club Rio Ave 8 of 18

Place in country Portugal 187 of 307

Place in category midfielder 3695 of 4636

Place among midfielders in club Rio Ave 3 of 7

Place among midfielders in country Portugal 50 of 120

Personal info

Name: Júlio Alves

Age: 32 years (27 June 1991)

Stature: 178 cm

Weight: 70 kg

Nationality:

Portugal

Status

Role: midfielder / edit.

Club: Rio Ave / edit.

Júlio Alves. Biography

Alves was born in Portugal in Póvoa de Varzim. He started playing football in an early age, taking part in numerous competitions between local and regional teams. He started his youth career in 2001.

In 2010 the player moved to professional level. His first professional club was Rio Ave FC (season 2010/2011). Altogether he featured in 9 games, including high-profile fixture against FC Porto, but failed to find the net in any of them. In 2010 he also spent some time on loan at G.D. Ribeirão, playing in 12 matches. Later the player moved to Atlético Madrid on 26 July 2011, but didn’t play even a minute for his new club. On 2 September 2011 Júlio signed a contract with Beşiktaş, choosing number 24 jersey. The transfer cost his new team about 3,100,000 Euro.

In 2012 Júlio was loaned to Sporting Lisbon B. Upon his return from the spell Alves moved to a Portuguese outfit Rio Ave.