Alair Cruz Vicente (born 19 April 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who works as a player-coach for German club Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II. He plays as a left-back.
 Cruz Vicente for AZ in 2001 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alair Cruz Vicente | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Aracruz, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Riachuelo | |||
| Desportiva Ferroviária | |||
| 1998–2001 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | AZ | 8 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Volendam | 68 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Veendam | 162 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | AGOVV | 17 | (1) |
| 2013 | Sparta | 13 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Den Bosch | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Telstar | 19 | (1) |
| 2018 | Aracruz | ||
| 2018 | Pau Brasil | ||
| 2018–2019 | VV Nieuweschans | ||
| 2019–2020 | VfL Germania Leer | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020– | Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Born in Aracruz, Cruz Vicente started playing for Riachuelo before being noticed by Corinthians at a youth cup tournament in São Paulo as part of Desportiva Ferroviária.[1] He eventually moved to the Netherlands, signing a youth contract with AZ on 13 April 1998 after the club had brokered a deal through agent Apollonius Konijnenburg.[1]
Cruz Vicente would, besides AZ, play in the Netherlands for FC Volendam, SC Veendam and SC Telstar.[2][3]
He left Telstar in January 2015,[4] and returned to Brazil in order to work in his parents' coffee plantation.[1] Cruz Vicente also began playing football again after a few years, signing with hometown club EC Aracruz in January 2018, who were competing in the Campeonato Capixaba Série B.[5] After a conflict with management,[1] he moved to Pau Brasil, a club playing in a local competition in an Indian reservation.[6]
In August 2018, Cruz Vicente returned to the Netherlands to play for VV Nieuweschans in the Vijfde Klasse, the tenth and lowest tier of Dutch football, after having initially chosen to play for WVV Winschoten.[7][1] In July 2019, he moved to German club VfL Germania Leer competing in the Landesliga Weser-Ems.[8] After one season, where he made one official appearance, he moved to the Kickers Leer/Germania Leer II team where he took on a role as player-manager for the Kreisliga team.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Slagter, Merijn. "Voormalig Corinthians-target strijkt neer bij WVV: 'Hier is wél waardering'". overdebal.nl. Over De Bal. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
- ^ Alair Cruz Vicente at Soccerway
- ^ "Telstar laat Cruz Vicente terugkeren naar Brazilië". www.fcupdate.nl. FC Update. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Aracruz fecha elenco para a Série B do Capixabão 2018". www.folhalitoral.com.br. Folha do Litoral. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Lana, Renato (18 September 2017). "Festa na aldeia de Pau Brasil: Equipes categoria "Aspirante" e "Titular" classificam-se para as finais". www.aracruz.es.gov.br. Aracruz. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Buurke, Karel-Jan (22 August 2018). "Cruz Vicente op eerste training Nieuweschans: 'Ik wil WVV bedanken voor alles'". rtvnoord.nl. RTV Noord. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Lilienthal, Georg; Homes, Nicklas (5 July 2019). "Brasilianer trickste im Germania-Trikot". oz-online.de. Ostfriezen-Zeitung. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Voormalig speler SC Veendam wordt trainer in Leer". Noord360 (in Dutch). 22 June 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.