Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Costa.

Alex

Personal information
Full name	Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa
Date of birth	(1979-09-06) 6 September 1979
Place of birth	Guimarães, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Wingback
Youth career
1990–1994	Vitória Guimarães
1994–1995	Ribeira Pena
1995–1998	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	Fafe	76	(16)
2001–2003	Moreirense	57	(8)
2003–2005	Benfica	14	(0)
2004–2005	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)	31	(4)
2005–2009	Wolfsburg	21	(0)
2009–2013	Vitória Guimarães	95	(0)
Total		295	(28)
International career
2005	Portugal	3	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Felgueiras
2014	Académico Viseu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa (born 6 September 1979), commonly known as Alex, is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played mainly as a right back, and a current manager.

Over the course of seven seasons (15 years in total as a professional) he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 170 games and seven goals, mainly at the service of Vitória de Guimarães. He also spent four years in Germany with Wolfsburg.

Football career

Alex was born in Guimarães. After five seasons spent at both A.D. Fafe and Moreirense FC he made his first division debuts with S.L. Benfica, mainly deputising for established Miguel. In 2004–05, he served a season-long loan spell at Vitória de Guimarães.

After good performances at Vitória which earned him a national team call-up (three matches, including two in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers), Benfica sold Alex to VfL Wolfsburg on the very last days of the summer transfer window. He had a relatively successful debut campaign, but only appeared four times in the Bundesliga in the next three combined (none in the last two).

In late May 2009 Alex signed for former side Vitória de Guimarães, on a free transfer. During that first season he operated mostly as a right back, going on to be fully reconverted to the position in the following years and being an automatic first-choice.

On 3 July 2013, Alex announced his retirement from professional football at the age of nearly 34, immediately starting his managing career with FC Felgueiras in the regional championships.

Honours

Moreirense

• Segunda Liga: 2001–02

Benfica

• Taça de Portugal: 2003–04
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005

Vitória Guimarães

• Taça de Portugal: 2012–13

External links

• Alex at footballzz.co.uk
• Alex profile at ForaDeJogo
• Alex profile at Fussballdaten
• Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa at National-Football-Teams.com