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Alex Santana

Alex Santana

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Age31
CitizenshipBrazil Bulgaria
Height1.82 m
Footright
BornMay 13, 1995
at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 348 days · joined 2025-06-10
👕200+ Apps
Market value €1.20m
Rating · 22/23 5.8 Solid
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
20/21
debut season
0.14
goals / match
Club Athletico Paranaense
top club · 80 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#1477
goals rank
#1198
assists rank
44
season goals
10
season assists

Among 2,901 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€2.00m
peak value · 2021
€2.50m
top transfer fee · 22/23
10
best season · 2019
int'l / penalties
321Appearances
44Goals
10Assists
72Yellow cards
3Red cards
69Full matches (90′)
Full nameAlex Santana
Name in home countryAlex Paulo Menezes Santana
Date of birth1995-05-13 (31 yrs)
Place of birthAtibaia, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil Bulgaria
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height182.00 m
Current clubGrêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
On loan from ↩ Sport Club Corinthians Paulista parent contract: 2027-12-31
Joined2025-06-10
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentENGELMAN SPORTS LTD
OutfitterNike
Dec 2025
Transfer: Grêmio → Corinthians
25/26 · Return from loan
Jul 2025
2025 — Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
28 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jun 2025
Transfer: Corinthians → Grêmio
24/25 · Loan
Aug 2024
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Jul 2024
Transfer: Athletico-PR → Corinthians
24/25 · Transfer · €2.20m
Jul 2024
2024 — Club Athletico Paranaense, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
33 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2024
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2023
2023 — Club Athletico Paranaense
44 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Ludogorets → Athletico-PR
22/23 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2022
2022 — Club Athletico Paranaense
18 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Ludogorets Razgrad
7 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2022
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Dec 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2021
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Ludogorets Razgrad
36 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
Jun 2021
Injury: unknown
May 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2021
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2020
Transfer: Botafogo → Ludogorets
20/21 · Transfer · €800k
Jul 2020
20/21 — Ludogorets Razgrad
35 matches · 5 G · 5 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2020
2020 — Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
11 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
May 2020
Injury: unknown
29 games missed
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2019
2019 — Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
42 matches · 10 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2019
Transfer: Internacional → Botafogo
18/19 · Transfer
Dec 2018
Transfer: Paraná → Internacional
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
2018 — Paraná Clube
27 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: Internacional → Paraná
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
2017 — Paraná Clube, Sport Club Internacional
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2017
Transfer: Paraná → Internacional
17/18 · Return from loan
Jan 2017
Transfer: Internacional → Paraná
16/17 · Loan
Nov 2016
Transfer: Guarani → Internacional
16/17 · Return from loan
Jul 2016
2016 — Criciúma Esporte Clube, Guarani Futebol Clube (SP)
24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
May 2016
Transfer: Internacional → Guarani
15/16 · Loan
Apr 2016
Transfer: Criciúma EC → Internacional
15/16 · Return from loan
Jan 2016
Transfer: Internacional → Criciúma EC
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
2015 — Sport Club Internacional
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
2014 — Sport Club Internacional
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
2013 — Sport Club Internacional
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
May 2013
Transfer: Inter U20 → Internacional
12/13 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2113 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.29/90
66
Assists2 total · 0.29/90
76
G+A4 total · 0.57/90
72
Yellow cards1 total · 0.14/90
84
6,218 min
Minutes played by club
Ludogorets Razgrad 22.4%
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 3.9%
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 0.0%
Club Athletico Paranaense 34.3%
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 24.4%
Paraná Clube 7.8%
Sport Club Internacional 0.0%
Guarani Futebol Clube (SP) 7.2%
Criciúma Esporte Clube 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Ludogorets Razgrad 3 20/21 22/23 78 14 7 1,394
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 2 2024 2025 37 2 0 243
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 1 2025 2025 6 0 0 0
Club Athletico Paranaense 3 2022 2024 80 12 2 2,130
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 2 2019 2020 53 11 1 1,515
Paraná Clube 2 2017 2018 37 4 0 486
Sport Club Internacional 4 2013 2017 6 0 0 0
Guarani Futebol Clube (SP) 1 2016 2016 12 1 0 450
Criciúma Esporte Clube 1 2016 2016 12 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€500K6€1M8€1.5M11€2M20/21 — 5 goals (Ludogorets Razgrad)20/21 — 5 assists1020/212016 — 1 goals (Guarani Futebol Clube (SP))120162018 — 4 goals (Paraná Clube)420182019 — 10 goals (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas)2019 — 1 assists1120192020 — 1 goals (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas)120202022 — 3 goals (Club Athletico Paranaense)320222023 — 8 goals (Club Athletico Paranaense)2023 — 1 assists920232024 — 1 goals (Club Athletico Paranaense)2024 — 1 assists220242025 — 2 goals (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista)2202521/22 — 7 goals (Ludogorets Razgrad)721/2222/23 — 2 goals (Ludogorets Razgrad)22/23 — 2 assists422/2320/21 — €1.5M21/22 — €2M22/23 — €2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

20/21: 5520/212013: 0020132014: 0020142015: 0020152016: 1120162017: 0020172018: 4420182019: 101020192020: 1120202022: 3320222023: 8820232024: 1120242025: 22202521/22: 7721/2222/23: 2222/23

Assists by season

20/21: 5520/212013: 0020132014: 0020142015: 0020152016: 0020162017: 0020172018: 0020182019: 1120192020: 0020202022: 0020222023: 1120232024: 1120242025: 00202521/22: 0021/2222/23: 2222/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 Champions League Qu. Ludogorets Razgrad 4 1 0 1 0 360
22/23 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 3 1 2 0 0 269
21/22 Bulgarian Cup Ludogorets Razgrad 5 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Bulgarian Super Cup Ludogorets Razgrad 1 1 0 1 0 69
21/22 Champions League Qu. Ludogorets Razgrad 7 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 19 6 0 5 0 202
21/22 Efbet liga - Championship gr. Ludogorets Razgrad 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Europa League Ludogorets Razgrad 3 0 0 2 0 0
2025 Campeonato Paulista Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 13 2 0 5 0 243
2025 Copa do Brasil Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Copa Sudamericana Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Copa Sudamericana Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Libertadores Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 3 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Série A Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 5 0 0 3 0 0
2025 Série A Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 3 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Campeonato Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense 8 1 1 2 0 307
2024 Copa do Brasil Club Athletico Paranaense 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Copa do Brasil Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Copa Sudamericana Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Copa Sudamericana Club Athletico Paranaense 6 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Série A Sport Club Corinthians Paulista 12 0 0 2 0 0
2024 Série A Club Athletico Paranaense 4 0 0 2 0 0
2023 Campeonato Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense 15 1 1 2 0 580
2023 Copa do Brasil Club Athletico Paranaense 3 2 0 1 0 39
2023 Libertadores Club Athletico Paranaense 5 2 0 2 0 129
2023 Série A Club Athletico Paranaense 21 3 0 5 1 333
2022 Libertadores Club Athletico Paranaense 5 1 0 3 0 296
2022 Série A Club Athletico Paranaense 13 2 0 4 0 446
2020 Campeonato Carioca Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 3 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Carioca - Taça Rio Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 5 1 0 2 0 321
2020 Copa do Brasil Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 3 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Campeonato Carioca Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 5 0 0 1 0 0
2019 Carioca - Taça Rio Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 3 3 0 1 0 82
2019 Copa do Brasil Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 4 1 0 0 0 286
2019 Copa Sudamericana Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 6 1 0 1 0 489
2019 Série A Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 24 5 1 3 0 337
2018 Copa do Brasil Paraná Clube 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Série A Paraná Clube 27 4 0 7 0 486
2017 Copa do Brasil Paraná Clube 7 0 0 5 0 0
2017 Primeira Liga do Brasil Sport Club Internacional 1 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Primeira Liga do Brasil Paraná Clube 2 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Série B Sport Club Internacional 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Série B Paraná Clube 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Campeonato Catarinense Criciúma Esporte Clube 11 0 0 2 0 0
2016 Primeira Liga do Brasil Criciúma Esporte Clube 1 0 0 1 0 0
2016 Série C Guarani Futebol Clube (SP) 12 1 0 3 0 450
2015 Copa do Brasil Sport Club Internacional 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Série A Sport Club Internacional 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Campeonato Gaúcho Sport Club Internacional 3 0 0 1 0 0
2013 Série A Sport Club Internacional 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Bulgarian Cup Ludogorets Razgrad 3 0 0 0 1 0
20/21 Bulgarian Super Cup Ludogorets Razgrad 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Champions League Qu. Ludogorets Razgrad 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 20 4 3 4 0 365
20/21 Efbet liga - Championship gr. Ludogorets Razgrad 3 1 0 0 0 129
20/21 Europa League Ludogorets Razgrad 5 0 2 1 1 0
20/21 Europa League Qualifying Ludogorets Razgrad 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
12/13 2013-05-01 Inter U20 Internacional Transfer 0
15/16 2016-01-31 Internacional Criciúma EC Loan 0
15/16 2016-04-13 Criciúma EC Internacional Return from loan 0
15/16 2016-05-02 Internacional Guarani Loan 0
16/17 2016-11-30 Guarani Internacional Return from loan 100000
16/17 2017-01-01 Internacional Paraná Loan 100000
17/18 2017-06-30 Paraná Internacional Return from loan 100000
17/18 2018-01-01 Internacional Paraná Loan 100000
18/19 2018-12-31 Paraná Internacional Return from loan 100000
18/19 2019-01-01 Internacional Botafogo Transfer 100000
20/21 2020-07-17 Botafogo Ludogorets Transfer 750000 €800k
22/23 2022-07-29 Ludogorets Athletico-PR Transfer 2000000 €2.50m
24/25 2024-07-15 Athletico-PR Corinthians Transfer 2000000 €2.20m
24/25 2025-06-10 Corinthians Grêmio Loan 1200000
25/26 2025-12-31 Grêmio Corinthians Return from loan 1200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Muscle injury 2019-09-20 2019-10-24 35 8
18/19 minor knock 2019-12-07 2019-12-10 4 1
20/21 Knock 2020-05-19 2020-12-21 217 29
20/21 Knock 2020-11-27 2020-11-30 4 1
20/21 minor knock 2021-02-14 2021-02-21 8 2
20/21 Knock 2021-04-17 2021-04-19 3 1
20/21 minor knock 2021-05-25 2021-05-27 3 1
20/21 unknown injury 2021-06-06 2021-06-30 25 0
21/22 minor knock 2021-07-30 2021-08-01 3 1
21/22 Rest 2021-07-31 2021-07-31 1 1
21/22 unknown injury 2021-10-31 2021-12-10 41 9
21/22 minor knock 2021-12-11 2021-12-13 3 1
21/22 Muscle injury 2022-04-28 2022-05-24 27 4
23/24 Knee injury 2024-01-28 2024-03-09 42 8
24/25 Hamstring injury 2024-08-05 2024-10-19 76 17
Current€1.20m
Peak€2.00m
Low€100k
Δ since start+€1.10m
€100k€575k€1.05m€1.53m€2.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €950k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Pablo 2 0 0
Pedro Henrique 2 0 0
Hugo Moura 2 0 0
Igor Plastun 2 1 0
Vitor Bueno 2 0 0
Pieros Sotiriou 2 0 0
Gabriel 1 0 0
Jordan Ikoko 2 0 0
Khellven 2 0 0
Vitor Roque 2 4 0
Luiz Fernando 1 0 0
Roberto Fernández 1 0 0
Bento 2 0 0
Erick 2 0 0
Anton Nedyalkov 2 1 0
Kiril Despodov 2 3 0
Cicinho 2 1 0
Dominik Yankov 2 1 0
Bernard Tekpetey 2 0 0
Tomás Cuello 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
21/22 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 6 19
2019 Série A Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 5 24
20/21 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 4 20

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
20/21 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 3 20
22/23 efbet Liga Ludogorets Razgrad 2 3
20/21 Europa League Ludogorets Razgrad 2 5

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
25/26 2025-12-31 Grêmio Corinthians Return from loan €1.20m
24/25 2025-06-10 Corinthians Grêmio Loan €1.20m
18/19 2018-12-31 Paraná Internacional Return from loan €100k
17/18 2018-01-01 Internacional Paraná Loan €100k
17/18 2017-06-30 Paraná Internacional Return from loan €100k
16/17 2017-01-01 Internacional Paraná Loan €100k
16/17 2016-11-30 Guarani Internacional Return from loan €100k
15/16 2016-05-02 Internacional Guarani Loan
15/16 2016-04-13 Criciúma EC Internacional Return from loan
15/16 2016-01-31 Internacional Criciúma EC Loan

Teams faced most often by Alex Santana's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
CSA AL 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 50%
Guarani SP 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 50%
Vitória BA 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0%
Confiança SE 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0%
América MG 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0%
Brasil de Pelotas RS 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
Sampaio Corrêa MA 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
Botafogo SP 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
Cuiabá MT 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 0%
Chapecoense 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 0%
Oeste SP 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 50%
Juventude RS 2 1 0 1 3 6 -3 50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
20/21 Senior debut season
20/21 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 7 629 1 0 0 0.14
21/22 36 271 8 0 0 2.66
2025 28 243 8 0 0 2.96
2024 33 307 6 0 0 1.76
2023 44 1,081 10 0 1 0.92
2022 18 742 7 0 0 0.85
2020 11 321 2 0 0 0.56
2019 42 1,194 6 1 0 0.53
2018 27 486 7 0 0 1.3
2017 11 0 5 0 0 0
2016 24 450 6 0 0 1.2
2014 3 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 35 494 5 0 2 1.28

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Série A
111 apps
14 G
1 A
efbet Liga
42 apps
11 G
5 A
Carioca - Taça Rio
8 apps
4 G
0 A
Copa do Brasil
19 apps
3 G
0 A
Libertadores
13 apps
3 G
0 A
Campeonato Paranaense
23 apps
2 G
2 A
Campeonato Paulista
13 apps
2 G
0 A
Copa Sudamericana
17 apps
1 G
0 A
Champions League Qu.
13 apps
1 G
0 A
Efbet liga - Championship gr.
4 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Alex Santana

Who is Alex Santana?

Alex Santana is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense.

How old is Alex Santana?

Alex Santana is 31 years old. He was born on May 13, 1995 in Atibaia.

What position does Alex Santana play?

Alex Santana plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Alex Santana play for?

Alex Santana currently plays for Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense.

How many career goals has Alex Santana scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Alex Santana has scored 44 goals in 321 appearances.

What is Alex Santana's market value?

Alex Santana's most recent reported market value is €1.20m.