Alexandre Miguel Barros Soares

Alex Soares
Personal information
Full name	Alexandre Miguel Barros Soares
Date of birth	1 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
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Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Marítimo
Number	26
Youth career
2001–2007	Benfica
2007–2008	Odivelas
2008–2009	Oeiras
2009–2010	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Esperança Lagos
2011	Panserraikos
2012–2014	Marítimo B
2013–	Marítimo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2016

Alexandre 'Alex' Miguel Barros Soares (born 1 March 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for C.S. Marítimo as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Lisbon, Soares played youth football with four local clubs, including S.L. Benfica from ages 10–16. He made his senior debuts with Clube de Futebol Esperança de Lagos, in the fourth division.

In January 2012, after a brief unassuming spell in Greece with Panserraikos FC, Soares returned to his country, joining C.S. Marítimo and being assigned to the reserves in the third level. Two years later, manager Pedro Martins promoted him to the first team.^[1]

Soares made his Primeira Liga debut on 18 August 2013, starting and being booked in a 2–1 home win against former team Benfica.^[2]