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Carlos Alexandre Torres (born 22 August 1966), known as Alexandre Torres, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. His father is former footballer Carlos Alberto Torres.

Career

Club career

Torres played professionally in Brazil and Japan for Fluminense, Vasco da Gama and Nagoya Grampus Eight. At Nagoya Grampus he was signed by the manager Arsène Wenger, who seemed to recognise his agent's face from somewhere – bemused to find out it was his father and Brazil legend Carlos Alberto.^[1]

International career

Torres was called up to the Brazil national squad in 1992, making one international appearance.^[2]

References

^ "'Gabriel not first Brazil centre back'". www.Arsenal.com. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
^ Alexandre Torres at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Player profile at SambaFoot.com
Alexandre Torres at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[Gabriel_not_first_Brazil_centre_back-1] "'Gabriel not first Brazil centre back'". www.Arsenal.com. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-01-31.

[2] Alexandre Torres at National-Football-Teams.com

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