Gabriel Alves
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Alcides Alves
Date of birth (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham Legion
Number 16
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Marshall Thundering Herd 52 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Birmingham Legion 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023

Gabriel Alcides Alves (born 10 February 2000) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for Birmingham Legion in the USL Championship.[1][2]

College career

Born in São Paulo, Brazil,[1] Alves moved to the United States and played college soccer for Marshall University from 2020 until 2022.[1][2] He made a total of 52 appearances and scored two goals over three seasons for the Thundering Herd,[1][3] being a part of the team that won both the 2020 Conference USA Regular Season[1][4] and the 2020 NCAA College Cup,[1][5][6] with the latter trophy being Marshall's first-ever men's soccer national title, as well as Conference USA's first-ever national championship in any team sport.[5][6] In the same year, he was named to the Conference USA's All-Conference Freshman Team.[1][7]

Having captained the Herd throughout the 2022 season, the team's first campaign in the Sun Belt Conference, Alves was invited to the 2023 MLS Showcase.[1]

Club career

Birmingham Legion

On 26 January 2023, Alves signed his first professional contract with Birmingham Legion in the USL Championship.[1][8]

On 11 March, he made his professional debut, being subbed on for Diba Nwegbo in the 77th minute of the Legion's season opener against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[9] He then scored his first professional goal on 25 March, giving the club a 1–0 league win over Hartford Athletic.[10]

Honours

Marshall Thundering Herd

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Legion FC adds versatile defender Gabriel Alves". USL Championship. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. 1 2 Turrentine, Caleb (2023-03-08). "'I want a trophy': Crowded attack, defensive depth raising expectations for Legion in 2023". WBMA-LD. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Gabriel Alves - Men's Soccer". Marshall University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  4. 1 2 "MSOC: Marshall Wins 2020 C-USA Title". Conference USA. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  5. 1 2 3 "National Champions! Marshall Beats Indiana 1–0 In OT For College Cup Title" (Press release). Conference USA. May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Unseeded Marshall tops IU for first soccer title". ESPN.com. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  7. 1 2 "MSOC: 2020 All-Conference Awards Announced". Conference USA. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  8. ↑ "Legion FC Signs Defender/Midfielder Gabriel Alves". Birmingham Legion FC. 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Birmingham Legion vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds - 12 March 2023 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  10. ↑ Turrentine, Caleb (2023-03-25). "Alves goal, Spangenberg saves help Legion grab three points on the road". WBMA-LD. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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