Adriano Leonardo Alves is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian footballer who is currently a Free Agent

Free agent

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. Having played 8 Seasons in the Iran's Premier Football League

Iran's Premier Football League

The Iran Pro League , is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system.The league system resembles the system being used in England currently...

, He is the very first Brazilian to play in the Iranian Football

Football in Iran

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.

Club career

Alves started his career at Brazil

Brazil

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ian side Central Sport Club

Central Sport Club

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 where he managed local success in the Campeonato Pernambucano

Campeonato Pernambucano

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, he attracted interest from Azadegan League clubs who seek players from Brazil

Brazil

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 who are cheap relative to Europe

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an players and skillful, Shahab Zanjan a newly formed club at the time signed Alves on November 21, 2002. Alves scored 2 goals in his debut for the club, and was soon spotted by IPL

Iran's Premier Football League

The Iran Pro League , is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system.The league system resembles the system being used in England currently...

 side Esteghlal Ahvaz whom he played for, for four years. In 2006, he was transferred to the newly promoted Iranian Premier League

Iran's Premier Football League

The Iran Pro League , is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system.The league system resembles the system being used in England currently...

 side Mes Kerman F.C. in which he has played a crucial role in the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup season. He was transferred to Saipa for 2007-08 season and later signed with Pegah in the summer 2008 transfer window. In the beginning of 2008-09

Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09

The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Persepolis are the defending champions.-Teams:...

 season Pegah was sold to Damash Iranian

Damash Iranian F.C.

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 and named Damash Gilan

Damash Gilan F.C.

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. Despite having a good season in Damash by scoring 12 goals, damash releagted to Azadegan League and Alvez joined to Malavan in summer 2009.

Club career statistics

• Last Update: 30 August 2010

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|2002-03||rowspan="4"|Esteghlal Ahvaz||rowspan="9"|Persian Gulf Cup||10||2||||||-||-||||
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|2003-04||24||8||||||-||-||||
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|2004-05||19||2||||||-||-||||
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|2005-06||23||6||||||-||-||||
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|2006-07||Mes||28||6||2||2||-||-||30||8
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|2007-08||Saipa||25||5||1||0||3||0||29||5
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|2008-09

Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09

The following is the standings of the Persian Gulf Cup's 2008/09 football season. This season will be the 8th season since the establishment of the Iran Pro League . Persepolis are the defending champions.-Teams:...

||Damash||26||12||0||0||-||-||26||12
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|2009-10||rowspan="2"|Malavan||29||6||1||0||-||-||30||6
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|2010-11||1||0||0||0||-||-||1||0
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185||47||||||3||0||||
|185||47||||||3||0||||

• Assist Goals

  Season	Team	Assists
  05–06	Esteghlal Ahvaz	2
  06–07	Mes	5
  07–08	Saipa	2
  08–09	Damash Damash Gilan F.C. Sports Club Damash Gilan is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Gilan. They compete in the Iran Pro League. Damash Football Club is owend by mineral water company Damash Iranian....	5
  09–10 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup The 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup began on August 8, 2009 and ended on May 19, 2010. This was the ninth Iran Pro League season since its establishment...	Malavan	1
  10–11 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup The 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup was the tenth season of the Iran Pro League and the fifth under the name Persian Gulf Cup. It began on 26 July 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011. Sepahan, the defending champion, repeated their title in this season...	Malavan	0