Alanzinho

Alanzinho
	With Trabzonspor in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Alan Carlos Gomes da Costa
Date of birth	22 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Flamengo
2004	America-RJ
2005	Paranoá
2005–2009	Stabæk
2009–2014	Trabzonspor
2014	Balıkesirspor
2015	Gaziantep BB
2016	Stabæk
2017–2018	Sinopspor
2018	Portuguesa-RJ
2018–2019	Barra da Tijuca
2019	Madureira
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Carlos Gomes da Costa (born 22 February 1983), commonly known as Alanzinho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.^[2]

His former clubs include Flamengo (2002–2003), America-RJ (2004), Paranoá (2005) and Stabæk (2005–2009).^[3]

Career

Stabæk

Alanzinho played an important part during Stabæk's title winning season in 2008, winning both NISO's player of the year award – an award where every league player cast a vote – and the Kniksen midfield of the year award.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 May 2008, Alanzinho penned a three-year deal with Stabæk.^{[citation needed]}

Trabzonspor

On 27 January 2009, Stabæk officially confirmed that they had agreed with Trabzonspor and that Alanzinho was free to go to Turkey to undergo a medical and agree on personal terms.^[4] He signed an official contract for Trabzonspor on 28 January 2009, his contract lasts for 3+1⁄2 years until the summer of 2012.

He scored his first goal against Galatasaray.

Balıkesirspor

In July 2014, Alanzinho signed a contract with newly promoted team Balıkesirspor. The contract was for two years.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 30 November 2016

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	2003	Série A	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
America (RJ)	2004	Série C			1	0	—
Paranoá	2005	Série C	0	0	—		—		0	0
Stabæk	2005	Adeccoligaen	11	3	1	0	—		12	3
	2006	Tippeligaen	21	2	3	1	—		24	3
	2007		26	5	6	4	—		32	9
	2008		25	9	7	3	2	0	34	12
	Total		83	19	17	8	2	0	102	27
Trabzonspor	2008–09	Süper Lig	17	4	0	0	—		17	4
	2009–10		29	1	9	2	2	0	40	3
	2010–11		29	3	3	1	2	0	34	4
	2011–12		37	2	2	1	11	0	50	3
	2012–13		27	1	6	1	2	0	35	2
	2013–14		1	0	0	0	8	0	9	0
	Total		140	11	20	4	25	0	185	15
Balıkesirspor	2014–15	Süper Lig	14	1	0	0	—		14	1
Gaziantep BB	2014–15	TFF First League	18	5	0	0	—		18	5
	2015–16	TFF First League	21	1	0	0	—		21	1
	Total		39	6	0	0	0	0	39	6
Stabæk	2016	Tippeligaen	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
Career total			290	38	38	12	27	0	355	50