Will Alves
William Thomas Alves (born 4 February 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Thomas Alves[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Leicester | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Leicester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2022 | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:33, 1 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
In 2018, while he was a Year nine pupil at Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, Alves won the MOTD 'Can You Kick It' competition to find the UK's best young technical freestyle footballer.[2] On 8 January 2022, Alves made his professional club debut for Leicester as an 86th minute substitute for Ademola Lookman during a 4–1 win against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.[3]
International career
In February 2022 Alves represented the England under-17 team against Scotland.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 January 2022
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leicester City U21 | 2021–22[5] | — | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Leicester City | 2021–22[5] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in the EFL Trophy
References
- "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- "WILL ALVES WAS CROWNED THE UK'S BEST YOUNG TECHNICAL FREESTYLE FOOTBALLER!". Brookvale Groby Learning Campus. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- Blackwell, Jordan (9 January 2022). "'Or you're coming off!' – Brendan Rodgers' warning to Will Alves as big future predicted". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- "Scotland U17 0-3 England U17". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- "Games played by Will Alves in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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