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William Thomas Alves (born 4 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Thomas Alves[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 May 2005||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
Number | 37 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2022 | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
2022– | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
2024 | England U20 | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:53, 8 January 2022 (UTC) |
In 2018, while he was a Year 9 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.[3] 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.[4] On 21 December 2022, Alves suffered a torn ACL in the second half of extra time in a 3–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Youth Cup.[5] The injury was caused by a foul from Caden Voice and caused a public outcry. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers stated that the challenge was "one of the worst I have seen".[6][7] Other team members, such as James Maddison, also publicly commented in support of Alves, describing the tackle as "unacceptable".[8]
Born in England, Alves is of Portuguese descent.[9] In February 2022 he represented the England under-17 team against Scotland.[10]
On 21 September 2022, Alves made his England U18 debut as a substitute during a 1–0 win over Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena.[11]
On 7 June 2024, Alves made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 2-1 win over Sweden at Stadion ŠRC Sesvete.[12]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City U21 | 2021–22[13] | — | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
2022–23[14] | — | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
2023–24[15] | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Leicester City | 2021–22[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23[14] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2023–24[15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2024–25[16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
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