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Alessandro dos Santos, (Japanese: 三都主アレサンドロ, ''Santosu Aresandoro''), born July 20 , 1977 in Maringá Paraná , Brazil ) usually known as '''Alex''', is a Brazilian-born Football player who acquired Japanese citizenship in November 2001 and played a prominent role in the Japanese National Team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup . He moved to Japan in his teenage years, playing for his high school team before first playing for the J-League team Shimizu S-Pulse in 1997 . In 1999 he was named J-League Player of the Year, and his citizenship application was approved in a very rapid eight months in 2001. Alex became the second foreign-born person to play for Japan in the World Cup finals after Wagner Lopes , also born in Brazil, who was an important player in Japan's 1998 World Cup squad. Previously, another Brazilian-born Japanese citizen, Ruy Ramos played in Japan's unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 1994 Finals {Link without Title} . HONORS
With the Shimizu S-Pulse:
With the Urawa Red Diamonds:
Personal honors:
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