The pictures above show Alessandro during the match against Australia
at the 2006 World Cup.
JAPAN 1:3 AUSTRALIA (1:0) Nakamura (26). (12.06.06, Kaiserslautern - 46,000)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Yuichi Komano, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c), Alessandro Santos,
Keisuke Tsuboi (Teruyuki Moniwa 56, Oguro 91), Yuji Nakazawa, Takashi Fukunishi,
Hidetoshi Nakata, Shunzuke Nakamura, Naohiro Takahara,
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Shinji Ono 79)
JAPAN 0:0 CROATIA (18.06.06, Nuremburg - 41,000)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Akira Kaji, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c), Alessandro Santos,
Mitsuo Ogasawara, Yuji Nakazawa, Takashi Fukunishi (Junichi Inamoto 45), Hidetoshi Nakata,
Shunzuke Nakamura, Naohiro Takahara (Masashi Oguro 85),
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Keiji Tamada 61)
JAPAN 1:4 BRAZIL (1:0) Tamada (33). (22.06.06, Dortmund - 65,000)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Keisuke Tsuboi, Akira Kaji, Alessandro Santos,
Mitsuo Ogasawara (Koji Nakata 56), Yuji Nakazawa (c), Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata,
Seiichiro Maki (Naohiro Takahara 60, Masashi Oguro 66), Shunzuke Nakamura, Keiji Tamada.
CLUB CAREER:
1997–2003 Shimizu S-Pulse 198 (56)
2004–2009 Urawa Reds 100 (11)
2007 Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 20 (1)
2009–2012 Nagoya Grampus 55 (0)
2013 Tochigi SC 25 (2)
2014 FC Gifu 18 (2)
2015 Maringá
2015 Grêmio Maringá
2016 PSTC
Total 416 games (72 goals)