Luís Manuel Rodrigues Alves (born September 28, 1971), best known as Luís Alves, is a retired Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 football forward.

Career

Luís Alves spent the majority of his career playing for Portuguese third level

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 clubs.

He first came to prominence in the 1999–2000 season, scoring 9 goals for Second Division B South

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

's Câmara de Lobos and earning a contract with Nacional of Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

. In the 2001–2002 season he moved to Camacha

A.D. Camacha

Associação Desportiva da Camacha known as A.D.Camacha is a Portuguese football club from Madeira and founded in 1978. They currently play in the Portuguese Second Division Zona Norte and last season which was 2007/08 they finished 9th place in the division. They currently play their home games in...

 and netted 16 times for them, becoming fourth best goalscorer of Second Division B South

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 behind Marcão, Tequilha and Sandro.

After signing for another Second Division B South team Pontassolense

A.D. Pontassolense

Associação Desportiva Pontassolense is a Portuguese football club based in Ponta do Sol, Madeira. Founded in 1979, it currently plays in the Portuguese Second Division, holding home matches at Campo Municipal Ponta do Sol, with a 3,000-seat capacity....

, Luís Alves kept his impressive form, repeating his 16 goals tally and once again occupying fourth place in the top goalscorers' ranking, with Marcão, Gabriel and Marco Paulo

Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes

Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes , known as Marco Paulo, is a retired Portuguese-Angolan footballer who played as a forward.-Club career:...

 above him. The next season for Pontassolense saw him founding the net on 15 occasions and thus becoming Second Division B South topscorer runner-up behind Edinho

Edon Amaral Neto

Edon Amaral Neto, usually known as Edinho is a former Brazilian football striker.-Career:After playing for several Brazilian teams he moved to Europe and played for Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães before moving to English side Bradford City on February 6, 1997...

.

He scored five times in his last season with Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

-based club.

External links

• Profile at zerozero.pt
• http://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=197109280001