Huỳnh Kesley Alves or Kesley Alves (born 23 December 1981) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in Brazil, he represented Vietnam at international level.
Playing career In 2005, he came to Vietnam and signed for Becamex Bình Dương from Matsubara in 2005 and became one of the greatest foreigners in the V-League. He gained Vietnamese citizenship in 2009 and earned one cap with Vietnam national football team.
Alves announced his retirement in 2019. He became the assistant manager of Becamex Bình Dương in 2021, before he was registered in the club’s squad list for the second part of the season during the 2022 season, making his comeback from retirement.
In 2024, he joined LPBank Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnamese Second Division.
International career In 2009, Kesley became a Vietnamese citizen. In the same year, Kesley was called up for the Vietnam national football team by coach Henrique Calisto. He made his debut in a friendly match against Kuwait on May 31, 2009.
Personal life His wife is Huynh Thi Le Loc, a Vietnamese. He has two Vietnamese-born son. One of his son, Huynh Kelvin Alves (born in 2009) has participated in The Voice Kids of Vietnam season 8.
Honours Club Becamex Bình Dương V.League 1 (3): 2007, 2008, 2014 Vietnamese Super Cup (2): 2007, 2008 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành V.League 2 (1): 2011 Vietnamese National Cup (1): 2012
Individual Best foreign player of V-League 2005 Top goal-scorer of V-League 2005 Top goal-scorer of 2009 AFC Cup Vietnamese Golden Boot Award 2009
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