Will Alves

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Will Alves
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Alves [1]
Date of birth (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19) [2]
Place of birth Leicester, England
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 37
Youth career
–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Leicester City 1 (0)
International career‡
2022 England U17 4 (0)
2022– England U18 3 (0)
2024 England U20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:31, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

William Thomas Alves (born 4 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City.

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Club career

Alves joined Leicester City at under-9s level and progressed through the Academy before making his senior debut at age 16. [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 called the challenge "one of the worst I have seen". [6] [7]

Alves returned from injury in the EFL Trophy match at Fleetwood Town in November 2023. [3]

In August 2024, Alves signed a new four-year contract for the club. [8]

Alves made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on 29 December 2024. [9]

International career

Born in England, Alves is of Portuguese descent. [10] In February 2022 he represented the England under-17 team against Scotland. [11]

On 21 September 2022, Alves made his England U18 debut as a substitute during a 1–0 win over Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena. [12]

On 7 June 2024, Alves made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 2-1 win over Sweden at Stadion ŠRC Sesvete. [13]

Personal life

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. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City U21 2021–22 [15] ————3 [a] 030
2022–23 [16] ————3 [a] 131
2023–24 [17] ————1 [a] 010
Total————7171
Leicester City 2021–22 [15] Premier League 001000000010
2022–23 [16] Premier League000010——10
2023–24 [17] Championship 000000——00
2024–25 [18] Premier League100020——30
Total101030000050
Career total1010300071121
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy

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References

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  2. ↑ "Will Alves". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 LCFC. "Will Alves Signs Long-Term Leicester City Contract". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Blackwell, Jordan (9 January 2022). "'Or you're coming off!' – Brendan Rodgers' warning to Will Alves as big future predicted". Leicester Mercury . Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Leicester City confirm Will Alves injury". Leicester Mercury. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Ridley, Nathan (24 December 2022). "Brendan Rodgers slams horror tackle on Will Alves - "One of the worst I've seen"". The Mirror. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Reis, Bruna (24 December 2022). "Maddison slams Wolves horror tackle as Leicester City hit with huge injury blow". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Leicester news: Will Alves signs new four-year contract". BBC Sport. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Boyle, Callum (29 December 2024). "Leicester City stars react as young star Will Alves makes Premier League debut". Leicester City News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Will Alves :: William Thomas Alves :: Leicester City". playmakerstats.com.
  11. ↑ "Scotland U17 0–3 England U17". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Late winner seals victory for MU18s over Netherlands". England Football. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Report: Sweden 1-2 England Elite League Squad". www.englandfootball.com. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "WILL ALVES WAS CROWNED THE UK'S BEST YOUNG TECHNICAL FREESTYLE FOOTBALLER!". Brookvale Groby Learning Campus. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Will Alves in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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