Career
He is the former coach of Azerbaijan national futsal team and Araz Naxçivan. His playing career began in his native Brazil with Voltorantin Pernambuco, winning two state championships before a 1993 transfer to Football Club Barcelona Futsal. Alesio was appointed player-coach at MFK Spartak Moskva and although he then went home to rejoin Ulbra, he was soon back in Russia in another player-coach role with TTG-Java Yugorsk.
In 2007, Alesio was appointed coach of Kairat Almaty, leading them to the Kazakhstan title and the Union of European Football Associations Futsal Cup finals before moving on to lead Azerbaijan, and securing their first qualification for a major tournament.
He also coaches the nation"s leading club, Araz Naxçivan, who beat Kairat 4-3 in November to reach the 2009-2010 Union of European Football Associations Futsal Cup, to be held in April.
