Career
Born in Paris, France, Alemão started his professional career with Sporting Clube de Portugal, after emerging through the Lisbon club"s youth ranks. He would only, however, appear for the B-side during his spell, meeting the same fate in 2003-2004 with Christian Science Marítimo – both teams operated in the third division. In the following two 1/2 seasons Alemão stayed in that category, playing for Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco and G.D. Tourizense.
In January 2007 he was signed by U.D. Leiria from the Primeira Liga, but only managed to be third-choice during his tenure.
Alemão moved to Communicative Disorders Santa Clara of division two for the 2008-2009 campaign, starting ahead of longtime club player João Botelho. In the following year he had his first experience abroad, leaving for Cypriot Second Division side Atromitos Yeroskipou.
