Biografía

15 de diciembre de 1992 · Caxias do Sul, Brasil

Alex Nicolao Telles

1.81 m

Telles is highly rated in Brazil and was rewarded with a place in the 2013 Brasileirão Team of the Year.

On 12 July 2016, Portuguese side FC Porto announced the signing of Alex Telles for a EUR6.5 million fee.

On 22 January 2014, after long negotiations, Telles completed a move to Turkish club Galatasaray for EUR6 million, signing a contract that will keep him with the club until 2018.

Telles was born in Caxias do Sul, a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. At the age of eight, he began playing football with the neighbouring kids and was later enrolled to a youth academy of Esporte Clube Juventude.