*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2022
Huỳnh Kesley Alves or Kesley Alves (born 23 December 1981) is a professional footballer who plays for LPBank HCMC in Vietnamese Football League Second Division. 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[1] 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.
Personal life
His wife is Vietnamese and he has a Vietnamese-born son named Kelvin Huynh Alves.