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He was supposed to be the next Ronaldinho but now injuries made his career fade

Football is so unpredictable that it is hard to tell where a youngster will reach in his career, such is the case of Alexandre Pato who faded due to injuries.  

By Elijah Odetokun

Football is so unpredictable that it is hard to tell where a youngster will reach in his career, such is the case of Alexandre Pato who faded due to injuries.
 
Football is so unpredictable that it is hard to tell where a youngster will reach in his career, such is the case of Alexandre Pato who faded due to injuries.  
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Brazilian footballer Alexandre Pato broke into the football scene with Internacional in 2006 with his amazing talent and skills. He was compared to Brazilian legends Ronaldinho and Ronaldo. He moved to AC Milan and had some good time at the club before injuries began to deal with him and made his career fade away.

 

How many clubs has Pato played for?

The skillful Brazilian, Alexandre Pato due to his injuries has had a difficult time in his career and struggled for consistency and fitness. He currently plays for Orlando City FC in the MLS and has also played for Internacional, Sao Paulo and Corinthians in his native Brazil. He played for AC Milan, Chelsea and Villarreal in Europe. He also played two seasons with Tianjin Tianhai in China.

 

How many days and matches has he missed due to injury?

Pato has been so unlucky with injuries and has had 21 injuries, many of which were serious and kept him out of action for a very long time. In the space of five years at AC Milan he missed a total of 69 games and 349 days due to injury, such was how unfortunate his injury situations were. In 13years he has missed a total of 111 games and 591 days due to different injuries and multiple surgeries.

 

What was Alexandre Pato's worst injury?

Alexandre Pato despite his multiple injuries and surgeries in the past is currently going through the most difficult injury of his career at Orlando City, he had a knee injury which required surgery and has been out of action and undergoing rehabilitation for 144 days now and has missed 23 games in the MLS season. His other bad injury came at Chelsea when he missed 43days and 11 games as well as AC Milan when he missed 56days and 10 games.

 

How many trophies has Pato won in his career?

Alexandre Pato regardless of his injury troubles has won a few trophies at clubs he has played for. He won the FIFA Club World Cup with Internacional in 2006 and the Recopa Sudamericana in 2007. He won the Serie A title with AC Milan in 2011 and the Supercopa Italia same year. He won the Recopa Sudamericana with Corinthians again in 2013 and also the Campeonato Paulista in 2013. He won Serie A young Player of the year and the European Golden Boy award in 2009.

 


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