Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, better known as Alex, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for A.C. Milan and the Brazil national football team as a central defender. He is known for his physical strength and the power of his shot, which has gained him the nickname of "The Tank". Having been bought by the Premier League club Chelsea in 2004, he was loaned to Dutch team PSV and he won 3 Eredivisie titles with them. Alex finally joined the Chelsea squad in the summer of 2007 after three years in the Netherlands. In his time at Chelsea, he won the 2009 FA Cup and a league and FA Cup "double" in 2010, as well as reaching the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final. He joined Paris Saint-Germain for �4.2 million in January 2012 and won Ligue 1 twice with the club, moving to Milan on the expiration of his contract in 2014. Alex earned 17 caps for Brazil between 2003 and 2008, winning the 2007 Copa Am�rica and finishing as runner-up at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. 

June 17th, 1982 in Niterói (Age 42)