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Will Alves
Will Alves in 2025.
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Alves[1]
Date of birth (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 21)[2]
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 37
Youth career
2014–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Leicester City 5 (1)
2025 → Cardiff City (loan) 14 (1)
2025–2026 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 12 (1)
International career‡
2022 England U17 6 (0)
2022 England U18 3 (0)
2024 England U20 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:07, 2 September 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:31, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

William Thomas Alves (born 4 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Leicester City.

Club career

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Alves joined Leicester City at under-9s level and progressed through the Academy before making his senior debut at age 16.[3] On 8 January 2022, Alves made his professional club debut for Leicester as an 86th minute substitute for Ademola Lookman during a 4–1 win against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.[4]

On 21 December 2022, Alves suffered a torn ACL in the second half of extra time in a 3–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Youth Cup.[5] The injury was caused by a foul from Caden Voice and caused a public outcry. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers called the challenge "one of the worst I have seen".[6][7]

Alves returned to the U21 team on 3 November 2023, scoring in a 2–2 draw against Newcastle that was later abandoned.[8] He followed this by playing the first half in a EFL Trophy match against Fleetwood Town that finished in a 4–0 defeat on 7 November.[9]

In August 2024, Alves signed a new four-year contract for the club.[10] Alves made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 2–0 defeat to Manchester City on 29 December 2024.[11]

On 3 February 2025, Alves moved to Championship side Cardiff City on loan for the rest of the season.[12] He made his club debut for Cardiff on 8 February in a FA Cup match against Stoke City. The match was 3–3 before going to penalties, which Cardiff won 4–2.[13] He made his league debut on 11 February in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.[14] He scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with Preston North End on 8 April.[15]

On September 1, 2025, Alves moved to EFL League One side Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season.[16]

International career

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In February 2022 Alves represented the England under-17 team against Scotland.[17]

On 21 September 2022, he made his England U18 debut as a substitute during a 1–0 win over Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena.[18]

On 7 June 2024, Alves made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 2-1 win over Sweden at Stadion ŠRC Sesvete.[19]

Personal life

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Born in England, Alves is of Portuguese descent.[20] In 2018, while he was a Year 9 pupil at Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, Alves won the MOTD "Can You Kick It" competition to find the UK's best young technical freestyle footballer.[21]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 September 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City U21 2021–22[22] ————3[a]030
2022–23[23] ————3[a]131
2023–24[24] ————1[a]010
Total ————7171
Leicester City 2021–22[22] Premier League 001000000010
2022–23[23] Premier League 000010——10
2023–24[24] Championship 000000——00
2024–25[25] Premier League 100020——30
2025–26[26] Championship 000010——10
2026–27[27] League One 410020—0061
Total 5110600000121
Cardiff City (loan) 2024–25[25] Championship 1411000——151
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2025–26[26] League One 1210000—3[a]1152
Career total 303206000102485
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

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  1. ↑ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Will Alves". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. ↑ LCFC. "Will Alves Signs Long-Term Leicester City Contract". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Blackwell, Jordan (9 January 2022). "'Or you're coming off!' – Brendan Rodgers' warning to Will Alves as big future predicted". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Leicester City confirm Will Alves injury". Leicester Mercury. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Ridley, Nathan (24 December 2022). "Brendan Rodgers slams horror tackle on Will Alves - "One of the worst I've seen"". The Mirror. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Reis, Bruna (24 December 2022). "Maddison slams Wolves horror tackle as Leicester City hit with huge injury blow". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Bruna Reis (3 November 2023). "Leicester City U21 clash with Newcastle abandoned as statement issued". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Bruna Reis (7 November 2023). "Will Alves boost as Leicester City U21s beaten in EFL Trophy". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Leicester news: Will Alves signs new four-year contract". BBC Sport. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Boyle, Callum (29 December 2024). "Leicester City stars react as young star Will Alves makes Premier League debut". Leicester City News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Cardiff City Loan For Will Alves". Leicester City. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Tom Griffin (8 February 2025). "Cardiff City fans all in agreement about Leicester loanee Will Alves after debut, 'falling in love' claim made". Leicester City News. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Match Report | Portsmouth 2-1 Cardiff City". Cardiff City. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Preston North End 2-2 Cardiff City: Meite's last-gasp goal earns dramatic draw". BBC Sport. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Huddersfield sign Leicester winger Alves on loan". BBC. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Scotland U17 0–3 England U17". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Late winner seals victory for MU18s over Netherlands". England Football. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Report: Sweden 1-2 England Elite League Squad". www.englandfootball.com. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  20. ↑ "Will Alves - Huddersfield Town FC". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "WILL ALVES WAS CROWNED THE UK'S BEST YOUNG TECHNICAL FREESTYLE FOOTBALLER!". Brookvale Groby Learning Campus. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  24. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Will Alves in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Will Alves in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
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