Boro Mania

Alves today told Boro fan’s that his six goals last season and free kick against Stoke is just the beginning, and that the floodgates are about to open.

Since his move to Europe and pretty much his whole career infact , Alves has been in astonishing goalscoring form.

He began his European career at Malmo FF, a Swedish team, where he only played for a year before he was noticed by Heerenveen, scoring 29 goals in 55 games.

He spent one and a half seasons at Heerenveen, where he scored over a goal a game, becoming the highest scoring player in Europe for the 2006/2007 season. His most impressive game for Heerenveen saw him score 7 goals in one game alone, before he moved to the Boro. He scored 45 goals in 39 appearances!

The Premiership is naturally a more difficult league, so its unlikely he’s going to be able to score at that rate, but even for us, he’s managed a goal every two games. At the writing of this article hes made 14 league appearances and scored 7 goals.

“The goal I scored against Stoke City on Saturday was my first in this season, that’s just the start. I’m setting my targets high,” he told his official website.

“I will be fighting to win the Golden Shoe this season. I almost won it when I played in Holland.

“The only reason I missed out was that Uefa doesn’t rank goals scored in the Dutch Eredivisie as highly as those scored in some other European leagues.

“My goals are worth more here in England, and I feel I can snatch the prize this season.

“The fact is that in the 2006/07 season, I scored 34 goals in 31 matches for SC Heerenveen.

“That was even better than Ronaldo and Romario managed when they played in Holland. And nobody else in Europe scored more than that.”

Personally, i think the fact that Alves is aiming high is a good thing. He obviously wants to succeed in the Boro shirt, and i hope he does so. It’s nice to know he’s comitted and enjoys playing for us.

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