José Carlos Tofolo Júnior, commonly known as Alemão (born 2 March 1989), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a forward.
[2] He made his first team debut on 31 January 2008, starting in a 1–2 Campeonato Paulista loss against Grêmio Barueri,[3] due to Kléber Pereira's injury.
[5] In July 2008 he was signed by Serie A club Udinese on a reported free transfer,[6] with performance based fees.
[7] However, Alemão was not registered in Lega Calcio as the club did not have an extra non-EU signing quota (Udinese signed Ricardo Chará, Dušan Basta, Alexis Sánchez and Odion Ighalo that season but only the last 2 were officially registered in the League Office).
[9][10] Alemão made his debut abroad on 20 August 2010, replacing Alain Baclet in the 66th minute of a 0–2 Serie B loss against Atalanta.