When first-team opportunities proved few, Alves moved to fellow top-flight club S.C. Beira-Mar in January 2002, where he was irregularly used.

Paços de Ferreira, experiencing his most steady career period: in the 2006–07 campaign, as they achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup, he played 28 matches and added two goals, all in a 2–1 home win over C.D.

[2] In a 20 September UEFA Cup match against FC Red Bull Salzburg, he scored his first goal for the side in a 3–0 home win (3–1 on aggregate).

On 5 July 2010, Alves joined FC Steaua București on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.

He had paternal Brazilian ancestry, his father Washington Geraldo Dias Alves having played ten years of his career in Portugal – mainly with Varzim – where his children were born.