PSV (loan) Alex (footballer, born 1982)

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alex phillip cocu (behind) @ psv.


alex signed english premier league club chelsea in 2004 on recommendation of famed psv , chelsea scout piet de visser, because of potential problems in attaining work permit, loaned out dutch eredivisie club psv.


the joint contract of chelsea , psv loaned alex latter, chelsea having €1 million buy-out clause. alex played 3 years @ psv, donning number 4 jersey eindhoven club. while playing psv, earned himself nickname tank due cannonball-like free kicks , strong physical stature.


he formally joined psv in 2004–05 season, helping club win domestic double of both eredivisie championship , dutch cup year. in champions league, alex played key role in psv team eliminated in semi-finals against milan on away goals (psv won home game 3–1 had lost 0–2 @ san siro). team eliminated monaco , olympique lyonnais on way semi-finals.


alex won second straight dutch league championship in 2005–06 season psv. chelsea did not recall alex, though piet de visser , chelsea head of scouting frank arnesen recommended alex brought on solve club s defensive problems. instead, chelsea manager josé mourinho insisted on signing of khalid boulahrouz in place of alex. therefore, alex stayed third season @ psv on loan in 2006–07. won third straight eredivisie title psv, after dramatic final-day finish season in psv sensationally trumped both afc ajax , az. alex scored in uefa champions league first knockout round against arsenal both teams in second half, turning in own goal past own goalkeeper heurelho gomes, compensating storming headed goal 8 minutes left play redeem himself , in process ensure psv place in quarter-finals. later injured, however, , played no part in psv s uefa champions league quarter-final against liverpool, psv lost 4–0 on aggregate.








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