sentences:  In 2008 due to a serious injury on his left knee he was not able to play the entire season while he was at Goiás, and in February 2009, Alex managed to secure a deal with Portuguesa, but he did not pass the medical tests and did not sign with them.In March, he signed a one-year deal with Bahia, where he did not live up to the club's expectations of him, and was released by the club in June.Alex signed a short-term deal with Rio Branco in February 2010, in order to play the remainder of the Campeonato Paulista season.