 After a quick stint with Santos FC in his country, he returned the following season to Europe and signed with S.L.Benfica in Portugal, playing seven times as Benfica won the league after an 11-year wait; at this time he was already owned by Chelsea, which he never represented.In January 2007 Alcides moved to PSV Eindhoven, going on to work with former Benfica boss Ronald Koeman, who said of him