Will Alves

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Will Alves
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Will Alves in 2025.
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Alves[1]
Date of birth (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 21)[2]
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
(on loan from Leicester City)
Number 27
Youth career
2014–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Leicester City 1 (0)
2025 → Cardiff City (loan) 14 (1)
2025– → Huddersfield Town (loan) 3 (1)
International career‡
2022 England U17 6 (0)
2022 England U18 3 (0)
2024 England U20 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:31, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

William Thomas Alves (born 4 May 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Huddersfield Town, on loan from EFL Championship club Leicester City.

Club career

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Alves joined Leicester City at under-9s level and progressed through the Academy before making his senior debut at age 16.[3] On 8 January 2022, Alves made his professional club debut for Leicester as an 86th minute substitute for Ademola Lookman during a 4–1 win against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup.[4]

On 21 December 2022, Alves suffered a torn ACL in the second half of extra time in a 3–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Youth Cup.[5] The injury was caused by a foul from Caden Voice and caused a public outcry. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers called the challenge "one of the worst I have seen".[6][7]

Alves returned to the U21 team on 3 November 2023, scoring in a 2–2 draw against Newcastle that was later abandoned.[8] He followed this by playing the first half in a EFL Trophy match against Fleetwood Town that finished in a 4–0 defeat on 7 November.[9]

In August 2024, Alves signed a new four-year contract for the club.[10] Alves made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 2–0 defeat to Manchester City on 29 December 2024.[11]

On 3 February 2025, Alves moved to Championship side Cardiff City on loan for the rest of the season.[12] He made his club debut for Cardiff on 8 February in a FA Cup match against Stoke City. The match was 3–3 before going to penalties, which Cardiff won 4–2.[13] He made his league debut on 11 February in a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth.[14] He scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with Preston North End on 8 April.[15]

On September 1, 2025, Alves moved to EFL League One side Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season.[16]

International career

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Born in England, Alves is of Portuguese descent.[citation needed] In February 2022 he represented the England under-17 team against Scotland.[17]

On 21 September 2022, Alves made his England U18 debut as a substitute during a 1–0 win over Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena.[18]

On 7 June 2024, Alves made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 2-1 win over Sweden at Stadion ŠRC Sesvete.[19]

Personal life

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In 2018, while he was a Year 9 pupil at Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, Alves won the MOTD "Can You Kick It" competition to find the UK's best young technical freestyle footballer.[20]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 13 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City U21 2021–22[21] — — — — 3[a] 0 3 0
2022–23[22] — — — — 3[a] 1 3 1
2023–24[23] — — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
Total — — — — 7 1 7 1
Leicester City 2021–22[21] Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022–23[22] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2023–24[23] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2024–25[24] Premier League 1 0 0 0 2 0 — — 3 0
2025–26[25] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Cardiff City (loan) 2024–25[24] Championship 14 1 1 0 0 0 — — 15 1
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2025–26[25] League One 2 1 0 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 3 1
Career total 17 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 8 1 31 3
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

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