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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 1996 Almada, Portugal | ||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||
| Position | Left back | ||||||||||||
| Current club | MT Melsungen | ||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | S.L. Benfica | ||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | S.L. Benfica B | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | S.L. Benfica | ||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | HBC Nantes | ||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | MT Melsungen | ||||||||||||
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| Updated on 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||
Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti (born 27 December 1996) is a Portuguese handballer for MT Melsungen and the Portuguese national team.
He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France. At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he was part of the Portugal team that got 5th place, their best ever finish at a European Championship.
