Alexandre Pato

He broke the record of Pelé, who was 17 years and 239 days old when he scored against Wales at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Keeping up with his promising figure, Pato debuted at the Campeonato Gaúcho on 24 February against Veranópolis and scored a goal in the 2–1 victory.

He also debuted in Copa Libertadores on 28 February against Emelec of Ecuador (also his first game at Beira-Rio) and scored once during the 3–0 thumping.

But the biggest highlight of Pato's time with Internacional was during the Recopa Sudamericana, as he helped Internacional win their first ever title of that competition.

Against Pachuca of Mexico, he scored one goal in the 2–1 defeat in Mexico.

But on the return game on 7 June and with more than 51,000 Colorados present, Pato had a great performance as he scored once to lead the team to win their third international title.

He was substituted off in the 77th minute.

Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva (born 2 September 1989), commonly known as Alexandre Pato or just Pato, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Pato began his career as a youth player for Internacional in 2000, making his debut in 2006 at age 16.

He went on to score 12 goals in 27 appearances and helped them win the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

Pato signed his first professional contract with Sport Club Internacional to compete in brazilian championship of 2006 with the first team.

At the age of 17, in November that same year, his debut finally happened at the Estádio Palestra Itália against São Paulo team Palmeiras for the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Alexandre Pato met and surpassed any and all expectations of what was expected of him as he scored his first professional goal within the first minute of the game.

The rest of his participation was spent dribbling and confusing defenders as he made two assists (and almost scoring another himself) to help Internacional rout Palmeiras 4–1.

Pato was included in the Internacional squad that won the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

He scored against Egyptian club Al Ahly in the semi-finals.

At the age of 17 years and 102 days, this made Pato the youngest goalscorer at a senior men's FIFA tournament.

In August 2007, he signed for Italian side AC Milan.

Incumbent European champions AC Milan of the Italian Serie A officially confirmed the signing of Pato on 2 August 2007 for a fee of about €24 million.

Milan, however, were allowed to include the player in friendlies and training beginning 3 September 2007, one day after his 18th birthday.

Pato made his non-competitive debut in a 2–2 draw against Dynamo Kyiv on 7 September 2007 and scored a header.

He finished the 2007–08 season with 9 goals in 20 appearances (18 in the league).

A full international for Brazil since 2008, Pato was part of their squads which won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and competed at the 2011 Copa América.

He also won two consecutive Olympic medals for the country, a bronze in 2008, and silver four years later.

Pato started his career at Sport Club Internacional's youth teams, gaining a lot of visibility on his skills, strength and technique, especially in his last year with the U20 squad.

With the U20' squad, at only age 16, he was playing the brazilian u20 championship.

Despite the fact that he was competing against players up to four years older than he was, Pato became top scorer of the competition as Internacional Sub-20 defeated Grêmio 4–0 in the championship's final match.

Due to FIFA football regulations regarding non-EU minors, Pato was unable to play official matches for Milan until 3 January 2008, when the Italian transfer window and registration reopened.

On 4 January 2008, Pato's transfer to Milan became official.

Pato scored his first Milan goal on his Serie A debut against Napoli in a 5–2 home victory on 13 January 2008.

He scored his first brace for Milan, in a 2–0 victory over Genoa at the San Siro on 27 January.

In 2009, he scored 18 goals in 42 matches in all competitions, which earned him both the Golden Boy and Serie A Young Footballer of the Year awards.

In late 2008, Pato scored two goals in Milan's 5–1 win over Udinese just before the Christmas break, and managed to shine again with a brace against Roma the following matchday at the Stadio Olimpico on 11 January 2009, proving that he is a vital part of Milan's attack.

He continued his impressive form for Milan, hitting six goals in four games, including a game winning strike against Fiorentina on 18 January.

During the 2010–11 season, he helped Milan win the Serie A, where he was the club's joint top scorer with 14 goals in 25 games.

In January 2013, Pato returned to Brazil, signing for €15 million with Corinthians, where he won the Campeonato Paulista.

In 2014, Pato joined São Paulo on a two-year loan deal, where he played 95 games, scoring 38 goals for the club.

On 15 February, he scored his 11th goal of the season in a 2–1 defeat against home rivals Internazionale.

In January 2016, Pato transferred to English Premier League club Chelsea on a loan deal before going to Spanish side Villarreal that same year.

In 2017, he signed for Chinese club Tianjin Tianhai, and in 2019 went back to São Paulo.