- Telles is highly rated in Brazil and was rewarded with a place in the 2013 Brasileirão Team of the Year.
- On 12 July 2016, Portuguese side FC Porto announced the signing of Alex Telles for a EUR6.5 million fee.
- On 22 January 2014, after long negotiations, Telles completed a move to Turkish club Galatasaray for EUR6 million, signing a contract that will keep him with the club until 2018.
- Telles was born in Caxias do Sul, a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. At the age of eight, he began playing football with the neighbouring kids and was later enrolled to a youth academy of Esporte Clube Juventude.
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