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Magno Alves

Magno Alves
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Personal information
Full name Magno Alves de Araújo
Date of birth (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 41)
Place of birth Aporá, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Ceará
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997 Independente
1997 Araçatuba
1997–1998 Criciúma 15 (8)
1998–2003 Fluminense 265 (111)
2003 Jeonbuk Hyundai 44 (27)
2004–2005 Oita Trinita 62 (29)
2006–2007 Gamba Osaka 53 (36)
2007–2008 Al-Ittihad 12 (9)
2008–2010 Umm-Salal 47 (36)
2010 Ceará 21 (9)
2011 Atlético Mineiro 31 (7)
2012 Umm Salal 9 (5)
2012 Sport 4 (0)
2012–2015 Ceará 78 (39)
2015–2016 Fluminense 11 (0)
2017– Ceará
National team
2001 Brazil 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:42, 11 September 2015 (UTC).

Magno Alves de Araújo (Aporá, Bahia, Brazil, 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian football player who is currently playing for Ceará.

Between 1998 and 2003 he made 265 appearances and 111 goals for Fluminense as a striker, winning the Rio State Championship in 2002. Alves' most famous soccer game was against Santa Cruz. In this game he scored 5 times and became known as Magnata. After a short stint in the Korean Professional Football League (K-League), Alves joined Oita Trinita of the Japan Professional Football League (J1 League). In 2006, he joined J1 League champion, Gamba Osaka, as a replacement for the team's former ace striker Clemerson de Araújo Soares, who left the team for family reasons. He joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad after being sent away by Gamba Osaka due to disciplinary problems. He has become a fan favorite in Saudi Arabia by demonstrating his scoring abilities and his powerful physique.

In July 2010, he signed a contract with Brazilian club Ceará.


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