Obina
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Manoel de Brito Filho | ||
| Date of birth | January 31, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Vera Cruz, Bahia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Matsumoto Yamaga FC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001 | Vitória | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Vitória | 40 | (19) |
| 2003 | → Fluminense-BA (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → CRB (loan) | - | (-) |
| 2005 | Al-Ittihad | - | (-) |
| 2005–2010 | Flamengo | 112 | (28) |
| 2009 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 27 | (12) |
| 2010 | Atlético Mineiro | 24 | (12) |
| 2011–2013 | Shandong Luneng | 34 | (15) |
| 2012 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Bahia (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2014 | América-MG | 24 | (13) |
| 2015– | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 31 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May 2013. |
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Manoel de Brito Filho, better known as Obina (born January 31, 1983), is a Brazilian football striker currently playing for Matsumoto Yamaga FC.
Obina caught attention in 2004 when he made a solid season, despite the relegation of his club, Vitória. He scored 24 goals that season, 19 in the Brazilian Série A, being the top scorer of the team along with Edílson. At the end of that year he has been transferred to Al-Ittihad.
Flamengo's supporters like to refer to him as the Brazilian Samuel Eto'o (they usually chant ôôôô... Obina é melhor que o Eto'o, "Obina is better than Eto'o"), a joke-reference to the Cameroonian Chelsea FC player. Obina was fundamental in helping Flamengo win the 2006 Brazilian Cup. He has often been compared with Fio Maravilha for his folkloric charm. Kléber Leite, Flamengo's Director of Football, once referred to him as being "culturally naive."
During Flamengo's Taça Guanabara semi-final match against Vasco da Gama on February 25, 2007, Obina injured his left knee's anterior cruciate ligament after scoring in the second minute of the match. Flamengo's doctors estimated that he will be out of action for six months.
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