Magno Alves
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Magno Alves de Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Aporá, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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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). |
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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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