Magno Alves


Magno Alves de Araújo is a Brazilian football player who most recently played for Floresta EC as a striker.

Career

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, Alves joined Oita Trinita of the Japan Professional Football 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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