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Magno Alves de Araújo (born 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
![]() Magno Alves in 2016 | |||
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 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Ratrans | ? | (?) |
1995–1996 | Valinhos | ? | (?) |
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 | 44 | (17) |
2012 | Umm Salal | 11 | (5) |
2012 | Sport | 4 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Ceará | 149 | (78) |
2015–2016 | Fluminense | 54 | (5) |
2017 | Ceará[1] | 36 | (10) |
2018 | Grêmio Novorizontino | 7 | (0) |
2018 | Atlético Tubarão | 9 | (1) |
2019 | Floresta | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Atlético de Alagoinhas | 10 | (4) |
2020 | Barcelona de Ilhéus | 0 | (0) |
2021 | Caucaia[2][3][4] | 6 | (0) |
Total | 851+ | (385+) | |
International career | |||
2001 | Brazil | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He came to occupy the position of the highest scorer in world football among active players, He came to occupy the position of the highest scorer in world football among active players, which generated the nickname "The Magnate".[5]
Magno Alves was born in Aporá, Bahia, Brazil. Between 1998 and 2003, he made 265 appearances and scored 111 goals for Fluminense as a striker, winning the Rio State Championship in 2002. Alves' most famous match was against Santa Cruz.[6] as he scored 5 goals, earning the nickname 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.[citation needed] He joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad after being sent away by Gamba Osaka due to disciplinary problems.[citation needed]
In July 2010, he signed a contract with Brazilian club Ceará.
He scored overall for Ceará 103 times in 224 matches, becoming the club's 6th goalscorer of all time.[7]
Until 7 August 2021, he had scored 483+ goals in 986 official matches.[8]
On 28 July 2022, Magno Alves was reported announcing his retirement from playing.[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Criciúma | 1997 | Série A | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | ||||||
Fluminense | 1998 | Série B | ||||||||||
1999 | Série C | |||||||||||
2000 | Série A | 23 | 19 | 23 | 19 | |||||||
2001 | 26 | 7 | 26 | 7 | ||||||||
2002 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 10 | ||||||||
Total | 72 | 36 | 72 | 36 | ||||||||
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2003 | K-League | 44 | 27 | 44 | 27 | ||||||
Oita Trinita | 2004 | J1 League | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 37 | 14 | |
2005 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 38 | 20 | |||
Total | 62 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 34 | ||
Gamba Osaka | 2006 | J1 League | 31 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 37 |
2007 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | - | 29 | 12 | |||
Total | 53 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 49 | ||
Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2007–08 | Professional League | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | ||||
Umm-Salal | 2008–09 | Stars League | 27 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 27 |
2009–10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | ||
2011–12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||
Total | 56 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 75 | 53 | ||
Ceará | 2010 | Série A | 21 | 9 | 21 | 9 | ||||||
Atlético Mineiro | 2011 | Série A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 335 | 195 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 397 | 228 |
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