Magno Alves

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Magno Alves de Almeida (Aporá, Bahia, Brazil, 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian football player, currently associated with Gamba Osaka. Between 1998 and 2003 he made 265 appearances and 111 goals for Fluminense Football Club as a striker, winning the Rio State Championship in 2002. Magno 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, Magno Alves joined Oita Trinita of the Japan Professional Football League (J. League). In 2006, he joined J. 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.

[edit] Clubs

• 1995-1996: Ratrans
• 1997: Criciúma
• 1998-2003: Fluminense
• 2003: Jeonbuk FC
• 2004-2005: Oita Trinita
• 2006-present: Gamba Osaka

[edit] Honours

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Scorer: 2000
• J-League all star MVP:2005
• AFC Champions League Top Scorer: 2006
• J-League Top Scorer: 2006

Preceded by Araújo

J-League Top Scorer 2006

Succeeded by 'Not yet announced'