Magno Alves

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Magno Alves
Personal information
Full name	Magno Alves de Almeida
Date of birth	January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13) (age 32)
Place of birth	Aporá, Bahia, Brazil
Height	176cm
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Al-Ittihad
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997 1997-1998 1998-2003 2003 2004-2005 2006-2007 2007-	Ratrans Valinhos Independente (SP) Araçatuba Criciúma Fluminense Jeonbuk FC Oita Trinita Gamba Osaka Al-Ittihad	44 (27) 62 (29) 53 (36) 14 (9)
National team
2001	Brazil	3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Magno Alves de Almeida (Aporá, Bahia, Brazil, 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian football player, currently associated with Al-Ittihad. 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. Recently, 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.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 Individual 1.2 Team 2 Performances in Major International Tournaments 3 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual

• J. League All-Star Soccer MVP : 2005
• AFC Champions League Top Scorer : 2006
• J. League Top Scorer : 2006
• J. League Best Eleven : 2006

[edit] Team

• Japanese Super Cup Champions : 2007

[edit] Performances in Major International Tournaments

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Brazil	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	1	2	0	4th place

[edit] External links

• Sambafoot
• Career History

Preceded by Mohamed Kallon	AFC Champions League Top Scorer 2006	Succeeded by Mota
Preceded by Araújo	J. League Top Scorer 2006 Shared with: Washington	Succeeded by Juninho