Obina

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Personal information
Obina
Full name	Manoel de Brito Filho
Date of birth	31 January 1983 (1983-01-31) (age 25)
Place of birth	Vera Cruz-BA, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Flamengo
Number	18
Youth clubs
2001	Vitória
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2004 2004-2005 2005-present	Vitória Fluminense-BA Vitória Al-Ittihad Flamengo	40 (19) 129 (40)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:43, 1 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Manoel de Brito Filho, or simply Obina (born January 31, 1983 in Vera Cruz-BA), is a Brazilian football striker currently playing for Flamengo.

Flamengo's supporters like to refer to him as the Brazilian Samuel Eto'o (they usually chant ôôôô... Obina é melhor que o Eto'o, "Obina is better than Eto'o"), a joke-reference to the Cameroonian FC Barcelona player. Obina was fundamental in helping Flamengo win the 2006 Brazil Cup. He has often been compared with Fio Maravilha for his folkloric charm. Kleber Leite, Director for Flamengo's Football Departament, once referred to him as being "culturally naive."

During Flamengo's Taça Guanabara semi-final match against Vasco da Gama on February 25, 2007, Obina injured his left knee's anterior cruciate ligament after scoring in the second minute of the match. Flamengo's doctors estimated that he will be out of action for six months.

Just a few games after his awaited return, Obina has been suspended for 120 days, after hitting Internacional's player Índio with his elbow during Flamengo's match against that team on September, 08, 2007.^[1]

In the two final games of the 2008 Campeonato Carioca, Obina scores three goals against Botafogo and led Flamengo to win its 30th championship.

Turkish super champion Fenerbahçe already interested with him ^[2] which team has Roberto Carlos, Alex, Edu Dracena, Deivid, Mateus, Mehmet Aurélio, Wederson in the squad and coaching by Zico.