Magno Alves

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is de Araújo.
Magno Alves
Magno Alves in 2016
Personal information
Full name Magno Alves de Araújo
Date of birth (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 48)
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

Magno Alves de Araújo (born 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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]

Career

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]

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
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

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2001 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours

Club

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ The stats he has in state leagues are not counted below, but they are counted in his infobox.

References

  1. ^ "Flu fecha com Magno Alves até 2016, e atacante deve usar a camisa 20". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Magno Alves é o novo reforço do Caucaia". www.opovo.com.br (in Portuguese). 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Com estadual paralisado, Caucaia anuncia saída de Magno Alves, Ciel e mais seis jogadores". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Ainda sem técnico, Caucaia formará elenco com amadores na retomada do Cearense". diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br (in Portuguese). 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Com mais gols que Ronaldo e Messi, Magno Alves só não quer "enganar" aos 39". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ futebol80.com.br https://futebol80.com.br/links/artilheiros/magnoalves.htm. Retrieved 29 June 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Longe dos gramados, Magno Alves faz pregação e motiva jogadores do Ceará" [Away from the pitch, Magno Alves preaches and motivates Ceará players]. ge.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Prolific Scorers Data". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Magno Alves anuncia aposentadoria dos gramados e projeta despedida no Castelão" [Magno Alves announces his retirement from playing and plans to play a farewell match in Castelão]. ge.Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Magno Alves". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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