Magno Alves

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is de Araújo.

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

Magno Alves

Magno Alves in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Magno Alves de Araújo
Date of birth	(1976-01-13) 13 January 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Aporá, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Atlético Cearense
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)
2025–	Atlético Cearense	1	(0)
Total		851+	(385+)
International career
2001	Brazil	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2025

He is also known by his nickname O Magnata (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]

In 2025, Magno Alves returned from retirement at the age of 49, to play alongside his son Pedrinho, for Atlético Cearense.^[10][11]

Career statistics

Club

^[12][a]

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^[12]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2001	3	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Club

• Rio de Janeiro State: 2002
• Brazilian Serie C: 1999
• Japanese Super Cup: 2007
• Ceará State: 2013, 2014
• Copa do Nordeste: 2015

Individual

• Brazilian League Top Scorer: 2000
• J.League All-Star Soccer MVP: 2005
• AFC Champions League top scorer: 2006
• J.League Top Scorer: 2006
• J.League Best Eleven: 2006
• Qatari League top scorer: 2008–09

Notes

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