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Manoel Obina 
Personal information Full name Manoel de Brito Filho Date of birth January 31, 1983 Place of birth Vera Cruz, Bahia, Brazil Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Shandong Luneng Number 10 Youth career 2001 Vitória Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2004 Vitória 40 (19) 2003 → Fluminense de Feira (loan) 0 (0) 2003 → CRB (loan) - (-) 2005 Al-Ittihad - (-) 2005–2010 Flamengo 112 (28) 2009 → Palmeiras (loan) 26 (12) 2010 Atlético Mineiro 24 (12) 2011– Shandong Luneng 21 (10) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 5, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Manoel de Brito Filho, better known as Obina (born January 31, 1983), is a Brazilian football striker currently playing for Chinese club Shandong Luneng.
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Career
Vitória
Obina caught attention in 2004 when he made a solid season, despite the relegation of his club, Vitória. He scored 24 goals that season, 19 in the Brazilian Série A, being the top scorer of the team along with Edílson. At the end of that year he has been transferred to Al-Ittihad.
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 Anzhi Makhachkala player. Obina was fundamental in helping Flamengo win the 2006 Brazilian Cup. He has often been compared with Fio Maravilha for his folkloric charm. Kléber Leite, Flamengo's Director of Football, 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 was suspended for 120 days after hitting Internacional's player Índio with his elbow during Flamengo's match against that team on September 8, 2007.[1]
In the two final games of the 2008 Campeonato Carioca, Obina scored three goals against Botafogo and led Flamengo to win its 30th championship.
Palmeiras
Obina was loaned to Palmeiras on May 25, 2009 until the end of the 2009 season.[2] He debuted for Palmeiras on May 29, 2009 in a Copa Libertadores game against Nacional,[3] scoring his first goal for the club on May 31, 2009, in a Série A game against Barueri.[4]
Obina scored his first hat-trick for Palmeiras on July 26, 2009 against rivals Corinthians, his club won 3-0.[5]
On November 18, 2009 Obina was involved in some trouble with his teammate Maurício, both argued and tried to hit each other after the incident. Both were resigned from the club with two matches left to play in the season.[6][7]
Atlético Mineiro
After a very brief stay in Flamengo, for merely two weeks (the first two of 2010), Obina signed a three years contract with Atlético Mineiro prior to their first official game of the season, against América Mineiro, on January 24, 2010. The contract grants Atlético Mineiro 50% of the rights over Obina, and it cost the club R$1,500,000.00 (approximately 550,000 euros).[8]
Career statistics
- (Correct as of May 5, 2011[update])
Club Season State League League Cup continental Copa Sudamericana Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Vitória 2004 - - 40 19 9 5 - - - - 49 24 Total - - 40 19 9 5 - - - - 49 24 Flamengo 2005 - - 27 6 2 1 - - - - 29 7 2006 3 0 30 11 8 4 - - - - 41 15 2007 5 3 23 4 - - 2 2 - - 30 9 2008 17 7 31 7 - - 7 1 - - 55 15 2009 11 0 1 0 5 0 - - - - 17 0 Total 36 10 112 28 15 5 9 3 - - 172 46 Palmeiras (loan) 2009 - - 27 12 - - 2 0 - - 29 12 Total - - 27 12 - - 2 0 - - 29 12 Flamengo 2010 2 0 - - - - - - - - 2 0 Total 2 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - - 2 0 Atlético Mineiro 2010 3 3 24 12 3 5 - - 3 3 33 23 Total 3 3 24 12 3 5 - - 3 3 33 23 Shandong Luneng 2011 0 - 21 10 1 0 6 2 - - 27 12 Total 0 0 21 10 1 0 6 2 0 0 27 12 Career total 41 13 219 79 28 15 22 5 3 3 309 117 according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[9] and Flaestatística.[10]
Honours
Flamengo
- Copa do Brasil: 2006
- Taça Guanabara: 2007, 2008
- Taça Rio: 2009
- Rio de Janeiro State League: 2007, 2008, 2009
Contract
- Flamengo May 6, 2008 to December 31, 2010.
- Palmeiras (loan) May 25, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
- Atlético Mineiro January 21, 2010 to December, 2012.
References
- ^ "Obina, do Flamengo, é condenado a 120 dias de suspensão por agressão" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. September 18, 2007. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u329502.shtml. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
- ^ "Em baixa, Obina troca Flamengo pelo Palmeiras" (in Portuguese). Terra. May 25, 2009. http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/brasileiro/2009/interna/0,,OI3785780-EI13759,00-Obina+e+emprestado+ao+Palmeiras.html. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ^ "Libertadores: na estreia de Obina, Palmeiras tropeça e se complica" (in Portuguese). O Globo. May 29, 2009. http://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/mat/2009/05/29/libertadores-na-estreia-de-obina-palmeiras-tropeca-se-complica-756093869.asp. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- ^ "Obina marca no empate do Palmeiras com o Barueri" (in Portuguese). O Globo. May 31, 2009. http://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/brasileiro2009/mat/2009/05/31/obina-marca-no-empate-do-palmeiras-com-barueri-756124518.asp. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
- ^ "Obina hat-trick helps Palmeiras crush Corinthians". Four Four Two. July 27, 2009. http://fourfourtwo.com/news/southamerica/34197/default.aspx. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
- ^ "Demitidos, Maurício e Obina deixam Porto Alegre sem o Palmeiras". Globoesporte.com. November 19, 2009. http://fourfourtwo.com/news/southamerica/42636/default.aspx. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
- ^ "Palmeiras pair set for sack following fight". Four Four Two. November 19, 2009. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Palmeiras/0,,MUL1384989-9872,00-DEMITIDOS+MAURICIO+E+OBINA+DEIXAM+PORTO+ALEGRE+SEM+O+PALMEIRAS.html. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
- ^ Presidente do Atlético-MG anuncia contratação de Obina (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. January 20, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ Flamengo official website (Portuguese)
- ^ Flaestatística (Portuguese)
External links
- Obina's Official Website (Portuguese) (Portuguese)
- Obina's profile on Sambafoot
- Guardian Stats Centre
- zerozero.pt (Portuguese)
- soccerterminal
- Player Profile (Portuguese)
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Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Fluminense de Feira Futebol Clube players
- Ittihad FC players
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo players
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro players
- Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. players
- Association football forwards
- Brazilian people of Black African descent
- Brazilian people of indigenous peoples descent
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