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Magno Cruz

マグノ・ダマセーノ・サントス・ダ・クルス　/　まぐの・だませーの・さんとす・だ・くるす

Association football player from Brazil

May 20, 1988 (age 38)　・　Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Bahia
association football player

My Take

What grabs me about Magno Cruz is the quiet endurance of his career. A midfielder born in Salvador, the soul of Bahian rhythm and capoeira, who ends up grinding it out for a club in Shanghai is a story about resilience more than glamour. At 174 cm he was never built to overpower anyone, which tells me he survives on craft, positioning, and reading the game. Footballers who keep finding pitches far from home, season after season, earn my respect more than the headline stars do. I see a professional who treats the game as a trade, and I quietly root for that kind of player.

Overview

Magno Damasceno Santos da Cruz (born May 20, 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for China League One club Shanghai Jiading Huilong.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Magno Cruz
Name (Japanese): マグノ・ダマセーノ・サントス・ダ・クルス
Reading: まぐの・だませーの・さんとす・だ・くるす
Born: May 20, 1988 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Dragon
Origin: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 174 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9

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