Magno Cruz

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.

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

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Bahia
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.