Magno Silva Vieira (born 13 February 1985) is a former Brazilian Association football, footballer who was most recently manager of

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club North Wellington. Having starting his career with

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, he has represented the likes of

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and

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

Career

Born in

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, Vieira started his career in England with

in 2003 but failed to get into the

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and went out on

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and

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

. While on loan to Carlisle, Vieira became a cult figure when he scored some important goals, most notably when he scored a hat-trick away at

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in a 5–0 win. He left Wigan in 2005 and was to join Carlisle on a permanent basis, after playing an important part in their return to

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, but passport problems prevented him playing. Following a year out of football, Vieira in 2006 signed for

. He spent one year at Underhill, being released in May 2007. After his release by Barnet, Vieira signed for

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in June, becoming one of Steve Evans' first signings for the club. On 6 March 2008, Vieira was allowed to join

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on loan for the remainder of the 2007–08 season. He was signed by

on a one-year deal on 30 June, before being released at the end of the season on 6 May 2009. Vieira joined Conference side

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on 7 August on a one-year contract. He won the January

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Player of the Month award, after scoring five goals in five games. He also won the club's Supporters Player of the Year award for the 2009–10 season, which he finished with 42 appearances and 16 goals. Vieira arrived in

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in July 2010 to trial with the

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-based

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side the

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ahead of the 2010–11 A-League season. On 22 July 2010 Vieira signed for newly promoted

team

, scoring on league debut at Rushden & Diamonds. In his first season there he helped the club reach the play-offs and was their highest goalscorer with 22 league goals whilst in his second season at the club Vieira helped Fleetwood to promotion to the Football League as Conference champions. In late April 2012, it was confirmed that Vieira had entered into talks with

ahead of a potential move to the Conference club. It was confirmed he had joined the club in early May on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract. On 11 August 2012, Vieira made his debut for Forest Green in a 1–1 draw against his former club Cambridge United. He scored his first goal for Forest Green on 25 August 2012 in a 3–1 home win against

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. On 1 August 2014, he joined Forest Green's division rivals

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on a one-month loan deal after falling down the pecking order at

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. He made his Nuneaton Town debut on 9 August 2014 on the opening day of the

season, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 home defeat against

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. On 18 February 2015, it was announced that he had come to a mutual agreement to leave Forest Green after a -year stay with the club. In February 2016 Vieira took the role of player / coach at Wellington team

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Honours

;Carlisle United *

play-offs: 2004–05 ;Fleetwood Town *

: 2011–12

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira, Magno 1985 births Living people Footballers from Brasília Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Men's association football forwards Wigan Athletic F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Fleetwood Town F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Wairarapa United players