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{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{For|the genus of butterfly|Maneca (butterfly)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2011}}
{{Portuguese name|Marinho|Alves}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Maneca
|image= Maneca (cropped).jpg
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|caption= Maneca with the Brazil national football team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup
|fullname=Manuel Marinho Alves
|birth_date={{Birth date|1926|1|28}}
|birth_place=[[Brazil]]
|death_date={{Death date and age|1961|7|14|1926|1|28}}
|death_place=
|height=
|position=[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|years1=|clubs1= [[Galícia Esporte Clube|Galícia]] 
|years2=|clubs2= [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]
|years3=|clubs3= [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|years4=|clubs4= [[Bangu Atlético Clube|Bangu]]
|totalcaps= |totalgoals= 

|nationalyears1= 1949–1950|nationalteam1=[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]|nationalcaps1= 6|nationalgoals1= 2
|medaltemplates =
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 Brazil]]|}}
}}
'''Manuel Marinho Alves''', best known as '''''Maneca''''' (January 28, 1926 &ndash; July 14, 1961),<ref>O GLOBO, July 14, 1961, pg. 16</ref> was an association footballer in striker role. He was born in [[Salvador Bahia]], Brazil.

During his career (1943&ndash;1957) he played for [[Galícia Esporte Clube|Galícia]], [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]], [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] and [[Bangu Atlético Clube|Bangu]]. He won four [[Campeonato Carioca|Rio de Janeiro State Championship]]s (1947, 1949, 1950 and 1952) and the [[South American Club Championship]] of 1948. For [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian team]] he participated in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]], playing four games and scoring one goal.<ref>{{FIFA player|63849}}</ref>

He died in July 14, 1961, after complications from attempted suicide, in his girlfriend's house, on June 28, 1961, by [[Mercury(II) cyanide|mercury cyanide]] poisoning.

== Honours ==
; Galicia
*[[Campeonato Baiano]]: 1943

;Vasco da Gama
*[[Campeonato Carioca]]: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952                                                                                    
*[[Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões]]: 1948
*[[Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer]]: 1953

; Bahia
*[[Campeonato Baiano]]: 1956

; Brazil
*[[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Brazil Squad 1950 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:1961 suicides]]
[[Category:1961 deaths]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:1950 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Brazil men's international footballers]]
[[Category:CR Vasco da Gama players]]
[[Category:Esporte Clube Vitória players]]
[[Category:Suicides by cyanide poisoning]]
[[Category:Suicides in Brazil]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]

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