 Having not played for Gremio played the finals of the Libertadores (Santos left the champion), but remained well in the matches for the national championship, with the absolute owner Santos 9 shirt.He was now Brasileirão top scorer with 23 goals in 29 games reaching the mark of Serginho Chulapa, which lasted 28 years (since 1983).He came to be compared with the Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o.