Reginaldo_Araújo

Reginaldo Araújo

Reginaldo Araújo

Brazilian footballer


António Reginaldo Matias de Araújo (2 October 1977 – 11 January 2016), or simply Reginaldo Araújo, was a Brazilian footballer who played at right-back.[1]

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Playing career

Starting his career at Matsubara, Araújo joined Coritiba in 1997.[2] Having success at Coritiba, he was called up by Brazil U-23 team challenging for a spot in the squad that played the 2000 Olympic Games.[3] He joined São Paulo in 2001, but after an unsuccessful year, he returned to Coritiba in 2002.

Araújo was signed by Santos, who were the current national champions. He was a 2003 Copa Libertadores runner-up and was sent off in the first leg of the final against Boca Juniors.[4] He moved to Flamengo in 2004, where he was a 2004 Copa do Brasil runner-up.[5]

He later had spells at Noroeste and Santa Cruz before a spell in Portugal with S.C. Beira-Mar.[6] Reginaldo Araújo moved back to Brazil to play for Criciúma and returned to Paraná state in his last career years.

Retirement

He retired in 2010 after discovering a heart condition[7] and worked with the youth team and as a director of football at Corinthians Paulista[8] and was appointed as an assistant manager of PSTC in December 2015.[9]

Death

On 11 January 2016, he died after suffering a heart attack during a training of PSTC.[10][11]


References

  1. "Futpédia: Reginaldo Araújo". Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. "Ficha de António Reginaldo Matias de Araújo". LPFP. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-05.

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