| Esquerdinha | |
| Fullname: | José Marcelo Januário de Araújo |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Death Place: | João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Years1: | 1990–1991 |
| Caps1: | – |
| Goals1: | – |
| Years2: | 1992–1993 |
| Caps2: | – |
| Goals2: | – |
| Years3: | 1994 |
| Caps3: | – |
| Goals3: | – |
| Years4: | 1994 |
| Caps4: | – |
| Goals4: | – |
| Years5: | 1995 |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1996 |
| Caps6: | – |
| Goals6: | – |
| Years7: | 1996–1998 |
| Caps7: | 43 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 1999–2001 |
| Caps8: | 58 |
| Goals8: | 6 |
| Years9: | 2001–2002 |
| Caps9: | 22 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2002–2003 |
| Caps10: | 4 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2003 |
| Caps11: | 18 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2007 |
| Caps12: | – |
| Goals12: | – |
José Marcelo Januário de Araújo (6 May 1972 – 31 October 2018), commonly known as Esquerdinha, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back.[1]
Esquerdinha scored in the first leg of the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira which Porto would go on to win 5–2 on aggregate.[2]
He died on 31 October 2018, in Cruz das Armas, a neighborhood in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil from a heart attack after playing football with friends.[3] [4]