Reginaldo Araújo | |
Fullname: | António Reginaldo Matias de Araújo |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1977 |
Birth Place: | Presidente Prudente, Brazil |
Death Place: | Cornélio Procópio, Brazil |
Position: | Right-back |
Youthyears1: | 1993–1996 |
Youthclubs1: | Matsubara |
Years1: | 1997–2001 |
Years2: | 2001 |
Years3: | 2002 |
Years4: | 2003 |
Years5: | 2004–2005 |
Years6: | 2005–2006 |
Years7: | 2006 |
Years8: | 2007 |
Years9: | 2008 |
Years10: | 2009 |
Years11: | 2010 |
Clubs1: | Coritiba |
Clubs2: | São Paulo |
Clubs3: | Coritiba |
Clubs4: | Santos |
Clubs5: | Flamengo |
Clubs6: | Noroeste |
Clubs7: | Santa Cruz |
Clubs8: | Beira Mar |
Clubs9: | Criciúma |
Clubs10: | Foz do Iguaçu |
Clubs11: | Rio Branco (PR) |
Caps1: | 51 |
Caps2: | 12 |
Caps3: | 23 |
Caps4: | 38 |
Caps5: | 10 |
Caps7: | 11 |
Caps8: | 8 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2015–2016 |
Managerclubs1: | PSTC (assistant manager) |
Nationalyears1: | 1999 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil U-23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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]
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.
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]
On 11 January 2016, he died after suffering a heart attack during a training of PSTC.[10] [11]