Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Marcelo Januário de Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 31 October 2018 (aged 46) | ||
| Place of death | João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Santos-PB | – | (–) |
| 1992–1993 | Botafogo-PB | – | (–) |
| 1994 | Corinthians Alagoano | – | (–) |
| 1994 | Paraguaçuense | – | (–) |
| 1995 | Bahia | 8 | (0) |
| 1996 | Fluminense | – | (–) |
| 1996–1998 | Vitória | 43 | (3) |
| 1999–2001 | Porto | 58 | (6) |
| 2001–2002 | Real Zaragoza | 22 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Académica | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Goiás | 18 | (0) |
| 2007 | Botafogo-PB | – | (–) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Esquerdinha scored in the first leg of the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira which Porto would go on to win 5–2 on aggregate.
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.
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