Luiz Araújo (footballer)

Luiz Araújo
Personal information
Full name Luiz de Araújo Guimarães Neto
Date of birth (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996
Place of birth Taquaritinga, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 11
Youth career
2012–2013 Mirassol
2013–2016 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Mirassol 0 (0)
2016–2017 São Paulo 26 (4)
2016 → Novorizontino (loan) 0 (0)
2017– Lille 34 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:29; 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Luiz de Araújo Guimarães Neto (born 2 June 1996), known as Luiz Araújo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Lille OSC as a forward.

Club career

Born in Taquaritinga, São Paulo, Luiz Araújo represented Mirassol as a youth, being promoted to the first team in January 2013.[1] In March, he moved to São Paulo, returning to youth football.[2]

On 26 February 2016, after being the top goalscorer of that year's U-20 Copa Libertadores, Luiz Araújo was loaned to Grêmio Novorizontino until the end of 2016 Campeonato Paulista.[3] He made his professional debut on 19 March, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against XV de Piracicaba.

Returning to Tricolor in April 2016, Luiz Araújo was immediately included in the first team and made his Série A debut on 5 June, replacing Ytalo in a 1–0 away win against Cruzeiro.

On June 4th 2017, Araújo played his last match for São Paulo FC, in a lost for 1-0 against AA Ponte Preta. Two days later, he did not train with the team, to make the last details for his transfer to French side Lille OSC.[4][5]

Honours

São Paulo

References

  1. ↑ "Mirassol FC promove cinco atletas da Copa SP ao time principal" [Mirassol FC promote five athletes from the Copa SP to the main squad] (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Interior. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mirassol lucra com destaque do São Paulo na Copinha" [Mirassol profit from São Paulo's spotlight in the Copinha] (in Portuguese). Diário da Região. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "São Paulo empresta artilheiro da base ao Novorizontino" [São Paulo loan youth squads' top goalscorer to Novorizontino] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Luiz Araújo acerta detalhes com Lille e não joga mais pelo São Paulo
  5. ↑ São Paulo libera Luiz Araújo para fechar com Lille e não conta mais com atacante
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