Pedro Araújo

Pedro Araújo
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Martins Araújo
Date of birth (1985-01-10) 10 January 1985
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Lusitanos
Youth career
1996–1998 Famalicão
1998–2003 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sporting B 7 (0)
2004–2005 Olivais Moscavide 22 (0)
2005–2008 Penafiel 49 (0)
2008–2011 Beira Mar 49 (1)
2010–2011 → Gil Vicente (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 Trofense 29 (3)
2012–2015 Tondela 83 (1)
2015–2017 Penafiel 40 (1)
2017– Lusitanos 0 (0)
National team
2001 Portugal U15 8 (0)
2001–2002 Portugal U17 10 (1)
2002–2003 Portugal U18 5 (1)
2003 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U20 8 (1)
2005 Portugal U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017

Pedro Manuel Martins Araújo (born 10 January 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Andorran club FC Lusitanos as a left back.

Club career

Born in Barcelos, Araújo joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system in 1998. After making his senior debut with the B-team he signed with fellow Portuguese Second Division club C.D. Olivais e Moscavide, moving straight into the Primeira Liga with F.C. Penafiel in 2005[1] and making his debut in the competition on 18 September by playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 away draw against C.S. Marítimo.

Araújo all but competed in the Segunda Liga in the following decade. In 2012, he signed for C.D. Tondela,[2] scoring his first goal for his new team in a 1–3 loss at F.C. Arouca.[3]

In July 2015, after starting in all his 40 league appearances as the side promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history, Araújo returned to Penafiel.[4]

International career

Araújo earned 34 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring three goals. He represented the nation at the 2005 Toulon Tournament.[5]

Club statistics

As of 13 November 2015[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2003–04[7] Portuguese Second Division 70——70
Olivais Moscavide 2004–05[7] Portuguese Second Division 22010—230
Penafiel 2005–06[7] Primeira Liga 16000—160
2006–07[7] Segunda Liga 11020—130
2007–08[7] Segunda Liga 220100—320
Total 490120—610
Beira-Mar 2008–09[7] Segunda Liga 29030—320
2009–10[7] Segunda Liga 20170—271
Total 491100—591
Gil Vicente (loan) 2010–11[7] Segunda Liga 7020—90
Trofense 2011–12[7] Segunda Liga 29350—343
Tondela 2012–13[7] Segunda Liga 34140—381
2013–14[7] Segunda Liga 9000—90
2014–15[7] Segunda Liga 40030—430
Total 83170—901
Penafiel 2015–16[7] Segunda Liga 11130—141
Career total 2576400002976

    Honours

    Beira-Mar
    Gil Vicente
    Tondela

    References

    1. ↑ "Liga estabeleceu compensação por Pedro Araújo" [League established compensation for Pedro Araújo]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
    2. ↑ "Tondela arranca os trabalhos em epoca de estreia" [Tondela get going in debut season] (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
    3. ↑ "Arouca 3–1 Tondela" (in Portuguese). Segunda Liga. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
    4. ↑ "Objetivo do Penafiel é a manutenção" [Penafiel aim for survival] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
    5. ↑ "Pedro Araújo: "Apostei em Toulon para dar este salto"" [Pedro Araújo: "I bet in Toulon for this leap"]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
    6. ↑ Pedro Araújo at Soccerway
    7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Pedro Araújo". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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