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Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)

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Esquerdinha
Personal information
Full name José Marcelo Januário de Araújo
Date of birth (1972-05-06)6 May 1972
Place of birth Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil
Date of death 31 October 2018(2018-10-31) (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

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]

References

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  1. ^ Esquerdinha: «Estava a mudar de roupa e entraram aos gritos: Penta!» maisfutebol.iol.pt
  2. ^ "Beira-Mar 1-2 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Ex-lateral do Vitória, Esquerdinha sofre infarto e morre aos 46 anos". Arena Rubro-Negra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Faleceu Esquerdinha". FC Porto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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