António Reginaldo Matias de Araújo (2 October 1977 – 11 January 2016), or simply Reginaldo Araújo, was a Brazilian footballer who played at

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Playing career

Starting his career at

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, Araújo joined Coritiba in 1997. Having success at Coritiba, he was called up by Brazil U-23 team challenging for a spot in the squad that played the

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. He joined

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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

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. He moved to

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

in 2004, where he was a 2004 Copa do Brasil runner-up. He later had spells at Noroeste and Santa Cruz before a spell in Portugal with S.C. Beira-Mar. Reginaldo Araújo moved back to Brazil to play for Criciúma and returned to Paraná state in his last career years.

Retirement

He retired in 2010 after discovering a heart condition and worked with the youth team and as a director of football at Corinthians Paulista and was appointed as an assistant manager of PSTC in December 2015.

Death

On 11 January 2016, he died after suffering a

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during a training of PSTC.

References

External links

Player profile - Beiramar.pt
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Reginaldo 1977 births 2016 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Coritiba Foot Ball Club players São Paulo FC players Santos FC players CR Flamengo footballers Esporte Clube Noroeste players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players S.C. Beira-Mar players Footballers from Presidente Prudente Men's association football fullbacks 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen