Clemerson de Araújo Soares, best known as Araújo (born 8 August 1977) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.

Araújo

Personal information
Full name	Clemerson de Araújo Soares
Date of birth	(1977-08-08) 8 August 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth	Caruaru, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Second striker
Club information
Current team	Sete de Setembro
Youth career
1996	Porto-PE
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2003	Goiás	170	(50)
2004	Shimizu S-Pulse	29	(9)
2005	Gamba Osaka	33	(33)
2006–2007	Cruzeiro	15	(5)
2007–2010	Al-Gharafa	133	(113)
2011–2012	Fluminense	6	(0)
2012	→ Náutico (loan)	33	(8)
2013	Atlético Mineiro	4	(1)
2013–2014	Goiás	35	(9)
2016	Central	14	(4)
2017	Sete de Setembro
National team
1999	Brazil U-23	3	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2019 13:42 (UTC)

Career

Araujo was born in Caruaru, PE, Brazil. He played for Japanese side Gamba Osaka in 2005; his 33 league goals helped Gamba to the 2005 J1 League title. 2005 was his last season in Japan. Araujo left for his homeland to sign for Cruzeiro. Two years later Araujo left for Qatar where he the 2007–08 season top scorer award.

Al-Gharafa

Al-Gharafa, known as Al Fuhud (The Cheetahs) were Qatar's champions for three years in a row. Araujo was a leading star in the team's success, leading the scorers list for the entire 2008 season. On 4 March 2008, after scoring against Al Khor, he matched Gabriel Batistuta's record of 25 goals in one season.[1] He eventually ended the season as the league's top scorer with 27 goals,[2] a record that was broken in December 2018 by Baghdad Bounedjah.[3] He played alongside fellow Brazilian Juninho Pernambucano. He left in 2010 due to personal reasons, but in 2012 he stated he was interested in rejoining the club.[4]

Club statistics

Honours

Club

• Goiás State League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
• Brazilian League (2nd division): 1999
• Brazilian Center-West Cup: 2000, 2001, 2002
• J1 League: 2005
• Minas Gerais State League: 2006
• Qatar Stars League: 2007–08, 2008–09,2009–10
• Qatari Stars Cup: 2009–10
• Emir of Qatar Cup: 2009
• Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009–10

Individual

• World's top scorer in 2005: 33 goals in 33 games, considered world's best striker in 2005 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
• J. League MVP: 2005
• J. League Top Scorer: 2005
• J. League Best Eleven: 2005
• Japanese Footballer of the Year: 2005
• Qatari League Top Scorer: 2007–08
• Super Awards Best Player in Qatar Stars League: 2009

References

External links

• mercado
• sambafoot
• Araújo at Soccerway
• Araújo at FootballDatabase.eu
• Araújo at J.League (in Japanese)
• Araújo at ZeroZero

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