António Araújo (28 September 1923 – 28 April 2001) was a former Portuguese

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who played as forward. He only represented

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during his professional career. He was also the top scorer in the 1947–48 season, being awarded the Portuguese Bola de Prata after scoring 36 goals throughout the course of the national championship.

International career

Araújo played 9 games and scored 5 goals for the Portugal national team. He scored 1 goal in his debut 14 April 1946 in a 2–1 victory against

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. He played his last game against

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in a 2–0 loss in

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, 21 March 1948.

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* * 1923 births People from Paredes, Portugal 2001 deaths FC Porto players Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Porto District {{Portugal-footy-forward-stub