Leyzller Jorge Lopes de Araújo (born 29 July 1988), known as Jorge Araújo or simply Araújo, is a Portuguese

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who plays as a

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. He also holds an Angolan passport.

Club career

After playing youth football with

Atlético Sport Aviação Atlético Sport Aviação, best known as ASA, was a association football, football club from Luanda, Angola. The club was founded in 1953 by a group of workers from TAAG's predecessor DTA. Mr. Jacinto Medina was the first chairman. Before Ango ...

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football (soccer), football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, ...

F.C. Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, Araújo made his senior debut with

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in West Sussex, England before joining

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, where he made one league and cup appearance over two seasons. He returned to Portugal in May 2010, joining CF Esperança de Lagos, after a brief period at Havant & Waterlooville F.C. In 2011 summer, Araújo switched teams and countries again, signing for

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side

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. In February of the following year, after appearing in only seven matches, he returned to his country and joined

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

club

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

. After a loan stint at

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Faro, Portugal, Faro in the Faro District, district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club ha ...

, Araújo was released by Olhanense in January 2013 and moved back to his home country in the following month, signing for

C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional Primeiro de ...

. In June he went on a trial at

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in , holding home ...

, and signed a two-year deal late in the month. Araújo made his debut for the

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ns on 10 November, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

in the

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. On 24 January of the following year, after failing to appear in any further matches, he was loaned to Elche CF Ilicitano until June; he subsequently made no appearances for the latter. In August 2014 Araújo rescinded his link with ''Recre'', and joined

Lucena CF Lucena Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Lucena, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1968, it was dissolved in 2015. History ''Lucena Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1968. It was originally ...

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. He rescinded with the club on 13 January of the following year. After a spell at Desportivo Huíla, he joined

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino () is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the highest level ...

in Brazil.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Jorge 1988 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Angolan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football wingers National League (English football) players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Liga Portugal 2 players C.D. Huíla players C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Elche CF Ilicitano footballers FC Dacia Chișinău players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Lucena CF players Recreativo de Huelva players S.C. Olhanense players Worthing F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Angolan expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen