Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo (born 12 October 1990), commonly known as Tinga, is a Brazilian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Botafogo-PB.
Career
A product of
Ponte Preta's youth team, Tinga became a first team regular player in early 2009 at 18 years old. He made good appearances for Ponte Preta in the
Série B and attracted the interest of some big Brazilian clubs.
Tinga transferred to
Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...
after the end of the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, and since then became a first choice substitute. His first match for Palmeiras came against
Santos, where Tinga scored in the second half to give Palmeiras a 2-1 win in the
Série A.
On December 19, 2012,
Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...
confirmed that loaned Tinga for
Figueirense
Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...
until December 2013.
''Palmeiras empresa volante Tinga ao Figueirense por um ano'' (in Portuguese)
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Club statistics
''As of 15 August 2010''
Honours
Ponte Preta
* Interior Paulista Championship: 2009
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Brazil U-20
* Hexagonal International Tournament in Venezuela: 2009
References
External links
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Profile at Globoesporte's Futpedia
Tinga
at ZeroZero
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Living people
1990 births
Brazilian footballers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
J2 League players
Qatar Stars League players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
Ceará Sporting Club players
Figueirense FC players
Avaí FC players
Júbilo Iwata players
Clube de Regatas Brasil players
Umm Salal SC players
Joinville Esporte Clube players
Esporte Clube Santo André players
Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Expatriate footballers in Thailand
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate footballers in Qatar
Men's association football midfielders
People from Bom Jardim
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)