Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo (born 12 October 1990), commonly known as Tinga, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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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

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after the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and since then became a first choice substitute. His first match for Palmeiras came against Santos FC, Santos, where Tinga scored in the second half to give Palmeiras a 2-1 win in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A. On December 19, 2012,

confirmed that loaned Tinga for Figueirense Futebol Clube, Figueirense 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 * Campeonato Paulista, Interior Paulista Championship: 2009 Campeonato Paulista#Campeonato do Interior, 2009 Brazil U-20 * Hexagonal International Tournament in Venezuela: 2009

References

External links

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Profile at Globoesporte's Futpedia

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