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 A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. 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

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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,

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:

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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

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