António Reginaldo Matias de Araújo (2 October 1977 – 11 January 2016), or simply Reginaldo Araújo, was a Brazilian footballer who played at

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Playing career

Starting his career at Matsubara, Araújo joined

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

in 1997. Having success at Coritiba, he was called up by Brazil U-23 team challenging for a spot in the squad that played the 2000 Olympic Games. He joined

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

in 2001, but after an unsuccessful year, he returned to Coritiba in 2002. Araújo was signed by Santos, who were the current national champions. He was a

2003 Copa Libertadores The 2003 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. The tournament was ...

runner-up and was sent off in the first leg of the final against Boca Juniors. He moved to

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...

in 2004, where he was a

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runner-up. He later had spells at Noroeste and Santa Cruz before a spell in Portugal with

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...

. Reginaldo Araújo moved back to Brazil to play for

Criciúma Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...

and returned to Paraná state in his last career years.

Retirement

He retired in 2010 after discovering a heart condition and worked with the youth team and as a director of football at Corinthians Paulista and was appointed as an assistant manager of PSTC in December 2015.

Death

On 11 January 2016, he died after suffering a

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during a training of PSTC.

References

External links

Player profile - Beiramar.pt
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Reginaldo 1977 births 2016 deaths Brazilian footballers Coritiba Foot Ball Club players São Paulo FC players Santos FC players CR Flamengo footballers Esporte Clube Noroeste players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players S.C. Beira-Mar players People from Presidente Prudente, São Paulo Association football fullbacks Footballers from São Paulo (state)