Luiz Otávio Santos De Araújo
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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 lea ...
who plays as a
midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...
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 after the end of the
2010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...
, 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 confirmed that loaned Tinga for 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 * Interior Paulista Championship:
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
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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