José_Araújo

Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)

Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)

Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Januário and the second or paternal family name is de Araújo.

José Marcelo Januário de Araújo (6 May 1972 – 31 October 2018), commonly known as Esquerdinha, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back.[1]

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Esquerdinha scored in the first leg of the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira which Porto would go on to win 5–2 on aggregate.[2]

He died on 31 October 2018, in Cruz das Armas, a neighborhood in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil from a heart attack after playing football with friends.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Esquerdinha: «Estava a mudar de roupa e entraram aos gritos: Penta!» maisfutebol.iol.pt
  2. [2]
    "Beira-Mar 1-2 FC Porto". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Ex-lateral do Vitória, Esquerdinha sofre infarto e morre aos 46 anos". Arena Rubro-Negra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Faleceu Esquerdinha". FC Porto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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