Sérgio Araújo

Infobox Football biography
playername = Sérgio Araújo


fullname = Sérgio Araújo de Melo
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|09|12
cityofbirth = Timóteo
countryofbirth = Brazil
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
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position = Winger
currentclub =
youthyears =
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years = 1980–1988
1988–1989
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996–1997
1998
1999
2000
clubs = Atlético Mineiro
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco
Grêmio
Guarani
Ponte Preta
Vitória Setúbal
XV de Piracicaba
América (SP)
Internacional de Limeira
Villa Nova
Serra
caps(goals) =
39 (9)
nationalyears = 1987
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (1)
manageryears = 2007–2008
managerclubs = Operário (VG)
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Sérgio Araújo de Melo, usually known as Sérgio Araújo (born September 12 1963 in Timóteo, Minas Gerais),cite book | first = Antônio Carlos | last = Napoleão | coauthors=Roberto Assaf | title = Seleção Brasileira 1914-2006 | publisher = Mauad X | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = 299| id = ISBN 857478186X] was a Brazilian football winger. He is currently a farmer in Brazil.

Playing career

Having been born and raised in the region of Minas Gerais it was in the famous club Atlético Mineiro that Sérgio Araújo started to show his speed and moves, scoring goals and assisting his team mates. Naturally Sérgio was picked by Brazilian manager to play for his national team, playing his first international match (a friendly) against Uruguay (March 1987). On the following month he scored his first goal for Brazil against Bolivia (2-2 was the final result). His final international match was in December 1987 against West Germany (another friendly). During this short period he played 10 international matches, playing aside well known players such as Douglas, Bebeto, Valdo, Raí, Müller and Ricardo Gomes. At Atlético Mineiro he, as well as Aílton, was part of the team that won the Conmebol Cup in 1992. Between 1988 and 1989, he played 39 games and scored nine goals for Flamengo.cite web | title = Sérgio Araújo (ex-ponta do Atlético Mineiro, Flamengo e Guarani) | url=http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?id=60665 | accessdate = 2008-08-28 | date = 2008-07-23 | publisher=Milton Neves |language=Portuguese ]

In late 1993, Sérgio Araújo moved to Portuguese club Vitória Setúbal, joining a team where Yekini was the star. He played his first match against Benfica in an astonishing 5-2 win, scoring one goal in his debut. Araújo played around 20 games that season, only scoring for 3 times. Just before the 1994-1995 season, the Nigerian striker Yekini moved to Olimpiakos, and the team was severely weakened. Vitória Setúbal only won three games, and was relegated. Sérgio Araújo, due to several injuries could not be of great help to the club, and was dismissed in the end of the season.He ended his career in Brazil, returning to Minas Gerais to be a successful farm owner.

Besides having played for Atlético Mineiro, Flamengo and Vitória de Setúbal, he has also played for Fluminense, Vasco, Grêmio, Guarani, Ponte Preta, XV de Piracicaba, América (SP), Internacional de Limeira, Villa Nova, and Serra.cite web | title = Sérgio Araújo | url=http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/1076_Sergio_Araujo.html | accessdate = 2008-08-27 | date = 2005-05-07 | publisher=Sambafoot]

Managerial career

After retiring, he worked for two years as Operário (VG)'s manager, leaving the club in 2008 to work as Villa Nova's youth squad manager.cite web | title = Sérgio Araújo quer se consolidar como treinador | url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/pelenet/porondeanda/ult2657u168.jhtm | accessdate = 2008-08-27 | date = 2008-03-18 | publisher=Pelé.net |language=Portuguese ]

Honours

*Copa Conmebol 1992

References