Clemerson de Araújo Soares

Clemerson de Araújo Soares, best known as Araújo (born 8 August 1977) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.

Araújo
Personal information
Full name Clemerson de Araújo Soares
Date of birth (1977-08-08) 8 August 1977
Place of birth Caruaru, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Second striker
Club information
Current team
 Sete de Setembro
Youth career
1996 Porto-PE
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Goiás 170 (50)
2004 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 (9)
2005 Gamba Osaka 33 (33)
2006–2007 Cruzeiro 15 (5)
2007–2010 Al-Gharafa 84 (68)
2011–2012 Fluminense 6 (0)
2012 → Náutico (loan) 33 (8)
2013 Atlético Mineiro 4 (1)
2013–2014 Goiás 35 (9)
2016 Central 14 (4)
2017 Sete de Setembro
National team
1999 Brazil U-23 3 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2019 13:42 (UTC)

Career

Araujo was born in Caruaru, PE, Brazil. He played for Japanese side Gamba Osaka in 2005; his 33 league goals helped Gamba to the 2005 J1 League title. 2005 was his last season in Japan. Araujo left for his homeland to sign for Cruzeiro. Two years later Araujo left for Qatar where he the 2007–08 season top scorer award.

Al-Gharafa

Al-Gharafa, known as Al Fuhud (The Cheetahs) were Qatar's champions for three years in a row. Araujo was a leading star in the team's success, leading the scorers list for the entire 2008 season. On 4 March 2008, after scoring against Al Khor, he matched Gabriel Batistuta's record of 25 goals in one season.[1] He eventually ended the season as the league's top scorer with 27 goals,[2] a record that was broken in December 2018 by Baghdad Bounedjah.[3] He played alongside fellow Brazilian Juninho Pernambucano. He left in 2010 due to personal reasons, but in 2012 he stated he was interested in rejoining the club.[4]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1997GoiásSérie A5050
199820102010
1999Série B295295
2000Série A245245
2001267267
200225112511
200341124112
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2004Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League2990071-3610
2005Gamba OsakaJ1 League333322116-4641
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2006CruzeiroSérie A1010
2007145145
Qatar League Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Asia Total
2007–08Al-GharafaStars League27273443423836
2008–0927203244553931
2009–102115001217653937
2010–1196006320179
CountryBrazil 185552113108643723351155
Japan 624222187-8251
Qatar 84686624291712133113
Total 3301642921152915535563319

Honours

Club

Individual

References
  1. "Clemerson equals Batistuta's record as Gharrafa win again". footballqatar.com. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. "Qatar Stars League Prozone Stats: The Season So Far". Qatar Stars League. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. Levy, Uri (12 December 2018). "Middle East Football: Move over Messi, Bounedjah is now the world's greatest goal machine". The New Arab. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. QSL: Clemerson - Exclusive Interview Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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