Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo (born 12 October 1990), commonly known as Tinga, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Botafogo-PB.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | October 12, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Bom Jardim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo-PB | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Ponte Preta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Ponte Preta | 18 | (4) |
| 2010–2015 | Palmeiras | 59 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Ceará (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Figueirense (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Avaí (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Júbilo Iwata (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2015 | → Avaí (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Suphanburi | 15 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Joinville | 26 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | CRB | 25 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Santo André (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Umm Salal (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | Vila Nova | 13 | (0) |
| 2020 | Santa Cruz | 34 | (0) |
| 2021 | Brusque | 9 | (0) |
| 2021– | Botafogo-PB | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Brazil U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editA 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, 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.[1]
Club statistics
editAs of 15 August 2010
| Club | Season | League | Brazilian Cup | South America | State League | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ponte Preta | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2009 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 47 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 2 | 26 | 3 | |
| Total | 39 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 31 | 3 | 81 | 7 | |
| Palmeiras | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Career total | 45 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 88 | 8 | |
Honours
editPonte Preta
Brazil U-20
- Hexagonal International Tournament in Venezuela: 2009
References
editExternal links
edit- Tinga at Soccerway
- Tinga at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Globoesporte's Futpedia[permanent dead link]
- Tinga at ZeroZero
