Pedro Araújo

Not to be confused with Pedro de Araújo.
For the baseball player, see Pedro Araújo (baseball).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Araújo.
Pedro Araújo
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Martins Araújo
Date of birth (1985-01-10) 10 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1996–1998 Famalicão
1998–2003 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sporting B 7 (0)
2004–2005 Olivais Moscavide 22 (0)
2005–2008 Penafiel 49 (0)
2008–2011 Beira Mar 49 (1)
2010–2011 → Gil Vicente (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 Trofense 29 (3)
2012–2015 Tondela 83 (1)
2015–2017 Penafiel 40 (1)
2017–2018 Lusitanos 37 (2)
International career
2001 Portugal U15 8 (0)
2001–2002 Portugal U17 10 (1)
2002–2003 Portugal U18 5 (1)
2003 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U20 8 (1)
2005 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:53, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Pedro Manuel Martins Araújo (born 10 January 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Club career

Born in Viatodos, Barcelos, Araújo joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system in 1998. After making his senior debut with the B-team he signed with fellow Portuguese Second Division club C.D. Olivais e Moscavide, moving straight into the Primeira Liga with F.C. Penafiel in 2005[1] and making his debut in the competition on 18 September by playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 away draw against C.S. Marítimo.

Araújo all but competed in the Segunda Liga in the following decade. In 2012, he signed for C.D. Tondela,[2] scoring his first goal for his new team in a 1–3 loss at F.C. Arouca.[3]

In July 2015, after starting in all his 40 league appearances as the side promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history, Araújo returned to Penafiel.[4]

International career

Araújo earned 34 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring three goals. He represented the nation at the 2005 Toulon Tournament.[5]

Club statistics

As of 13 November 2015[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting B 2003–04[7] Portuguese Second Division 7 0 — — 7 0
Olivais Moscavide 2004–05[7] Portuguese Second Division 22 0 1 0 — 23 0
Penafiel 2005–06[7] Primeira Liga 16 0 0 0 — 16 0
2006–07[7] Segunda Liga 11 0 2 0 — 13 0
2007–08[7] Segunda Liga 22 0 10 0 — 32 0
Total 49 0 12 0 — 61 0
Beira-Mar 2008–09[7] Segunda Liga 29 0 3 0 — 32 0
2009–10[7] Segunda Liga 20 1 7 0 — 27 1
Total 49 1 10 0 — 59 1
Gil Vicente (loan) 2010–11[7] Segunda Liga 7 0 2 0 — 9 0
Trofense 2011–12[7] Segunda Liga 29 3 5 0 — 34 3
Tondela 2012–13[7] Segunda Liga 34 1 4 0 — 38 1
2013–14[7] Segunda Liga 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
2014–15[7] Segunda Liga 40 0 3 0 — 43 0
Total 83 1 7 0 — 90 1
Penafiel 2015–16[7] Segunda Liga 11 1 3 0 — 14 1
Career total 257 6 40 0 0 0 297 6

Honours

Beira-Mar

Gil Vicente

Tondela

References

  1. ^ "Liga estabeleceu compensação por Pedro Araújo" [League established compensation for Pedro Araújo]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Tondela arranca os trabalhos em epoca de estreia" [Tondela get going in debut season] (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Arouca 3–1 Tondela" (in Portuguese). Segunda Liga. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Objetivo do Penafiel é a manutenção" [Penafiel aim for survival] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Pedro Araújo: "Apostei em Toulon para dar este salto"" [Pedro Araújo: "I bet in Toulon for this leap"]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. ^ Pedro Araújo at Soccerway
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Pedro Araújo". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 September 2015.