Reginaldo Araújo


António Reginaldo Matias de Araújo , or simply Reginaldo Araújo, was a Brazilian footballer who played at right-back.

Playing career

Starting his career at Matsubara, Araújo joined Coritiba in 1997. Having success at Coritiba, he was called up by Brazil U-23 team challenging for a spot in the squad that played the 2000 Olympic Games. He joined São Paulo in 2001, but after an unsuccessful year, he returned to Coritiba in 2002.
Araújo was signed by Santos, who were the current national champions. He was a 2003 Copa Libertadores runner-up and was sent off in the first leg of the final against Boca Juniors. He moved to Flamengo in 2004, where he was a 2004 Copa do Brasil runner-up.
He later had spells at Noroeste and Santa Cruz before a spell in Portugal with S.C. Beira-Mar. Reginaldo Araújo moved back to Brazil to play for Criciúma and returned to Paraná state in his last career years.

Retirement

He retired in 2010 after discovering a heart condition and worked with the youth team and as a director of football at Corinthians Paulista and was appointed as an assistant manager of PSTC in December 2015.

Death

On 11 January 2016, he died after suffering a heart attack during a training of PSTC.