Pedro Araújo

Pedro Araújo
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Martins Araújo
Date of birth (1985-01-10) 10 January 1985
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Penafiel
Number 55
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– Penafiel 21 (1)
National team
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)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC).


This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Araújo.

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

Club career

Born in 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 its history, Araújo returned to Penafiel.[4]

International career

Araújo gained 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
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2003–04[6] Portuguese Second Division 70——70
Olivais Moscavide 2004–05[6] Portuguese Second Division 22010—230
Penafiel 2005–06[6] Primeira Liga 16000—160
2006–07[6] Segunda Liga 11020—130
2007–08[6] Segunda Liga 220100—320
Total 490120—610
Beira-Mar 2008–09[6] Segunda Liga 29030—320
2009–10[6] Segunda Liga 20170—271
Total 491100—591
Gil Vicente (loan) 2010–11[6] Segunda Liga 7020—90
Trofense 2011–12[6] Segunda Liga 29350—343
Tondela 2012–13[6] Segunda Liga 34140—381
2013–14[6] Segunda Liga 9000—90
2014–15[6] Segunda Liga 40030—430
Total 83170—901
Penafiel 2015–16[6] Segunda Liga 11130—141
Career total 2576400002976

    Honours

    Beira-Mar
    Gil Vicente
    Tondela

    References

    1. ↑ "Liga estabeleceu compensação por Pedro Araújo" [League established compensation for Pedro Araújo] (in Portuguese). Record. 27 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
    2. ↑ "Tondela arranca os trabalhos em epoca de estreia" [Tondela gets 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 aims 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"] (in Portuguese). Record. 18 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
    6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Pedro Araújo". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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