Arlindo Maracanã

Arlindo Maracanã
Personal information
Full name	Luis Arlindo de Jesus dos Santos
Date of birth	October 2, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Sampaio Corrêa
2001	Fluminense
2001–2002	Ceará
2002	Vasco da Gama
2002	Caxias
2003	Bahia
2004–2007	Ceará
2008	Sertãozinho
2008	Ceará
2008–2009	Avaí
2009–2011	Ceará
2010	→ Brasiliense (loan)
2011	→ Ferroviário (loan)
2011–2016	Sampaio Corrêa
Managerial career
2015	Sampaio Corrêa (interim)
2017–2018	Sampaio Corrêa (youth)
2022	IAPE (U20)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Arlindo de Jesus dos Santos, better known as Arlindo Maracanã or Maracanã (born October 2, 1978) is a Brazilian football coach and a former right back.

Career

He is a right side defender that has passed through countless clubs with major Ceará, which has always been seen as an idol. He was also highlighted in Sampaio Corrêa, in which was revealed to the team of Ceará. He is well known in the northeast to have a very powerful kick, thus making many free-kicks over long distances, he won over the Alvinegra crowd. He is the only player in the history of Ceará who served in positions 11, acted as a few minutes as a goalkeeper with the expulsion of Adilson. In 2008, at the request of Silas, he moved to Avai which was part of the cast, making several important goals in the campaign team in winning access to the Brazilian Championship Serie A Serie B in 2008.

In the second round of the Santa Catarina Football Championship in 2009 after family problems, and Arlindo Avai reached an agreement and the player was released. In March 2009, he returned to the club that made him famous, Ceará . In 2010, he was loaned to Brasiliense, but returned to Ceará in the same year. For the 2011 season, he was loaned to Railroad. In September 2011, terminated the contract with Ceará and signed with Sampaio Corrêa, later to compete in the Championship Series D.