Kadu (Brazilian footballer)

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Ricardo Martins de Araújo (born 20 July 1986), commonly known as Kadu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Luverdense.

Kadu[1]
Kadu in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Martins de Araújo[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-20) 20 July 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Brasília, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
Luverdense
Youth career
Paranoá
2005–2006 Guarani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Guarani 4 (0)
2007 Bragantino 14 (0)
2007–2012 Corinthians 7 (0)
2008–2009Bragantino (loan) 36 (2)
2010Figueirense (loan) 0 (0)
2011Bragantino (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2013 Bragantino 37 (1)
2013 Vitória 18 (0)
2014 Braga B 3 (0)
2014 Braga 1 (0)
2014–2015 Vitória 30 (4)
2015 Atlético Paranaense 31 (1)
2016–2017 Grêmio 3 (0)
2016–2017Ponte Preta (loan) 16 (0)
2017 Ponte Preta 7 (0)
2017–2019 Göztepe 27 (1)
2020–2022 Chapecoense 17 (0)
2022 Coimbra 0 (0)
2022Villa Nova (loan) 12 (3)
2022 Figueirense 10 (0)
2022–2023 Capital CF
2023 Oeste
2023– Luverdense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022

Career

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Kadu started his career in Bragantino since the 2006 season. In 2007 Kadu have good actions with Bragantino (fourth place in Campeonato Paulista), and signed to Corinthians, to play Brazilian League.

For Corinthians, Kadu started in the match against Sport Recife, in a nightmare game Kadu scored an own goal against Atlético Paranaense. Before this fact, and the exit of the coach, Paulo César Carpegiani, Kadu had never played any other game for the club.

Honours

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Chapecoense

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Kadu". Chapecoense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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