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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clemerson de Araújo Soares | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-08-08)8 August 1977 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Caruaru, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996 | Porto-PE | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2003 | Goiás | 170 | (50) |
| 2004 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 29 | (9) |
| 2005 | Gamba Osaka | 33 | (33) |
| 2006–2007 | Cruzeiro | 15 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Al-Gharafa | 133 | (113) |
| 2011–2012 | Fluminense | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | →Náutico (loan) | 33 | (8) |
| 2013 | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Goiás | 35 | (9) |
| 2016 | Central | 14 | (4) |
| 2017 | Sete de Setembro | ||
| 2025– | Porto-PE | 4 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Brazil U23 | 3 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Clemerson de Araújo Soares, best known asAraújo (born 8 August 1977) is a Brazilian former professionalfootballer who played as aforward.
Araujo was born inCaruaru,PE, Brazil. He played for Japanese sideGamba Osaka in 2005; his 33 league goals helped Gamba to the 2005J1 League title. 2005 was his last season in Japan. Araujo left for his homeland to sign forCruzeiro. Two years later Araujo left for Qatar where he the 2007–08 season top scorer award.
Al-Gharafa, known asAl Fuhud (The Cheetahs) were Qatar's champions for three years in a row. Araujo was a leading star in the team's success, leading the scorers list for the entire 2008 season. On 4 March 2008, after scoring againstAl Khor, he matchedGabriel Batistuta's record of 25 goals in one season.[1] He eventually ended the season as the league's top scorer with 27 goals,[2] a record that was broken in December 2018 byBaghdad Bounedjah.[3] He played alongside fellow BrazilianJuninho Pernambucano. He left in 2010 for personal reasons, but in 2012 he stated he was interested in rejoining the club.[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Goiás | 1997 | Série A | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 1998 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1999 | Série B | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 | |||||||
| 2000 | Série A | 24 | 5 | 24 | 5 | |||||||
| 2001 | 26 | 7 | 26 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2002 | 25 | 11 | 25 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 41 | 12 | 41 | 12 | ||||||||
| Total | 170 | 55 | 170 | 55 | ||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2004 | J1 League | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 36 | 10 | |
| Gamba Osaka | 2005 | J1 League | 33 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | – | 46 | 41 | |
| Cruzeiro | 2006 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||
| Al-Gharafa | 2007–08 | Stars League | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 36 |
| 2008–09 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 31 | ||
| 2009–10 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 37 | ||
| 2010–11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | ||
| Total | 84 | 68 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 133 | 113 | ||
| Career total | 330 | 164 | 29 | 21 | 152 | 91 | 55 | 35 | 563 | 319 | ||
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