Araújo (footballer, born 1977)

Araújo

Personal information
Full name	Clemerson de Araújo Soares
Date of birth	(1977-08-08) 8 August 1977
Place of birth	Caruaru, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Second striker
Club information
Current team	Sete de Setembro
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
National team
1999	Brazil U-23	3	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2019 13:42 (UTC)

Clemerson de Araújo Soares (born 8 August 1977) is a former Brazilian football player. He plays for Al-Gharafa in Qatar after recently moving from Cruzeiro on July 31 2007, in a 3-year deal. He is all-time Goiás top scorer with 136 goals. He scored 52 goals in 73 matches in Goiás State League. He scored 19 goals in 39 matches with Cruzeiro

Araujo played for Japanese side Gamba Osaka in 2005 his 34 league goals helped Gamba to the 2005 J-League title. 2005 was his last season in Japan. Araujo left for his homeland to sign for Cruzeiro. Two years later Araujo left for Qatar. He won the 2007–08 season top scorer award.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
1997	Goiás	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
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2004	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	29	9	0	0	7	1	-		36	10
2005	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	33	33	2	2	11	6	-		46	41
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		League Cup		South America		Total
2006	Cruzeiro	Série A	1	0							1	0
2007			14	5							14	5
Qatar			League		Emir Cup		Sheikh Jassem Cup		Asia		Total
2007–08	Al-Gharafa	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
Country	Brazil		185	55	21	13	108	64	37	23	351	155
	Japan		62	42	2	2	18	7	-		82	51
	Qatar		84	68	6	6	24	29	17	12	133	113
Total			330	164	29	21	152	91	55	35	563	319

Honours

Club

• Goiás State League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
• Brazilian League (2nd division): 1999
• Brazilian Center-West Cup: 2000, 2001, 2002
• J1 League: 2005
• Minas Gerais State League: 2006
• Qatar Stars League: 2007–08, 2008–09,2009–10
• Qatari Stars Cup: 2009–10
• Emir of Qatar Cup: 2009
• Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009–10

Honours

• Campeonato Goiano : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B : 1999
• Brazilian Center-West Cup : 2000, 2001, 2002
• Japanese League : 2005
• Minas Gerais State League : 2006
• Qatar Stars League : 2007/08, 2008/09

Personal Honours

• World's top scorer in 2005 33 goals in 33 games, considered worlds best striker in 2005 by, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
• J. League MVP : 2005
• J. League Top Scorer : 2005
• J. League Best Eleven : 2005
• Qatari League Top Scorer : 2007/08

Other websites

• mercado
• sambafoot Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
• zerozero.pt Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine