Brazilian footballer
Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo (born 12 October 1990), commonly known as Tinga, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Botafogo-PB.
Career
A product of Ponte Preta's youth team, Tinga became a first team regular player in early 2009 at 18 years old. He made good appearances for Ponte Preta in the Série B and attracted the interest of some big Brazilian clubs.
Tinga transferred to Palmeiras after the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and since then became a first choice substitute. His first match for Palmeiras came against Santos, where Tinga scored in the second half to give Palmeiras a 2-1 win in the Série A.
On December 19, 2012, Palmeiras confirmed that loaned Tinga for Figueirense until December 2013.[1]
Club statistics
As of 15 August 2010
Club
|
Season
|
League
|
Brazilian Cup
|
South America
|
State League
|
Total
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Ponte Preta
|
2008
|
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0
|
2009
|
29 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
12 |
1 |
47 |
4
|
2010
|
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
- |
- |
17 |
2 |
26 |
3
|
Total
|
39 |
3 |
11 |
1 |
- |
- |
31 |
3 |
81 |
7
|
Palmeiras
|
2010
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1
|
2011
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
|
Total
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1
|
Career total
|
45 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
31 |
3 |
88 |
8
|
Honours
Ponte Preta
Brazil U-20
- Hexagonal International Tournament in Venezuela: 2009
References
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