Kadu (Brazilian footballer)

Kadu

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Martins de Araújo
Date of birth	(1986-07-20) 20 July 1986
Place of birth	Brasília, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Ponte Preta (on loan from Grêmio)
Youth career
2005–2006	Guarani
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Guarani	3	(0)
2006–2007	Bragantino
2007–2012	Corinthians	7	(0)
2008–2009	→ Bragantino (loan)	37	(2)
2010	→ Figueirense (loan)	0	(0)
2011	→ Bragantino (loan)	2	(0)
2012–2013	Bragantino	25	(1)
2013	Vitória	18	(0)
2014	Braga B	3	(0)
2014	Braga	1	(0)
2014–2015	Vitória	27	(3)
2015	Atlético Paranaense	26	(1)
2016–	Grêmio	0	(0)
2016–	→ Ponte Preta (loan)	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:09, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Ricardo Martins de Araújo (born 20 July 1986 in Brasília), commonly known as Kadu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Ponte Preta, on loan from Grêmio, as a central defender and is equally adept as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Kadu has started your 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, in a nightmare game Kadu score an infurtate own goal, against Atlético-PR. Before this fact, and the exit of the coach, Paulo César Carpegiani, Kadu had never played any other game for the club.

External links

• Kadu at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Kadu at Soccerway