Kadu (Brazilian footballer)

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

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.

Career

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

Chapecoense

References

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

External links

Kadu at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Kadu at Sambafoot
Kadu at Soccerway

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[C-1] "Kadu". Chapecoense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2020.

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