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Tinga
Personal information
Full name Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo
Date of birth (1990-10-12) October 12, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Bom Jardim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team Botafogo-PB
Youth career
2005–2008 Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Ponte Preta 18 (4)
2010–2015 Palmeiras 59 (3)
2012Ceará (loan) 5 (0)
2013Figueirense (loan) 17 (0)
2014Avaí (loan) 8 (0)
2014Júbilo Iwata (loan) 14 (3)
2015Avaí (loan) 14 (0)
2016 Suphanburi 15 (0)
2016–2017 Joinville 26 (1)
2017–2019 CRB 25 (0)
2018–2019Santo André (loan) 7 (1)
2019Umm Salal (loan) 7 (0)
2019 Vila Nova 13 (0)
2020 Santa Cruz 34 (0)
2021 Brusque 9 (0)
2021– Botafogo-PB 1 (0)
International career
2009 Brazil U-20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

  1. Palmeiras empresa volante Tinga ao Figueirense por um ano (in Portuguese)

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