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.
_(cropped).jpg) Kadu in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Martins de Araújo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1986[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brasília, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Luverdense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Paranoá | |||
| 2005–2006 | Guarani | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Guarani | 4 | (0) |
| 2007 | Bragantino | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Corinthians | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bragantino (loan) | 36 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Figueirense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Bragantino (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Bragantino | 37 | (1) |
| 2013 | Vitória | 18 | (0) |
| 2014 | Braga B | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | Braga | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Vitória | 30 | (4) |
| 2015 | Atlético Paranaense | 31 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Grêmio | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2017 | Ponte Preta | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Göztepe | 27 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Chapecoense | 17 | (0) |
| 2022 | Coimbra | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Villa Nova (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2022 | Figueirense | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Capital CF | ||
| 2023 | Oeste | ||
| 2023– | Luverdense | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 | |||
Career edit
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 edit
Chapecoense
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