Clemerson de Araújo Soares

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Personal information
Araújo
Full name	Clemerson de Araújo Soares
Date of birth	August 8, 1977 (1977-08-08) (age 30)
Place of birth	Caruaru, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Al-Gharafa
Youth clubs
1996	Porto-PE
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2003 2004 2005 2006-2007 2007	Goiás Shimizu S-Pulse Gamba Osaka (Loan^{[citation needed]}) Cruzeiro Al-Gharafa	170 0(50) 029 00(9) 034 0(33) 039 0(19) 028 0(29)
National team²
1999	Brazil	003 00(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 2, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Clemerson de Araújo Soares, best known as Araújo (born August 8, 1977 in Caruaru, PE) is a Brazilian footballer. Currently playing for Al-Gharafa after recently moving from Cruzeiro on July 31st 2007, in a 2 year deal. Araujo played for Japanese side Gamba Osaka in 2005 his 34 league goals helped Gamba to the 2005 J-League title. But 2005 was his last season in Japan. Araujo left for his homeland to sign for Cruzeiro. But 2 years later Araujo left for Qatar.

1 Honours
2 Personal Honours
3 Contract
4 External links

[edit] Honours

Goiás State League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Brazilian League (2nd division): 1999
Brazilian Center-West Cup: 2000, 2001, 2002
Japanese League: 2005
Minas Gerais State League: 2006
Qatari League: 2007/08

[edit] Personal Honours

Worlds to scorer in 2005 33 goals in 33 games, considered worlds best striker in 2005 by, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
J. League MVP: 2005
J. League Top Scorer: 2005
J. League Best Eleven: 2005
Qatari League Top Scorer: 2007/08

[edit] Contract

1st August 2007 to 31st July 2009

[edit] External links

Preceded by Yuji Nakazawa	J-League Player of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Marcus Tulio Tanaka
Preceded by Emerson	J. League Top Scorer 2005	Succeeded by Washington, Magno Alves
Preceded by Younis Mahmoud	Qatari League Top Scorer 2007/08	Succeeded by Incumbent