Araújo (footballer, born 1977)

**Clemerson de Araújo Soares** (born 8 August 1977) is a former Brazilian football player. He plays for Al-Gharafa in Qatar after recently moving from Cruzeiro on July 31 2007, in a 3-year deal. He is all-time Goiás top scorer with 136 goals. He scored 52 goals in 73 matches in Goiás State League. He scored 19 goals in 39 matches with Cruzeiro

Araujo played for Japanese side Gamba Osaka in 2005 his 34 league goals helped Gamba to the 2005 J-League title. 2005 was his last season in Japan. Araujo left for his homeland to sign for Cruzeiro. Two years later Araujo left for Qatar. He won the 2007–08 season top scorer award.

## Club statistics

|colspan=3|Club performance|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1997|Goiás|Série A|5|0|||||||5|0|
|1998|20|10|||||||20|10|||
|1999|Série B|29|5|||||||29|5||
|2000|Série A|24|5|||||||24|5||
|2001|26|7|||||||26|7|||
|2002|25|11|||||||25|11|||
|2003|41|12|||||||41|12|||
|2004|Shimizu S-Pulse|J1 League|29|9|0|0|7|1|-|36|10||
|2005|Gamba Osaka|J1 League|33|33|2|2|11|6|-|46|41||
|2006|Cruzeiro|Série A|1|0|||||||1|0|
|2007|14|5|||||||14|5|||
|2007–08|Al-Gharafa|Stars League|27|27|3|4|4|3|4|2|38|36|
|2008–09|27|20|3|2|4|4|5|5|39|31|||
|2009–10|21|15|0|0|12|17|6|5|39|37|||
|2010–11|9|6|0|0|6|3|2|0|17|9|||

### Club

- Goiás State League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
- Brazilian League (2nd division): 1999
- Brazilian Center-West Cup: 2000, 2001, 2002
- J1 League: 2005
- Minas Gerais State League: 2006
- Qatar Stars League: 2007–08, 2008–09,2009–10
- Qatari Stars Cup: 2009–10
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 2009
- Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009–10

## Honours

- Campeonato Goiano : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B : 1999
- Brazilian Center-West Cup : 2000, 2001, 2002
- Japanese League : 2005
- Minas Gerais State League : 2006
- Qatar Stars League : 2007/08, 2008/09

## Personal Honours

- World's top 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

## Other websites

- mercado
- sambafoot
- zerozero.pt

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Araújo
- **image**: Clemerson de Araújo Soares.jpg
- **fullname**: Clemerson de Araújo Soares
- **birth place**: Caruaru, Brazil
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Second striker, Second striker
- **currentclub**: Sete de Setembro Esporte Clube, Sete de Setembro
- **youthyears1**: 1996
- **youthclubs1**: Clube Atlético do Porto, Porto-PE
- **years1**: 1997–2003
- **years2**: 2004
- **years3**: 2005
- **years4**: 2006–2007
- **years5**: 2007–2010
- **years6**: 2011–2012
- **years7**: 2012
- **years8**: 2013
- **years9**: 2013–2014
- **years10**: 2016
- **years11**: 2017
- **clubs1**: Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás
- **clubs2**: Shimizu S-Pulse
- **clubs3**: Gamba Osaka
- **clubs4**: Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro
- **clubs5**: Al-Gharafa
- **clubs6**: Fluminense
- **clubs7**: → Clube Náutico Capibaribe, Náutico (loan)
- **clubs8**: Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
- **clubs9**: Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás
- **clubs10**: Central Sport Club, Central
- **clubs11**: Sete de Setembro Esporte Clube, Sete de Setembro
- **caps1**: 170
- **goals1**: 50
- **caps2**: 29
- **goals2**: 9
- **caps3**: 33
- **goals3**: 33
- **caps4**: 15
- **goals4**: 5
- **caps5**: 133
- **goals5**: 113
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 0
- **caps7**: 33
- **goals7**: 8
- **caps8**: 4
- **goals8**: 1
- **caps9**: 35
- **goals9**: 9
- **caps10**: 14
- **goals10**: 4
- **nationalyears1**: 1999
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil Olympic football team, Brazil U-23
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **pcupdate**: 12 July 2019 13:42 (UTC)