Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Januário and the second or paternal family name is de Araújo.

José Marcelo Januário de Araújo (6 May 1972 – 31 October 2018), commonly known as Esquerdinha, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back.^[1]

Esquerdinha

Personal information
Full name	José Marcelo Januário de Araújo
Date of birth	(1972-05-06)6 May 1972
Place of birth	Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil
Date of death	31 October 2018(2018-10-31) (aged 46)
Place of death	João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Santos-PB	–	(–)
1992–1993	Botafogo-PB	–	(–)
1994	Corinthians Alagoano	–	(–)
1994	Paraguaçuense	–	(–)
1995	Bahia	8	(0)
1996	Fluminense	–	(–)
1996–1998	Vitória	43	(3)
1999–2001	Porto	58	(6)
2001–2002	Real Zaragoza	22	(1)
2002–2003	Académica	4	(0)
2003	Goiás	18	(0)
2007	Botafogo-PB	–	(–)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Esquerdinha scored in the first leg of the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira which Porto would go on to win 5–2 on aggregate.^[2]

He died on 31 October 2018, in Cruz das Armas, a neighborhood in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil from a heart attack after playing football with friends.^[3][4]