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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
Honours
Ponte Preta
Interior Paulista Championship: 2009
Brazil U-20
Hexagonal International Tournament in Venezuela: 2009
References
External links
Tinga at Soccerway
Tinga at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Profile at Globoesporte's Futpedia
Tinga at ZeroZero