Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)

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| name = Esquerdinha

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| fullname = José Marcelo Januário de Araújo

| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|5|6|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age |2018|10|31|1972|5|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil

| death_place = João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}

| position = Left back

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| years1 = 1990–1991 | clubs1 = Santos-PB | caps1 = – | goals1 = –

| years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = Botafogo-PB | caps2 = – | goals2 = –

| years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = Corinthians Alagoano | caps3 = – | goals3 = –

| years4 = 1994 | clubs4 = Paraguaçuense | caps4 = – | goals4 = –

| years5 = 1995 | clubs5 = Bahia | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1996 | clubs6 = Fluminense | caps6 = – | goals6 = –

| years7 = 1996–1998 | clubs7 = Vitória | caps7 = 43 | goals7 = 3

| years8 = 1999–2001 | clubs8 = Porto | caps8 = 58 | goals8 = 6

| years9 = 2001–2002 | clubs9 = Real Zaragoza | caps9 = 22 | goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2002–2003 | clubs10 = Académica | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2003 | clubs11 = Goiás | caps11 = 18 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2007 | clubs12 = Botafogo-PB | caps12 = – | goals12 = –

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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.[https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/destino-90s/destinos/esquerdinha-estava-a-mudar-de-roupa-e-entraram-aos-gritos-penta?_ga=2.260060173.1098483925.1607294723-763065413.1602873581 Esquerdinha: «Estava a mudar de roupa e entraram aos gritos: Penta!»] maisfutebol.iol.pt

Esquerdinha scored in the first leg of the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira which Porto would go on to win 5–2 on aggregate.{{cite news |url=http://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=46993|title=Beira-Mar 1-2 FC Porto|work=ZeroZero|language=pt|access-date=5 July 2015}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://arenarubronegra.com/outros/ex-lateral-do-vitoria-esquerdinha-sofre-infarto-e-morre-aos-46-anos/|title=Ex-lateral do Vitória, Esquerdinha sofre infarto e morre aos 46 anos|work=Arena Rubro-Negra|language=pt|access-date=1 November 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.fcporto.pt/pt/noticias/20181101-pt-faleceu-esquerdinha|title=Faleceu Esquerdinha|work=FC Porto|language=pt|access-date=1 November 2018}}