# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-marcelo-januario-de-araujo
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:44:58.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-marcelo-januario-de-araujo"
name: "José Marcelo Januário de Araújo"
slug: "jose-marcelo-januario-de-araujo"
description: "José Marcelo Januário de Araújo, commonly known as Esquerdinha, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a left-back."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer (1972-2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1972-05-06"
deathDate: "2018-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.412456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Жозе Араужо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%88"
    title: "خوسيه أرواخو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%88"
    title: "خوسيه ارواخو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Marcelo_Janu%C3%A1rio_de_Ara%C3%BAjo"
    title: "José Marcelo Januário de Araújo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%BF%CE%B6%CE%AD_%CE%91%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%BF"
    title: "Ζοζέ Αραούτζο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerdinha_(footballer%2C_born_1972)"
    title: "Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1972)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ara%C3%BAjo"
    title: "José Araújo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87_%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88"
    title: "خوزه د آرائوخو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquerdinha"
    title: "Esquerdinha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Marcelo_Janu%C3%A1rio_de_Ara%C3%BAjo"
    title: "José Marcelo Januário de Araújo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Marcelo_Janu%C3%A1rio_de_Ara%C3%BAjo"
    title: "José Marcelo Januário de Araújo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3810496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump