| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Marcelo Januário de Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Santos | – | (–) |
| 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 | – | (–) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Marcelo Januário de Araújo (born 6 May 1972), commonly known as Esquerdinha is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a left back.
Esquerdinha scored in the first leg of the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira which Porto would go on to win 5–2 on aggregate.