Aranha (footballer)

Aranha
Personal information
Full nameMario Lúcio Duarte Costa
Date of birthNovember 17, 1980
Place of birthPouso Alegre, Brazil
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Palmeiras
Number25
Youth career
1997–2000Ponte Preta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2009Ponte Preta52(0)
2009–2010Atlético Mineiro17(0)
2011–2015Santos83(0)
2015–Palmeiras0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mário Lúcio Costa Duarte, commonly known as Aranha (born 17 November 1980), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Aranha graduated from Ponte Preta's youth system. His nickname emerged in his hometown, through his coach at the time (Ailton Custódio), as a reference to the Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, known as Black Spider due to his kits and his great defenses. He served his first six professional years mostly as a third-choice, behind Alexandre Negri and Lauro. After the former's transfer to AC Ajaccio in 2004, and the latter's move to Cruzeiro in 2006, he was still unable to appear regularly, due to the arrival of Jean.

In the following year Jean left the side and Aranha was chosen as first-choice. On 21 February 2007, in a 0–1 loss at Villa Nova, he suffered a serious face injury which sidelined him for a month; after his return he saw a fellow youth graduate, Denis, in great form and was thus relegated to the bench.[1] In 2008, Aranha was named best goalkeeper of the São Paulo State Championship, with his side eventually finishing second, losing to Palmeiras. Despite attracted interest from other clubs, he remained at Ponte, signing a new three-year deal on 19 December 2008.[2]

On 26 May 2009, Aranha moved to Atlético Mineiro, after long negotiations.[3] With Galo he only achieved mid-table positions, and despite appearing regularly in his first season, he served as a backup to young Renan Ribeiro during his second.

On 17 December 2010, Aranha was released by Atlético.[4] Four days later, Aranha joined Santos FC.[5] He served his first two seasons initially as a backup to Rafael Cabral, and renewed his link with Peixe, running until the end of 2013.[6]

In July 2013, after the departure of Rafael to Napoli, Aranha was handed the first-choice goalkeeper status in the squad,[7] and was later praised for his performances. On 31 August he signed a new two-year deal, remaining at Santos until 2015.[8]

On 13 January 2015 Aranha took a legal action against Santos due to unpaid wages, being the fifth player to do so.[9] Eight days later, he rejected two proposals of rescision from Santos, preferring to wait for another decision from the court;[10] he later stepped back from his decision on the 27th, rescinding his link with Peixe and thus removing his legal action against the club.[11]

On 2 February 2015 Aranha signed a one-year deal with fellow league team Palmeiras, mainly as a backup to Fernando Prass.[12]

Racism incidents

On 28 August 2014, when Santos was facing Grêmio in Porto Alegre for the Round of 16 of the 2014 Copa do Brasil, Aranha was called macaco (monkey) by Grêmio supporters.[13] He also accused them of making monkey sounds to provoke him.[13] Grêmio later issued a statement in which the club condemns the acts of racism and promises to help identifying the racist supporters.[13][14] The episode led to the return match against Grêmio being suspended until Brazil's superior sporting court can examine the case - the outcome could include Grêmio being disqualified from the championship,[13] a punishment that was indeed made official on 3 September 2014.[15]

On 21 January 2015 Aranha was again victim of racist acts, this time from a very small part of Santos' supporters, through a Facebook group.[16] The people who insulted the player were reprimated and subsequently excluded from the group.

Career statistics

(Correct as of December 8, 2014)[17]
Club Season State League League Cup CONMEBOL[lower-roman 1] Other[lower-roman 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ponte Preta[18] 2000 0000———00
2001 0000———00
2002 0000———00
2003 0000———00
2004 0010———10
2005 0030———30
2006 2080———100
2007 1405020——210
2008 230320———550
2009 2003080——310
Subtotal 590520100——1210
Atlético-MG 2009 —12070——190
2010 13050—00—180
Subtotal 1301707000—370
Santos 2011 1050—000060
2012 100130—00—230
2013 0032040——360
2014 17033070——570
Subtotal 28083011000001220
Career total 1000152028000002800
  1. ↑ Including Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and Recopa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Including FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Santos

References

  1. ↑ "Histórico! Aranha completa 100 jogos pela Ponte no dérbi" [Historical! Aranha completes 100 games for Ponte in derby] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ponte Preta renova com goleiro Aranha por três anos" [Ponte Preta renews with goalkeeper Aranha for three years] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Com a Ponte "no peito", Aranha acerta com Atlético-MG" [With Ponte "in the heart", Aranha signs with Atlético-MG]. IG Esporte. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aranha, Fernandinho e Fabiano estão fora dos planos do Galo" [Aranha, Fernandinho and Fabiano are out of Galo's plans] (in Portuguese). Lancenet. December 17, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Aranha aguarda exames médicos para ser anunciado pelo Santos" [Aranha waits on medical examinations to be announced by Santos] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. December 21, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Santos chega a acordo e acerta renovação contratual com Aranha" [Santos reaches agreement and renews with Aranha] (in Portuguese). Terra Esportes. December 9, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Vieira, Vinicius (July 16, 2013). "Agora titular, Aranha comemora boa fase da equipe, mas alerta: “Não podemos deixar a euforia entrar”" [Currently a starter, Aranha celebrates team's good run, but warns: "We can not let the euphoria come in"] (in Portuguese). Santos FC. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Em alta, goleiro Aranha renova contrato com o Santos até 2015" [High regarded, goalkeeper Aranha renews contract with Santos until 2015] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Santos é informado que Aranha também entrou na Justiça e irá para o Palmeiras" [Santos is informed that Aranha took a legal action and will be going to Palmeiras] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Aranha rejeita ofertas de acordo com Santos, e juiz agenda nova audiência" [Aranha rejects offers of agreement with Santos, and the judge schedules another audience] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Aranha chega a acordo, rescinde com o Santos e desiste de ação na Justiça" [Aranha reaches agreement, rescinds with Santos and gives up on legal action at the Court] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Novo reforço, goleiro Aranha assina contrato com o Verdão até o final do ano" [New signing, goalkeeper Aranha signs contract with Verdão until the end of the year] (in Portuguese). Palmeiras' official website. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Azzoni, Tales (29 August 2014). "Brazilian club promises to punish racist fans". The Big Story. São Paulo: Associated Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Nota oficial - Grêmio repudia ato de racismo". Grêmio.net (in Portuguese). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  15. ↑ Guichard, Diego; Costa, Felippe; Rotstein, Gustavo (3 September 2014). "Grêmio é excluído da Copa do Brasil após julgamento por injúrias raciais". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Grupo Globo. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Goleiro Aranha sofre insultos racistas dos próprios santistas" [Goalkeeper Aranha suffers racist insults from the santistas] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  17. ↑ Aranha; Global Sports Media. Retrieved on 27 March 2014
  18. ↑ Campeonatos; PontePreta.net. Retrieved on 27 March 2014. (Portuguese)

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