Aranha (footballer)

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Aranha
Personal information
Full name Mario Lúcio Duarte Costa
Date of birth (1980-11-17) November 17, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Pouso Alegre, Brazil
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–2000 Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Ponte Preta 52 (0)
2009–2011 Atlético Mineiro 17 (0)
2011–2014 Santos 83 (0)
2015 Palmeiras 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2015

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 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 0 0 1 0 1 0
2005 0 0 3 0 3 0
2006 2 0 8 0 10 0
2007 14 0 5 0 2 0 21 0
2008 23 0 32 0 55 0
2009 20 0 3 0 8 0 31 0
Subtotal 59 0 52 0 10 0 121 0
Atlético Mineiro 2009 12 0 7 0 19 0
2010 13 0 5 0 0 0 18 0
Subtotal 13 0 17 0 7 0 0 0 37 0
Santos 2011 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2012 10 0 13 0 0 0 23 0
2013 0 0 32 0 4 0 36 0
2014 17 0 33 0 7 0 57 0
Subtotal 28 0 83 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 122 0
Career total 100 0 152 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 280 0

Honours

Santos
Palmeiras

References

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  17. Aranha; Global Sports Media. Retrieved on 27 March 2014
  18. Campeonatos; PontePreta.net. Retrieved on 27 March 2014. (Portuguese)

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