[2] Having success at Coritiba, he was called up by Brazil U-23 team challenging for a spot in the squad that played the 2000 Olympic Games.
[3] He joined São Paulo in 2001, but after an unsuccessful year, he returned to Coritiba in 2002.
[6] Reginaldo Araújo moved back to Brazil to play for Criciúma and returned to Paraná state in his last career years.
He retired in 2010 after discovering a heart condition[7] and worked with the youth team and as a director of football at Corinthians Paulista[8] and was appointed as an assistant manager of PSTC in December 2015.
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