Who is Luiz Araújo, the player who opened the scoring in Atlanta United's win over Sporting KC?

Today marks the end of MLS 2022 matchday and one of the most anticipated matchups was the Five Stripes vs. the Wizards, which left everyone wondering, who is Luiz Araújo, the player who opened the scoring in Atlanta United's win over Sporting KC?

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In this duel, the team coached by Gonzalo Pineda ran over Peter Vermes' team with a score of 3-1, so it is necessary to review who is the young talent that started the massacre over the Wizards.

Who is Luiz Araújo?

Luiz de Araújo Guimarães Neto, better known as Luiz Araújo, is a Brazilian player who plays as a striker for Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer, and who opened the scoring for Gonzalo Pineda's club 20 minutes into the match.

With a back-heel pass from the brilliant Josef Martinez, the young Brazilian player positioned himself in front of Tim Melia's goal to open the scoring and make it 1-0.

Dom Dwyer would later make it 2-0 in the 45+3. But SKC would not stay idle and Dániel Sallói would put the discount in the 85th minute, but Caleb Wiley would seal the result of the match with the 3-1 in the 89th minute.

Where and when was Luiz Araújo born?

Luiz Araújo, 25, was born in Taquaritinga, São Paulo, Brazil on June 2, 1996, and began his soccer career at Mirassol Futebol Clube, a team located in the municipality of Mirassol, where he made it to the first team in 2013.

And it would be in March 2013 when he joined the youth team of São Paulo, one of the most legendary teams in Brazil.

However, on February 26, 2016, he was sent on loan to Grêmio Novorizontino until the end of the Campeonato Paulista 2016 and would debut until March 19 in the 1-1 draw against XV de Piracicaba.

Araújo would return to the tricolor in April 2016 and be included in the first team, and would fulfill his dream of making his Serie A debut on June 5 in a 1-0 win over visiting Cruzeiro.

What other teams have Luiz Araújo played for?

Due to his great performance in the aforementioned teams, he signed for Lille O. S. C. coached by Marcelo Bielsa for the 2017-18 season, a team in which he would play 136 games in which he would score 18 goals.

Later in 2021, the player would arrive in Major League Soccer at Atlanta United FC, a club in which he has currently played 16 games in which he has scored 4 goals, and today he left everyone with their mouths open after the great goal he scored against the Sporting KC.

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