Mário Lúcio Costa Duarte (Pouso Alegre

Pouso Alegre

Pouso Alegre is a city and municipality in southern region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil with a population of 127.974 of which 97.756 were urban and 9.020 were rural. The literacy rate is 94.2%. The area of the municipality is 541 km²...

, November 17, 1980) is a footballer from Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 playing as a Goalkeeper.

Career

Aranha, as he is known professionally, graduated from the Ponte Preta

Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

Ponte Preta is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo. Ponte Preta is also known as Macaca. Ponte Preta's biggest rival is from the same city: Guarani. The games between Ponte Preta and Guarani are known as derby . They are known as "pontepretanos"...

. The nickname came about through his coach Ailton Custodio, at the time in Aranha trained soccer school in his hometown of Pouso Alegre. Emerged as a reference to the Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin

Lev Yashin

Lev Ivanovich Yashin nicknamed as "The Black Spider", was a Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game. He was known for his superior athleticism in goal, imposing stature, amazing reflex saves and inventing the idea of...

, known as Black Spider by clothes he wore and his great defenses.

In 2008 Aranha was named best goalkeeper of the São Paulo State Championship

Campeonato Paulista 2008

The 2008 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 is the 107th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 16 and ended on May 4.-Format:...

. Ponte Preta played the final against the Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

 but lost. Because of this Aranha received many offers from other clubs but decided to stay in Ponte Preta.
His contract with the team of Campinas

Campinas

Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....

 was renewed for three years, but several clubs continure to probe it. On May 26 of 2009, the Atlético Mineiro ended up closing agreement with the Ponte Preta

Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

Ponte Preta is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo. Ponte Preta is also known as Macaca. Ponte Preta's biggest rival is from the same city: Guarani. The games between Ponte Preta and Guarani are known as derby . They are known as "pontepretanos"...

 in negotiating the Goalkeeper.

Club

Santos

• • Campeonato Paulista
    Campeonato Paulista
    The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
    
    : 2011
  • Copa Libertadores
    Copa Libertadores de América
    The Copa Santander Libertadores de América , known simply as the Copa Libertadores and originally known as the Copa Campeones de América , is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960...
    
    : 2011
    2011 Copa Libertadores
    The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...
    
    

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