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Full name | Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Villa María del Triunfo, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Portland Timbers | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Cobresol | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Sport Huancayo | 43 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Red Star Belgrade | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | Alianza Lima | 117 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Talleres (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Emmen | 105 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Portland Timbers | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Peru U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Peru U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014– | Peru | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC) |
Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco (born 24 October 1994) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers and the Peru national team.
Miguel Araujo started his senior career by joining Cobresol's first team on 13 July 2011. [2] Then on 5 November 2011, at the age of 17, he made his league debut in the Torneo Descentralizado in matchday 27 away to Universidad César Vallejo. [3] Araujo was included in the starting line-up by manager Teddy Cardama and was later changed for Jaime La Torre in stoppage time as the match finished in a 1–0 win for Vallejo. [3] In his next match he played as a starter again in his side's 1–1 at home draw against Universitario de Deportes for matchday 28. [4] He played the following matches as a starter and recorded his first win for his side in the 3–1 win over Colegio Nacional Iquitos for matchday 30.
Arauho left Cobresol to join Sport Huancayo in January 2012. [2] He played over 40 league matches with Sport Huancayo before making his move to Europe.
On 29 July 2013, he signed a four-year contract with Serbian club Red Star Belgrade and was assigned the number 20 on his jersey. [5] [6] He made his debut for the club in a 5–1 win over Novi Pazar on 19 October 2013, [7] with manager Slaviša Stojanović describing his performance as "solid". [8]
Since his return from Serbia, Araujo has become regular in Alianza Lima in the following seasons. [9]
On 30 June 2023, Araujo was announced to have agreed to join Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers on a two-year contract with the option for a further year. [10]
Araujo was part of the Peru U17 national team that finished fourth at the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship and in the Peru U20 team at the 2013 South American Youth Championship. [11]
On 27 March 2013, he received a call-up to the Peru senior national team for a match against Trinidad and Tobago. [12] He made his debut for Peru on 18 November 2014, in a friendly match against Paraguay. [9]
In June 2018, he was named in Peru's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Peru | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 0 |
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