Miguel Araujo

Miguel Araujo

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Araujo Blanco
Date of birth	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Alianza Lima
Number	24
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	Cobresol	4	(0)
2012–2013	Sport Huancayo	43	(1)
2013–2014	Red Star Belgrade	5	(0)
2014–	Alianza Lima	73	(2)
International career‡
2011	Peru U17	3	(0)
2012–	Peru U20	5	(1)
2014–	Peru	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016

Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco (born 24 October 1994) is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Torneo Descentralizado club Alianza Lima.

Club career

Cobresol

Miguel Araujo started his senior career by joining Cobresol's first team on 13 July 2011. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Sport Huancayo

Arauho left Cobresol to join Sport Huancayo in January 2012. He played over 40 league matches with Sport Huancayo before making his move to Europe.

Red Star Belgrade

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. He made his debut for the club in a 5–1 win over Novi Pazar on 19 October 2013, with manager Slaviša Stojanović describing his performance as "solid".

Alianza

Since his return from Serbia, Araujo has become regular in Alianza Lima in the following seasons.

International career

Miguel Araujo was part of the Peruvian U-17 team that finished fourth at the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship and in the Peruvian U-20 team at the 2013 South American Youth Championship.

On 27 March 2013, he received a call for the Peru national football team but hasn´t debuted in a match against Trinidad and Tobago. He finally made his debut for Peru on November 18, 2014, in a friendly match against Paraguay.

Honours

Red Star

• Serbian SuperLiga (1): 2013–14