Alexis Araujo

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Alexis Araujo
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Araujo with Gazélec Ajaccio in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-07) 7 November 1996 (age 28) [1]
Place of birth Tourcoing, France
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 La Roche VF
Number 20
Youth career
2002–2003 Tourcoing
2003–2015 Lille
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 Lille B 51 (8)
2015–2017 Lille 1 (0)
2016 → Boulogne (loan) 14 (2)
2016–2017 → Dunkerque (loan) 30 (4)
2017–2019 Gazélec Ajaccio 37 (1)
2019 → Quevilly-Rouen (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2020 Quevilly-Rouen 17 (1)
2020–2021 SC Lyon 15 (1)
2021–2024 Créteil 76 (6)
2024– La Roche VF 12 (1)
International career
2012 France U16 3 (0)
2013 Portugal U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024

Alexis Araujo (born 7 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championnat National 2 club La Roche VF. Born in France, he represented both France and Portugal at youth level.

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Club career

Araujo is a youth exponent from Lille. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 21 November 2015 against Troyes replacing Éric Bauthéac after 87 minutes in a 1–1 away draw. [2]

During the second half of the 2015–16 season he was loaned out to Championnat National side Boulogne.[ citation needed ] He stayed in the Championnat National the following season, moving to Dunkerque on loan. [3] [4]

Araujo was released from his contract by Lille in October 2017, and signed for Gazélec Ajaccio in Ligue 2. [5] After 37 Ligue 2 appearances in a 16 months, he was loaned to Quevilly-Rouen in January 2019, until the end of the 2018–19 season. [6] After a successful loan spell, he joined Quevilly-Rouen on a permanent deal in June 2019. [7]

In August 2020 Araujo followed his Quevilly-Rouen manager to SC Lyon, signing an initial one-year contract with the club. [8]

In July 2021, Araujo moved to Créteil. [9]

International career

Araujo was born in France to parents of Portuguese nationality. He debuted for the France U16s, making three appearances for them. [10] Within the year, in 2013, he debuted for the Portugal U17s. [11] He remains eligible for both France and Portugal.

References

  1. 1 2 "ALEXIS ARAUJO – USCL". US Créteil-Lusitanos (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lille vs. Troyes - 21 November 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alexis Araujo (Lille) prêté à Dunkerque" [Alexis Araujo (Lille) lent to Dunkerque]. L'Equipe (in French). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Football: Le Lillois Alexis Araujo prêté à Dunkerque" [Football: Alexis Araujo from Lille lent to Dunkerque]. Le Phare Dunkerquois. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lille libère Alexis Araujo qui signe au GFC Ajaccio" (in French). L'Équipe. 7 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Arrivée d'Alexis Araujo en Prêt !" (in French). US Quevilly-Rouen. 3 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Quevilly Rouen : Alexis Araujo arrive libre (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 24 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Alexis Araujo un renfort de choix pour le SC Lyon" (in French). footamateur.fr. 31 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "ALEXIS ARAUJO ARRIVE A CRETEIL !" (in French). Créteil. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Fédération Française de Football".
  11. ↑ "Avant Portugal-France : Ces Bleus qui ont la Seleçao dans le coeur". 4 September 2015.
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