Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sporting Cristal | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2025 | Portland Timbers | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Sporting Cristal | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Peru U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Peru U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014– | Peru | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:17, 23 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC) |
Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco (born 24 October 1994) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team.
Miguel Araujo started his senior career by joining Cobresol's first team on 13 July 2011.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ] 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. [2] [3] He made his debut for the club in a 5–1 win over Novi Pazar on 19 October 2013, [4] with manager Slaviša Stojanović describing his performance as "solid". [5]
Since his return from Serbia, Araujo has become regular in Alianza Lima in the following seasons. [6]
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. [7] Araujo was waived by Portland on 29 May 2025. [8]
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. [9]
On 27 March 2013, he received a call-up to the Peru senior national team for a match against Trinidad and Tobago. [10] He made his debut for Peru on 18 November 2014, in a friendly match against Paraguay. [6]
In June 2018, he was named in Peru's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cobresol | 2011 | Peruvian Primera División | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Sport Huancayo | 2012 | Peruvian Primera División | 22 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2013 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||||
Total | 43 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 1 | ||||
Red Star Belgrade | 2013-14 | Serbian SuperLiga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Alianza Lima | 2014 | Peruvian Primera División | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2015 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
2016 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||||
2017 | 29 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
2018 | 12 | 2 | — | 5 [b] | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
Total | 117 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 134 | 5 | |||
Talleres (loan) | 2018-19 | Argentine Primera División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 4 [c] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Emmen | 2019-20 | Eredivisie | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
2020-21 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 [d] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |||
2021-22 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | |||
2022-23 | Eredivisie | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 [d] | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
Total | 105 | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 118 | 11 | |||
Portland Timbers | 2023 | MLS | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 [e] | 5 | 0 | |||
2024 | 23 | 0 | — | — | 1 [e] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
Total | 26 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
Sporting Cristal | 2025 | Peruvian Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 312 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 352 | 17 |
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 | 9 | 1 | |
Total | 38 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 October 2024 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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