Jorge Araya (footballer, born 1996)

Jorge Matías Araya Pozo, (born 25 March 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera B de Chile club Deportes Melipilla.

Not to be confused with Jorge Araya (footballer, born 1924).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Araya and the second or maternal family name is Pozo.
Jorge Araya
Personal information
Full name Jorge Matías Araya Pozo
Date of birth (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Melipilla
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2015 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Colo-Colo B 3 (0)
2014–2021 Colo-Colo 20 (0)
2019–2021 → Palestino (loan) 23 (0)
2022– Deportes Melipilla 6 (0)
International career‡
2013 Chile U17 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 April 2013

Club career

Product from Chilean giants Colo-Colo, Araya joined the club’s youth ranks aged 8.[1] Two seasons later, in 2016, he was considered by coach José Luis Sierra and fully debuted in a 0–0 Copa Libertadores group stage draw with Atlético Mineiro as home, previously playing some minutes in the derby against Universidad Católica, won 3–0 by Colo-Colo.[1]

After being loaned to Palestino from 2019 to 2021,[2] in 2022 he left Colo-Colo and joined Deportes Melipilla in the Primera B de Chile.[3]

Honours
Colo-Colo

References
  1. "Jorge Araya, juvenil de Colo Colo, tras su debut copero: "Es un sueño hecho realidad"". La Tercera. 11 March 2016.
  2. "Un refuerzo inesperado: Jorge Araya deja Palestino y vuelve a Colo Colo". DaleAlbo.cl (in Spanish). 21 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. "Jorge Araya fue anunciado como refuerzo de Deportes Melipilla". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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