Andrés Juan Arroyo Romero (born 20 January 2002) is a Colombian

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who currently plays as a

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for

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footba ...

Early life

A native of

Montería Montería () is a municipality and city located in northern Colombia and is the capital of the Departments of Colombia, Department of Córdoba Department, Córdoba. The city is located away from the Caribbean sea, by the Sinú River. The city an ...

, Arroyo's mother died when he was six months old. As his father lived in Canada, he was raised by his uncle and grandmother, who supported Arroyo as he played youth football, with his uncle going as far as to quit his job to help Arroyo achieve his dream.

Club career

Arroyo joined

's youth system in 2016, and he would make his professional debut with the club's senior team in 2019. On 30 August of the same year, he scored his first goal for the club; having come off the bench with six minutes to go and a 1–1 scoreline in a

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game against

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, Arroyo scored the winning goal as Deportivo Cali went on to win 2–1. Over the following three seasons, Arroyo struggled to fully establish himself in the Deportivo Cali first team, scoring no goals in the 2020 and 2021

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

seasons. For the 2022 season, he was sent on loan to fellow Categoría Primera A side

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International career

Arroyo has represented Colombia at under-17 and under-19 level. In October 2019, after a good debut season with his club, Deportivo Cali, he was called up to the under-20 squad for the first time.

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arroyo, Andrés 2002 births Living people People from Montería Colombian footballers Colombia men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Categoría Primera A players Deportivo Cali footballers Jaguares de Córdoba footballers 21st-century Colombian people