Bernardo Jesús Araya Ponce (born 5 June 1993) is a Chilean

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player who plays as a defender. Besides Chile, he has played in Argentine, France and Brazil.

Career

As a youth

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, Araya was with both Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile at under-17 and under-18 level, respectively. Next he spent a season with

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. In 2013 he switched to

after a trial to join Chile national futsal team alongside his best friend. Having played for both Palestino and Deportes Concepción in his homeland, in 2018 he moved to Argentine side Newell's Old Boys. As a member of Newell's Old Boys, he got three consecutive promotions and played at all categories of the Argentine futsal. In 2021, he moved to French side , becoming the first Chilean to play in Europe. Due to a serious knee injury, he returned to Argentina in 2022 and joined

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, winnign the league title and the Copa Argentina. In 2023, he joined Brazilian club Sercesa in the Liga Gaúcha, becoming the first Chilean to play in the Brazilian futsal.

International career

Araya has taken part of the Chile national futsal team since under-23 level, becoming the team captain at senior level.

Personal life

Araya is the younger brother of

Karen Araya Karen Andrea Araya Ponce (born 16 October 1990) is a Chilean professional women's association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Chile women's national football team, Chile women's nationa ...

, a Chilean professional footballer.

References

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Bernardo Araya
at PlaymakerStats.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Araya, Bernardo 1993 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Chilean men's futsal players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in France Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Futsal defenders Men's association football defenders