Hansell Arauz Ovares (born 9 August 1989) is a

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midfielder.

Club career

Born in

Golfito Golfito is a district and port town of the Golfito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, located on the southern Pacific Coast, near the border of Panama. Toponymy Literally translated as 'little gulf'. Geography Golfito has an ...

, Puntarenas, Arauz was raised in Guápiles, Limón by his mother. He began playing football in the local league and signed with

C.S. Cartaginés Club Sport Cartaginés Deportiva S.A., also known as Cartaginés, is a Costa Rican football club, that currently plays in the Liga de Fútbol de Primera División, the top division of Costa Rican football league system. Cartaginés' home venue i ...

in 2012.

Cartaginés

In January 2012, he signed a new contract with

. On 15 January 2012, Arauz made his official debut for Cartaginés in the opening match in the Summer 2012 playing 74 minutes in the victory 1-3 over San Carlos. On 22 January 2012, Arauz played in the debut official match of Cartaginés for the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica and substituted by José Sánchez at 56 minutes in the team's victory against tri-champion Alajuelense in the "Clasico Provincial". On 12 February 2012, he scored his debut official goal for the "Clasico Provincial" against Herediano at 45 minutes in week 7. At halftime, he picked up the ball with his chest on the edge of the box, shoot with the right leg and deviated to

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for the 1-0. On 26 February 2012, scored his second goal for the club in week 10, was 0-1 against Santos de Guápiles, but the team would lose 3-2. On 18 April 2012, against Santos de Guápiles Arauz made the pass in the third goal for

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and in the fifth goal Arauz retrieves the ball, the Cartaginés made 5 passes and the play ends in a goal. The match would end 5-1. On 5 August 2012, score the third goal against the runner up Santos de Guapiles in the 6-0 victory, after a play between Erick Ponce and Pablo Brenes, the Mexican would make the center and Arauz would score a header in 59 minutes.

Turkey

In June 2013, he was hired by the Kayseri Erciyesspor, team of

TFF 1. League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

in Turkey for two years.

Saprissa

In January 2014, Arauz was announced their new player by Deportivo Saprissa.

Puerto Golfito & Municipal Grecia

On 22 August 2018, Puerto Golfito FC confirmed the signing of Arauz. He played for the club until the end of 2018, before signing with

Municipal Grecia Municipal Grecia is an association football club based in Grecia, Costa Rica. Founded in 1998, the club will make their debut in the Liga FPD after being promoted from the Liga de Ascenso. The team plays in the Estadio Allen Riggioni. History I ...

on 11 January 2019.

International career

He was included but did not appear in the Costa Rica national football team for the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...

, but did not play at all in the tournament.Hansell Arauz
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* * * {{Costa Rica Squad 2011 Copa América 1989 births Living people People from Puntarenas Province Costa Rican men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 2011 Copa América players Santos de Guápiles F.C. footballers C.S. Cartaginés players Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Deportivo Saprissa players A.D. Carmelita footballers Municipal Grecia players Süper Lig players Liga FPD players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Turkey