Jafar Aurelio Miguel Arias (born 16 June 1995) is a Curaçaoan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

Club career

Arias played for

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before joining Dordrecht in summer 2015. On 29 August 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Argeș Pitești in Romania. On 29 January 2024, Arias joined

club

International

He made his

Curaçao national football team The Curaçao national football team ( nl, Curaçaos voetbalelftal; Papiamentu: ''Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou'') represents Curaçao in International football and is controlled by the Curaçao Football Federation (Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou; ...

debut on 5 June 2019, in a

2019 King's Cup The 2019 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament ( th, ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2019), commonly referred to as 2019 King's Cup, was the 47th King's Cup, the annual international m ...

game against India, as a starter.

Honours

International

Curaçao *

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* * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Willemstad Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Curaçao descent Men's association football forwards FC Groningen players FC Dordrecht players FC Emmen players VVV-Venlo players FC Argeș Pitești players Helmond Sport players Manfredonia Calcio players HB Køge players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Liga I players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Curaçao expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Curaçao expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Curaçao expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark {{Curaçao-footy-bio-stub