Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco (born 24 October 1994) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Emmen and the Peru national team.

Club career

Cobresol

Miguel Araujo started his senior career by joining

Cobresol Cobresol FBC was a Peruvian football club based in the city of Moquegua, Peru. Founded in 2008, the club gained promotion from the Segunda División Peruana after winning the 2010 championship, moving to the Torneo Descentralizado in 2011, be ...

's first team on 13 July 2011. Then on 5 November 2011, at the age of 17, he made his league debut in the Torneo Descentralizado in matchday 27 away to

Universidad César Vallejo Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

. Araujo was included in the starting line-up by manager

Teddy Cardama Teddy Armando Cardama Sinti (born 15 August 1966) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender. Playing career Cardama was born in Iquitos, and was a Sporting Cristal youth graduate. After making his first team deb ...

and was later changed for Jaime La Torre in stoppage time as the match finished in a 1–0 win for Vallejo. In his next match he played as a starter again in his side's 1–1 at home draw against

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

for matchday 28. He played the following matches as a starter and recorded his first win for his side in the 3–1 win over

Colegio Nacional Iquitos Colegio Nacional Iquitos (usually referred to as CNI) is a Peruvian football team based in the city of Iquitos which was founded in 1926. CNI is the biggest club in the city of Iquitos and currently is not playing in any league. At the beginni ...

for matchday 30.

Sport Huancayo

Arauho left Cobresol to join

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in January 2012. He played over 40 league matches with Sport Huancayo before making his move to Europe.

Red Star Belgrade

On 29 July 2013, he signed a four-year contract with Serbian club

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and was assigned the number 20 on his jersey. He made his debut for the club in a 5–1 win over

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on 19 October 2013, with manager

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describing his performance as "solid".

Alianza

Since his return from Serbia, Araujo has become regular in

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, popularly known as Alianza Lima or simply Alianza, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams i ...

in the following seasons.Miguel Araujo
at Soccerway

International career

Araujo was part of the Peru U17 national team that finished fourth at the

2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship The 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, link=no, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2011) was the 14th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 12 March to 9 April 2011. Th ...

and in the Peru U20 team at the

2013 South American Youth Championship The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, ''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 ''Juventud de América'' Argentina 2013'', italic=unset, pt, ''Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 ''Juventude da América'' Argentina 2013'', italic=unset, re ...

. On 27 March 2013, he received a call-up to the Peru senior national team for a match against

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. He made his debut for Peru on 18 November 2014, in a friendly match against

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

. In June 2018, he was named in Peru’s 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Honours

Red Star *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

: 2013–14Miguel Araujo
at National-Football-Teams.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Miguel 1994 births Living people Footballers from Lima Association football defenders Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers Cobresol FBC footballers Sport Huancayo footballers Peruvian Primera División players Red Star Belgrade footballers Club Alianza Lima footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers FC Emmen players Serbian SuperLiga players Argentine Primera División players Eredivisie players Peruvian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Peru under-20 international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players