Carlos Luciano Araujo (born November 19, 1981) is a retired

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player, who played as a

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Career

Araujo started his career with

Independiente Rivadavia Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, the first major league in the Argentine Football leag ...

. He then played for

Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that com ...

, with which he won 2002–03 season of the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

(second division), earning promotion to the Primera Division. Subsequently, he played for major Argentine clubs, including

Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

and

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. After a successful season with Huracán, Araujo decided to take the big step to Europe in the second half of 2009, joining Greek club

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Araujo was cited as the "best right back in Argentina" by his former Huracán coach

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, whilst his transfer was described by a journalist as a "key player loss" for Huracán. Araujo signed a 3-year contract with AEK Athens on August 18, 2009. AEK signed Araujo as a free agent. Araujo was the fifth Argentine AEK Athens player for the 2009–10 season, the others being

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, Ignacio Scocco, Nicolás Bianchi Arce and Ismael Blanco. Although good performances in Greece and Europe, Araujo had to return to Argentina due to a sudden family issue in July 2010. Ηe left AEK Athens after the conflicts between him and the team were close to lead to court. He was loaned the remaining year of his contract in Lanus having previously denied a loan offer from

despite pressure from AEK Athens. On December 23, 2010, Araujo returned to Argentina, joining

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Honours

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Carlos 1981 births Living people Copa Sudamericana–winning players Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Mendoza Province Argentine people of Galician descent Men's association football defenders Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine Primera División players Atlético de Rafaela footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers Club Olimpo footballers Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 21st-century Argentine sportsmen