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 the Peru national team.

Club career

Cobresol

Miguel Araujo started his senior career by joining Cobresol'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

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

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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 is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

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

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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, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

in the following seasons.Miguel Araujo
at Soccerway

Portland Timbers

On 30 June 2023, Araujo was announced to have agreed to join

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side

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on a two-year contract with the option for a further year. Araujo was waived by Portland on 29 May 2025.

International career

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

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and in the Peru U20 team at the

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. 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

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

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Red Star *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

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

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

: 2021–22

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Miguel 1994 births Living people Footballers from Lima Men's association football central defenders Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Peru men's international footballers Cobresol footballers Sport Huancayo footballers Peruvian Primera División players Red Star Belgrade footballers Club Alianza Lima footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers FC Emmen players Portland Timbers players Serbian SuperLiga players Argentine Primera División players Eredivisie players Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Peru men's under-20 international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players Major League Soccer players 2024 Copa América players