Maximiliano_Araújo
Maximiliano Araújo
Uruguayan footballer (born 2000)
Maximiliano Javier Araújo Vilches (born 15 February 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-winger for Liga MX club Toluca and the Uruguay national team.[3][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maximiliano Javier Araújo Vilches[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, left-winger[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Toluca | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Montevideo Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Montevideo Wanderers | 33 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Puebla | 83 | (8) |
| 2023– | Toluca | 53 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Uruguay U20 | 28 | (0) |
| 2019 | Uruguay U22 | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | Uruguay U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Uruguay | 7 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023 | |||
Araújo is a youth academy graduate of Montevideo Wanderers. He made his professional debut for the club on 11 March 2018 in a 2–1 league win against Montevideo City Torque.[5]
At the end of December 2019 it was confirmed, Araújo had signed a deal until the end of 2023 with Liga MX club Puebla.[6]
As a youth international, Araújo has represented Uruguay at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship, 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019 Pan American Games and the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[7]
On 21 October 2022, Araújo was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[8] In June 2023, he received his first call-up to the senior team for friendly matches against Nicaragua and Cuba.[9] He made his debut on 14 June in a 4–1 win against Nicaragua.[10]
International
- As of 17 November 2023[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2023 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Araújo goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 June 2023 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Cuba | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- Maximiliano Araújo at WorldFootball.net
- Maximiliano Araújo at Soccerway
- "6 - Maximiliano Araújo". Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- "Debutante de la 6a fecha". 16 March 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- El uruguayo Maximiliano Araujo reforzará la defensa de Puebla, mediotiempo.com, 27 December 2019
- "6 - Maximiliano Araújo". 16 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- "Siguen sumándose futbolistas convocados a los entrenamientos". 5 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- "Selección: Bielsa eligió a Matías Viña como capitán en un equipo con muchos debutantes". 14 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- Profile at the Uruguayan Football Association website (in Spanish)