Hugo Araya

Hugo Araya
Araya in 2018
Personal information
Full name Hugo Eduardo Araya Tobar
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Cobreloa
Number 1
Youth career
2013–2017 Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Cobreloa 45 (0)
International career‡
2017 Chile U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 March 2024

Hugo Eduardo Araya Tobar (born 26 December 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Primera B de Chile club Cobreloa.

Club career

Born in San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Araya came to the Cobreloa youth system at the age of twelve, being a member of the first team since 2017. He made his professional debut in a match against Deportes Santa Cruz on 2 June 2019 and won the 2023 Primera B with them, getting promotion to the Chilean Primera División.

International career

Araya was a member of the Chile squad at under-17 level in both the 2017 South American Championship and the 2017 FIFA World Cup.

At senior level, Araya was called up to the Chile squad under Eduardo Berizzo for the friendly matches against Cuba and Dominican Republic in June 2023. He was a substitute player in the first match.

Honours

Cobreloa

References

  1. 1 2 "Hugo Araya". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Arquero de Cobreloa es nominado a la Roja Sub-17 para jugar el Sudamericano". SoyChile (in Spanish). 15 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "¡Nuestro Plantel!". www.facebook.com (in Spanish). Cobreloa. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "[VIDEO] Con estos juveniles podría jugar Cobreloa el domingo ante Deportes Santa Cruz". SoyChile (in Spanish). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "[Audio] Hugo Araya: Orgulloso por lo que fue el año y lograr el objetivo de subir". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Rubio, Jorge (15 October 2023). "INTERRUMPE entrevista de pura alegría: Seleccionado de Cobreloa y el abrazo con un histórico". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "La selección chilena sub 17 tiene nómina definitiva para el Mundial de India 2017". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Zavala, Jaime (6 June 2023). "De la B al 'Equipo de Todos': golero que brilla en el Ascenso será el reemplazo de Bravo en La Roja". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "[11/06/2023] Chile-Cuba 3:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.