Jorge Araya (footballer, born 1996)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Matías Araya Pozo | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2015 | Colo-Colo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Colo-Colo B | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2021 | Colo-Colo | 20 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Palestino (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2022 | Deportes Melipilla | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Trasandino | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Cobreloa | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | Provincial Ovalle | 11 | (1) |
| 2025 | Tallahassee (seven-a-side) | – | (–) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Chile U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Chile U20 | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 April 2013 | |||
Jorge Matías Araya Pozo, (born 25 March 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Product from Chilean giants Colo-Colo, Araya joined the club’s youth ranks aged 8.[1] Two seasons later, in 2016, he was considered by coach José Luis Sierra and fully debuted in a 0–0 Copa Libertadores group stage draw with Atlético Mineiro as home, previously playing some minutes in the derby against Universidad Católica, won 3–0 by Colo-Colo.[1]
After being loaned to Palestino from 2019 to 2021,[2] in 2022 he left Colo-Colo and joined Deportes Melipilla in the Primera B de Chile.[3]
In 2023, he signed with Cobreloa from Trasandino de Los Andes.[4] The next season, he switched to Provincial Ovalle in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[5]
In 2025, Araya moved to the United States and played for seven-a-side football club Tallahassee alongside his former fellow in Colo-Colo, Daniel Malhue. They won the Premium Cup in Atlanta.[6]