Karen Araya
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 Araya with Chile in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karen Andrea Araya Ponce | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1990[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Universitario | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Unión La Calera | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Santiago Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Osasco Audax | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Sevilla | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Santiago Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Sevilla | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Madrid CFF | 72 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Nantes | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Universitario | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Chile U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006– | Chile | 106 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Chile (futsal) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:11, 16 November 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Karen Andrea Araya Ponce (born 16 October 1990) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Primera División club Universitario and the Chile women's national team.
In 2022, Araya returned to Sevilla after her step in 2018–19 season.[3]
In the second half 2022, Araya switched to Madrid CFF in the same division.[4]
On 11 August 2025, Araya joined Première Ligue club Nantes on a deal for a season.[5]
Back to South America, Araya signed with Peruvian club Universitario on 14 January 2026.[6]
International career
She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[7] where Chile won the silver medal.[8] Following the semi-final match against the United States, she returned to her club, Madrid CFF.[9]
Araya also represented the Chile national futsal team in the 2015 Copa América de Futsal Femenina.[10]
Personal life
Her younger brother, Bernardo, is a futsal player who has played for clubs in both Argentina and France and has been the Chile team captain.[11]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Araya goal.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 4 March 2019 | Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica |  Jamaica | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 5 April 2019 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain |  Scotland | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 3 | 4 March 2020 | Starlight Sport Complex, Antalya, Turkey |  Ghana | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2020 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 4 | 7 March 2020 |  Kenya | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 5 | 4–0 | |||||
| 6 | 28 November 2020 | Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago de Chile, Chile |  Zambia | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 7 | 24 July 2021 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan |  Canada | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 8 | 17 September 2021 | Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Independencia, Chile |  Uruguay | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 9 | 28 November 2021 | Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil |  India | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus |
| 10 | 15 November 2022 | Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago, Chile |  Philippines | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 26 September 2023 | Quilín Complex, Santiago, Chile |  New Zealand | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 12 | 28 October 2023 | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaiso, Chile | Jamaica | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2023 Pan American Games |
| 13 | 5 December 2023 | Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile |  Peru | 2–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
