Martín Arenas
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martín Nicolás Arenas Jara | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Águilas Verdes | |||
| Unión Salles | |||
| Santiago Wanderers | |||
| 2015–2017 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 2016–2017 | Villarreal C | 21 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 2018 | → Magallanes (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Magallanes | 39 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Deportes Melipilla | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Lautaro de Buin (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Chile U15 | ||
| 2015 | Chile U20 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2024 | |||
Martín Nicolás Arenas Jara (born 23 January 1997) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a winger.
As a youth player, Arenas was with Águilas Verdes, Unión Salles and Santiago Wanderers in his city of birth, Valparaíso.[2] A member of the Santiago Wanderers first team in 2014,[3] he moved to Spain and signed with Villarreal in January 2015, playing first for the Juvenil A team, with whom he won the Group VII of the División de Honor, and also training with the first team.[4] He after made twenty one appearances and scored five goals for Villarreal C in the 2016–17 Tercera División.[5]
In the second half of 2017, he returned to Chile and joined Universidad de Chile on a deal for eighteen months.[5] The next year, he joined Magallanes and played for them until the 2021 season.[6][7]
In 2022, he signed with Deportes Melipilla[8][7] and was loaned out to Lautaro de Buin in the second half of the year.[9][10]
International career
Arenas represented Chile at under-15 level in the 2011 South American Championship.[11]
At under-20 level, he represented Chile in the 2015 L'Alcúdia Tournament under Nicolás Córdova, where they became champions.[12][13] He was called up to the squad for the 2017 South American Championship under Héctor Robles, but he suffered a muscle strain.[14]