Maximiliano Araújo
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| Full name | Maximiliano Javier Araújo Vilches[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Montevideo Wanderers | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Montevideo Wanderers | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Puebla | 83 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Toluca | 55 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Sporting CP | 49 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Uruguay U20 | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Uruguay U22 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Uruguay U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Uruguay | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:04, 7 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Maximiliano Javier Araújo Vilches (born 15 February 2000), known as Maxi Araújo, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-winger or left-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Uruguay national team.[4][5]
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.[6]
At the end of December 2019 it was confirmed, Araújo had signed a deal until the end of 2023 with Liga MX club Puebla.[7]
On 27 August 2024, Araújo joined Primeira Liga club Sporting CP on a five-year contract.[8] On 5 November 2024, Araújo scored his debut goal in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City in a 4-1 victory.[9]
International career
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.[10]
On 21 October 2022, Araújo was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[11] In June 2023, he received his first call-up to the senior team for friendly matches against Nicaragua and Cuba.[12] He made his debut on 14 June in a 4–1 win against Nicaragua.[13]
Personal life
Araújo is the elder brother of fellow professional footballer César Araújo.[14]
