Jorge Araya (footballer, born 1996)

Jorge Araya
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Matías Araya Pozo
Date of birth	25 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Provincial Ovalle
Youth career
2004–2015	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Colo-Colo B
2014–2021	Colo-Colo
2019–2021	→ Palestino (loan)
2022	Deportes Melipilla
2023	Trasandino
2023	Cobreloa
2024–	Provincial Ovalle
International career‡
2013	Chile U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 April 2013

Jorge Matías Araya Pozo, (born 25 March 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Provincial Ovalle in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile

Club career

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]