Alexis Araujo

Alexis Araujo
Araujo with Gazélec Ajaccio in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-07) 7 November 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Tourcoing, France
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Créteil
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2003 Tourcoing
2003–2015 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Lille B 51 (8)
2015–2017 Lille 1 (0)
2016Boulogne (loan) 14 (2)
2016–2017Dunkerque (loan) 30 (4)
2017–2019 Gazélec Ajaccio 37 (1)
2019Quevilly-Rouen (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2020 Quevilly-Rouen 17 (1)
2020–2021 SC Lyon 15 (1)
2021– Créteil 40 (4)
International career
2012 France U16 3 (0)
2013 Portugal U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Alexis Araujo (born 7 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Créteil. Born in France, he represented both France and Portugal at youth level.

Club career

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Araujo is a youth exponent from Lille. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 21 November 2015 against Troyes replacing Éric Bauthéac after 87 minutes in a 1–1 away draw.[2]

During the second half of the 2015–16 season he was loaned out to Championnat National side Boulogne.[citation needed] He stayed in the Championnat National the following season, moving to Dunkerque on loan.[3][4]

Araujo was released from his contract by Lille in October 2017, and signed for Gazélec Ajaccio in Ligue 2.[5] After 37 Ligue 2 appearances in a 16 months, he was loaned to Quevilly-Rouen in January 2019, until the end of the 2018–19 season.[6] After a successful loan spell, he joined Quevilly-Rouen on a permanent deal in June 2019.[7]

In August 2020 Araujo followed his Quevilly-Rouen manager to SC Lyon, signing an initial one-year contract with the club.[8]

In July 2021, Araujo moved to Créteil.[9]

International career

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Araujo was born in France to parents of Portuguese nationality. He debuted for the France U16s, making three appearances for them.[10] Within the year, in 2013, he debuted for the Portugal U17s.[11] He remains eligible for both France and Portugal.

References

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  1. ^ a b "ALEXIS ARAUJO – USCL". US Créteil-Lusitanos (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Lille vs. Troyes - 21 November 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Alexis Araujo (Lille) prêté à Dunkerque" [Alexis Araujo (Lille) lent to Dunkerque]. L'Equipe (in French). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Football: Le Lillois Alexis Araujo prêté à Dunkerque" [Football: Alexis Araujo from Lille lent to Dunkerque]. Le Phare Dunkerquois. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Lille libère Alexis Araujo qui signe au GFC Ajaccio" (in French). L'Équipe. 7 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Arrivée d'Alexis Araujo en Prêt !" (in French). US Quevilly-Rouen. 3 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Quevilly Rouen : Alexis Araujo arrive libre (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 24 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Alexis Araujo un renfort de choix pour le SC Lyon" (in French). footamateur.fr. 31 August 2020.
  9. ^ "ALEXIS ARAUJO ARRIVE A CRETEIL !" (in French). Créteil. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Fédération Française de Football".
  11. ^ "Avant Portugal-France : Ces Bleus qui ont la Seleçao dans le coeur". 4 September 2015.
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