Jorge Araúz

Jorge Araúz

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Araúz Saucedo
Date of birth	(1995-03-14) March 14, 1995
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Royal Pari
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013-2017	Club Blooming	28	(0)
2018	→ Royal Pari F.C. (loan)	33	(0)
2019-	Royal Pari F.C.	131	(0)
International career‡
2019	Bolivia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:15, 2 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:58, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Jorge ‘Manota’ Araúz Saucedo (born 15 November 1995) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bolivian Primera División side Royal Pari F.C.

Career

Araúz joined Royal Pari F.C. in December 2018 from Club Blooming for a fee of $120,000. Royal Pari had just been promoted to the Bolivian top division and were looking to reinforce their squad and initially signed him on loan for a season before making the deal permanent.

Such was his form at his new club he was awarded the “Winged Victory” award by Santa Cruz journalists for the most outstanding sportsman. He had helped his newly promoted team excel in the Bolivian Primera Division and qualify for the Copa Sudamericana as they finished the Clausara season in third place level on points with The Strongest in second.

International career

Araúz made his debut for the Bolivia national football team away at Venezuela on 10 October, 2019 in Caracas.