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Samu Araújo

Samu Araújo
Personal information
Full name Samuel Araújo Fernández
Date of birth (1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Celta B 93 (2)
2015–2018 Celta 0 (0)
2017–2018Barcelona B (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 Atlético Madrid B 35 (2)
2019–2020 Arka Gdynia 0 (0)
2020–2021 Cultural Leonesa 18 (1)
2021–2023 Pontevedra 47 (0)
2023–2024 Compostela 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2024

Samuel "Samu" Araújo Fernández (born 9 December 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Samu played youth football with local Celta de Vigo, signing a new three-year deal on 12 July 2013.[1] He made his senior debut with the B-team on 27 October 2013, starting in a 2–2 home draw against SD Logroñés in the Segunda División B.[2]

Samu made his first-team debut on 14 January 2015, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Athletic Bilbao, in the season's Copa del Rey.[3] On 9 July 2017 he moved to another reserve team, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with FC Barcelona B.[4]

On 21 June 2018, after featuring in only one match while on loan, Samu terminated his contract with Celta.[5]

References

  1. ^ "El Celta asegura la continuidad de Samu, otra joven promesa celeste" [Celta grants the abidance of Samu, another youth pearl celeste] (in Spanish). Celta's official website. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "El Celta B suma un punto ante la S.D. Logroñés en Barreiro" [Celta B takes point against S.D. Logroñés in Barreiro] (in Spanish). Celta's official website. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Con más pena que gloria" [With more pity than glory] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ^ "El lateral zurdo Samu jugará cedido en el Barcelona B" [The left back Samu will play on loan at Barcelona B] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Samu Araújo se desvincula del RC Celta" [Samu Araújo leaves RC Celta] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.