Alexis Araujo (born 7 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Créteil. Born in France, he is a former France and Portugal youth international.
![]() Araujo with Gazélec Ajaccio in October 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-12-07) 7 December 1996 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Tourcoing, France | ||
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club 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) |
2016 | → Boulogne (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2016–2017 | → Dunkerque (loan) | 30 | (4) |
2017–2019 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 37 | (1) |
2019 | → Quevilly-Rouen (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Quevilly-Rouen | 17 | (1) |
2020–2021 | SC Lyon | 15 | (1) |
2021– | Créteil | 27 | (3) |
National team | |||
2012 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
2013 | Portugal U17 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:06, 27 May 2022 (UTC) |
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
Araujo was released from his contract by Lille in October 2017, and signed for Gazélec Ajaccio in Ligue 2.[4] 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.[5] After a successful loan spell, he joined Quevilly-Rouen on a permanent deal in June 2019.[6]
In August 2020 Araujo followed his Quevilly-Rouen manager to SC Lyon, signing an initial one-year contract with the club.[7]
In July 2021, Araujo moved to Créteil.[8]
Araujo was born in France to parents of Portuguese descent. He debuted for the France U16s, making three appearances for them.[9] Within the year, in 2013, he debuted for the Portugal U17s.[10] He remains eligible for both France and Portugal.
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