Felipe Araruna Hoffmann (born 12 March 1996), known as Felipe Araruna, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for English Championship club Reading. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a right-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Felipe Araruna Hoffmann[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2016 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | São Paulo | 19 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Reading | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
In December 2016, Felipe Araruna, of the U-20 multi-player team, caught the attention of Rogério Ceni and was promoted to the professional team of São Paulo FC.[2]
On 30 January 2020, Araruna signed for EFL Championship club Reading on a contract until the summer of 2022.[3]
During Reading's FA Cup tie against Kidderminster Harriers on 8 January 2022, Araruna came on as a 59th minute substitute for Dejan Tetek, dislocating his knee in the first passage of play after his substitution and had to be replaced by Michael Stickland.[4] On 20 May 2022, Reading confirmed that Araruna would leave the club upon the expiration of his contract.[5]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 2016 | Brasileiro Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Brasileiro Série A | 8 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Brasileiro Série A | 11 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Brasileiro Série A | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Fortaleza (loan) | 2019 | Brasileiro Série A | 9 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Reading | 2019–20 | EFL Championship | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 82 | 0 | ||
Fortaleza