César Araújo
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Araújo with Orlando City in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | César Nahuel Araújo Vilches | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Cerrito, Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tigres UANL | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Marconi FC | |||
| Montevideo Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Montevideo Wanderers | 58 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Orlando City | 120 | (4) |
| 2026– | Tigres UANL | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Uruguay U23 | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:36, 16 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2024 | |||
César Nahuel Araújo Vilches (born 2 April 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Uruguay national team.
Araújo began his senior football career with Montevideo Wanderers, with whom he was named to the Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year in 2021. In 2022, Araújo joined Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise Orlando City, and he helped to win the team's first trophy since joining MLS through winning the 2022 U.S. Open Cup. In 2024, Araújo received his first call-up to the Uruguay national football team.