César Araújo

César Araújo
Araújo with Orlando City in 2025
Personal information
Full name César Nahuel Araújo Vilches
Date of birth (2001-04-02) 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)
* 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.