Andrés Arroyo (footballer)

Andrés Juan Arroyo Romero (born 20 January 2002) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Cali.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arroyo and the second or maternal family name is Romero.
Andrés Arroyo
Personal information
Full name Andrés Juan Arroyo Romero[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002
Place of birth Montería, Colombia[1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo Cali
Number 25
Youth career
2016–2019 Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Deportivo Cali 64 (5)
2022 → Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) 16 (1)
International career‡
2019 Colombia U17 4 (1)
2019 Colombia U19 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:44, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:44, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Early life

A native of Montería, Arroyo's mother died when he was six months old.[2] As his father lived in Canada, he was raised by his uncle and grandmother, who supported Arroyo as he played youth football, with his uncle going as far as to quit his job to help Arroyo achieve his dream.[2]

Club career

Arroyo joined Deportivo Cali's youth system in 2016, and he would make his professional debut with the club's senior team in 2019.[2] On 30 August of the same year, he scored his first goal for the club; having come off the bench with six minutes to go and a 1–1 scoreline in a Copa Colombia game against Atlético Junior, Arroyo scored the winning goal as Deportivo Cali went on to win 2–1.[3]

Over the following three seasons, Arroyo struggled to fully establish himself in the Deportivo Cali first team, scoring no goals in the 2020 and 2021 Categoría Primera A seasons. For the 2022 season, he was sent on loan to fellow Categoría Primera A side Jaguares de Córdoba.[4]

International career

Arroyo has represented Colombia at under-17 and under-19 level.[1] In October 2019, after a good debut season with his club, Deportivo Cali, he was called up to the under-20 squad for the first time.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 June 2021.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali 2019 Categoría Primera A 1726[lower-alpha 1]1–00233
2020 120002[lower-alpha 2]000140
2021 1903[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]000231
2022 0000000000
2023 1633[lower-alpha 1]1–00194
Total 6451233020798
Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) 2022 Categoría Primera A 1614[lower-alpha 1]1–00202
Career total 80616430009910
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Copa Colombia
  2. Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana

References
  1. Andrés Arroyo at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Andrés Arroyo, el joven que amargó a Junior en la voz del cazatalentos" [Andrés Arroyo, the young man who embittered Junior in the voice of the talent scout]. futbolred.com (in Spanish). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ""Estoy feliz de anotar mi primer gol como profesional": Andrés Arroyo, volante del Deportivo Cali" ["I'm happy to score my first goal as a professional": Andrés Arroyo, Deportivo Cali midfielder]. elpais.com.co (in Spanish). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. Puerto, Guillermo (26 October 2022). "Deportivo Cali: ¿Cómo le fue a Andrés Arroyo en Jaguares?" [Deportivo Cali: How did Andrés Arroyo do at Jaguares?]. futbolete.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  5. "Andrés Arroyo: "Uno trabaja en su equipo para venir a potenciarse en la Selección Colombia"" [Andrés Arroyo: "You work in your team to come and strengthen yourself in the Colombian National Team"]. gol.caracoltv.com (in Spanish). 22 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. Andrés Arroyo at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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