Domestic-league season · Sporting Cristal.
Missed 6 of Sporting Cristal's ~40 games this season through 6 injury absences (inactive, international duty). He still appeared 13 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Araujo's current-season form is up 300% on last season (Season 1→4), while his Rating eased 23→9. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 49).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Portland Timbers · 8th | 23 | 0 | 2 | 6.76 | 9 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Portland Timbers · 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 23 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | Emmen · 16th | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6.92 | 54 | 38 |
| 2021/22 | Emmen · 1st | 29 | 4 | 1 | 7.37 | 53 | 49 |
| 2020/21 | Emmen · 16th | 33 | 4 | 1 | 7.14 | 68 | 34 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Araujo is a 31-year-old central defender at Sporting Cristal, rated 8.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 2nd of 4 in the Peru tier 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (36% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Araujo.
On the season, Araujo graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 2.776 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 1 → 4). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 9. At 31 Araujo is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Araujo missed 6 games through injury (inactive, international duty) out of roughly 40 this season. The 13 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume across 13 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (3rd of 18) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Rated 8.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~1), then tapers with age. At 31, Araujo sits on 0.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Araujo's projected Rating — 8.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
€0.3M total transfer fees · 8 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
