Santiago Arias

Santiago Arias

Arias lining up for PSV in October 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Santiago Arias Naranjo
Date of birth	(1992-01-13) 13 January 1992
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current team	PSV
Number	4
Youth career
	La Equidad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2011	La Equidad	28	(0)
2011–2013	Sporting CP	7	(0)
2012–2013	→ Sporting B	28	(1)
2013–	PSV	46	(2)
National team‡
2009	Colombia U17	6	(0)
2011	Colombia U20	14	(1)
2013–	Colombia	14	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:24, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Santiago Arias Naranjo (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ˈaɾjas]; born 13 January 1992) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Club career

Arias was a youth product of the La Equidad academy. He was moved into the senior squad during 2009 which led him into becoming a regular. After a successful spell, he soon moved to Portugal.

Sporting CP

While representing the U20 national Colombian side in 2011, Arias attracted the scouts of Sporting CP, where he spent most of his playing time with the B-Squad. He occasionally made appearances with the first squad, but never broke in for a permanent spot.

PSV

In early 2013, Arias was linked to the Dutch club PSV but nothing was finalized.^[1] In July 2013, Arias was once again linked to the club where both parties agreed on finalizing a deal. It was then reported that Arias signed a four-year contract and PSV paid Sporting €1.6 million for a package deal including fellow Sporting CP team-mate Stijn Schaars.^[2][3][4] Upon his arrival, Arias was handed the number 13 shirt. He made his league debut on 3 August, playing a full 90 minutes in a 2-3 away win against ADO Den Haag.^[5]

He made his first direct contribution for PSV as he scored the opening goal in a 3-2 home win over FC Twente.^[6]

International career

Santiago Arias was part of Colombia U17 team who finished fourth in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, playing all matches (except third place match, making a total of 6 appearances) and scoring the first penalty during quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Turkey.

In 2011, Santiago Arias played all 9 matches for Colombia U20 team when they finished sixth in the 2011 South American Youth Championship. Eduardo Lara, Colombia's coach, also called him for the 2011 Toulon Tournament where Arias, who started all 5 matches, was part of Colombia's team that reached and won the final.

In September 2013, Arias received his first call up for Colombia's senior team to dispute the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Chile and Paraguay, following first choice Camilo Zúñiga's injury.^[7] He made his debut against Paraguay and played the entire match in a 1-2 away victory.

Arias was included in Colombia's 23 man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. He made three appearances in the tournament, coming on as a sub in all of Colombia's group stage matches.

Honors

Club

PSV

• Eredivisie (1): 2014-15

Colombia

U20 Colombia

• Toulon Tournament: 2011

Club statistics

Correct as of 17 January 2015

References

External links

• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• Stats and profile at Zerozero

Colombia squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Ospina 2 Zapata 3 Yepes (c) 4 Arias 5 Carbonero 6 Sánchez 7 Armero 8 Aguilar 9 Teo 10 James 11 Cuadrado 12 Vargas 13 Guarín 14 Ibarbo 15 Mejía 16 Balanta 17 Bacca 18 Zúñiga 19 Ramos 20 Quintero 21 Martínez 22 Mondragón 23 Valdés Coach: Pékerman