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Samu Araújo
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Araújo Fernández
Date of birth	9 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Vigo, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Celta
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2017	Celta B
2015–2018	Celta
2017–2018	→ Barcelona B (loan)
2018–2019	Atlético Madrid B
2019–2020	Arka Gdynia
2020–2021	Cultural Leonesa
2021–2023	Pontevedra
2023–2024	Compostela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2024

Samuel "Samu" Araújo Fernández (born 9 December 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Samu played youth football with local Celta de Vigo, signing a new three-year deal on 12 July 2013.^[1] He made his senior debut with the B-team on 27 October 2013, starting in a 2–2 home draw against SD Logroñés in the Segunda División B.^[2]

Samu made his first-team debut on 14 January 2015, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Athletic Bilbao, in the season's Copa del Rey.^[3] On 9 July 2017 he moved to another reserve team, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with FC Barcelona B.^[4]

On 21 June 2018, after featuring in only one match while on loan, Samu terminated his contract with Celta.^[5]

References

^ "El Celta asegura la continuidad de Samu, otra joven promesa celeste" [Celta grants the abidance of Samu, another youth pearl celeste] (in Spanish). Celta's official website. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "El Celta B suma un punto ante la S.D. Logroñés en Barreiro" [Celta B takes point against S.D. Logroñés in Barreiro] (in Spanish). Celta's official website. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "Con más pena que gloria" [With more pity than glory] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "El lateral zurdo Samu jugará cedido en el Barcelona B" [The left back Samu will play on loan at Barcelona B] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ "Samu Araújo se desvincula del RC Celta" [Samu Araújo leaves RC Celta] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.