Jesús María "Pato" Araya Soto (22 April 1916 - 17 September 1994) was a Costa Rican football player, born in San José. He earned the nickname "Pato" for his peculiar way of running.

Araya represented the Costa Rica national football team between 1941 and 1946, scoring 11 goals in nine games.

Being a young player from Orión F.C., he was summoned by coach Alejandro Morera Soto to play in the first Central American and Caribbean Championship, which was held in the old National Stadium of Costa Rica from May 8 to 18,1941.

Araya was one of the top scorers in the tournament. In the opening game, Araya scored a hattrick, scoring to make it 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0; the game ended 7-2. Costa Rica went on to win the Championship.^[1][2][3]

Outside of football, he worked as a painter.

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Costa Rica goal.

List of international goals scored by Araya

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 May 1941	Costa Rica	Panama	3–0	7–2	1941 CCCF Championship
2				4–0
3				5–0
4	13 May 1941		Curaçao	?–?	6–2
5				?–?
6	18 May 1941		El Salvador	1–0	3–1
7				3–1
8	10 December 1946	Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla, Colombia	Puerto Rico	?–0	12–0	1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
9				?–0
10				?–0
11	14 December 1946		Venezuela	3–0	4–2

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