Santiago Arias

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arias and the second or maternal family name is Naranjo.

Santiago Arias

File:Dinamo-PSV (4) (Arias crop).jpg 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	Medellin, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Team 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 CP B	28	(1)
2013–	PSV	78	(5)
2013	Jong PSV	2	(0)
International career‡
2009	Colombia U17	6	(0)
2011	Colombia U20	14	(1)
2013–	Colombia	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016 (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. 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. 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.

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

International career

Youth

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.

Senior

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. 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. The following year, Arias was included in the final squad for the 2015 Copa America. He appeared in two matches in the initial line-up, including the quarter-final 0-0 draw against Argentina where Colombia were eliminated 5-4 on penalties.

Honors

Club

PSV

• Eredivisie (2): 2014-15, 2015-16
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2015

Colombia

U20 Colombia

• Toulon Tournament: 2011

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
La Equidad	2009	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		14	0
	2010	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2011	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
	Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		28	0
Sporting CP	2011–12	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		8	0
	2012–13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
	Total	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	–		10	0
PSV Eindhoven	2013–14	25	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	–		32	1
	2014–15	21	1	3	0	0	0	5	0	–		29	1
	2015–16	32	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	42	3
	Total	78	5	7	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	103	5
Career total		113	5	10	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	141	5

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 16 May 2016 (UTC).

Reserves performance

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		Total
2012–13	Sporting B	Segunda Liga	28	1	28	1
2013–14	Jong PSV	Jupiler League	2	0	2	0
Total	Portugal		28	1	28	1
Total	Netherlands		2	0	2	0
Career total			30	1	30	1

International statistics

As of 24 May 2016

Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Colombia
	2013	3	0
	2014	11	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	1	0
Total		21	0

External links

• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• Santiago Arias at footballzz.co.uk