| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Júnior Arroyo Maldonado | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tahuichi Academy | |||
| Bolivar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024-2025 | Bolivar | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Bolivia U20 | |||
| 2025– | Bolivia | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Diego Júnior Arroyo Maldonado (born 29 April 2005) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a defender for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Bolivia national football team.[1]
Club career
[edit]He is from Santa Cruz in Bolivia.[2] He was a member of the Tahuichi Academy before joining up with Club Bolívar.[3]
He joined Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine in February 2025, signing a five-year contract and was given the number three shirt number, but initially linked up with their U19 team.[4][2] Shakhtar Donetsk were reported to have paid more than $1 million for Arroyo, despite the fact he had played only three matches and a total of 112 minutes in the Bolivian First Division. The fee made him one of the most expensive transfers of a Bolivian footballer, only behind the transfers of Marcelo Martins, Juan Manuel Peña and Ronald Raldes. The Tahuichi Academy also received a proportion of the transfer fee.[3] After Martins, he became only the second Bolivian player to sign for Shakhtar Donetsk.[5] The following month, he began to be included in the Shakhtar first-team match day squads.[6] He made his competitive debut as a second-half substitute in a 4-1 victory over Inhulets Petrove in the Ukrainian Premier League on 18 May 2025.[7]
International career
[edit]He played for the Bolivia national under-20 football team in the 2025 South American U-20 Championship in Colombia.[2][3] He was called-up by the senior Bolivia national football team for their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in March 2025.[8] He made his senior Bolivia debut on 6 June 2025 as a second-half substitute against Venezuela in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bolivar | 2024 | Bolivian Primera División | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 10 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Diego Arroyo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Rivero de Ugarte, Pedro (26 April 2025). "Diego Arroyo started for Shakhtar Donetsk's U-19 team in the derby against Dynamo Kyiv". Eldeber.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Diego Arroyo es nuevo jugador de Shakhtar Donetsk". One Football (in Spanish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Diego Arroyo signs a contract with Shakhtar until December 2029". brujuladigital.net. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Llano, Marcos (8 February 2025). "Diego Arroyo: "I have to honor my country; I'm here to make history."". Vision360. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Rivero de Ugarte, Pedro (2 March 2025). "Diego Arroyo has been called up again to Shakhtar Donetsk's first team". Eldeber.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Paniagua, Jaime (18 May 2025). "Diego Arroyo makes his Shakhtar Donetsk first-team debut with a win". Eldeber.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Suarez Vargas, Martin (12 March 2025). "Here's the full match! Arroyo starts again in Shakhtar's victory". Reduno. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Nazrala, Lucas (6 June 2025). "Diego Arroyo and Jhon Velásquez played their first minutes against Venezuela". Eldeber.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.