Julián Araujo, born on 13 August 2001 (age 25), is a Mexico right-back whose senior career has been shaped mainly by LA Galaxy. Early loan football gave him the platform, but it was in Los Angeles that he became a proper first-team player rather than just another prospect being talked through the system.
His LA Galaxy spell remains the substantial part of the story: 100 league appearances across four seasons, with one league goal. His most productive league campaign came in 2020, when he scored once in 17 appearances. That is the period that gave his career its weight, with regular football doing more for him than any amount of reputation management ever could.
Araujo joined Celtic in January 2026 from Bournemouth. He was part of the Celtic squad that won the Premiership in 2025/2026, adding a Scottish title to a career already built on a sizeable run of senior football in Major League Soccer.
His market value is around £7m, according to Transfermarkt. His career to date has run from early developmental football into a long LA Galaxy spell, then on to Bournemouth and Celtic.
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