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Karen Araya
	Araya with Chile in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Karen Andrea Araya Ponce
Date of birth	16 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Madrid CFF
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Unión La Calera
2010–2012	Colo-Colo
2013–2016	Santiago Morning
2016–2017	Colo-Colo
2018	Osasco Audax
2018–2019	Sevilla
2019–2021	Santiago Morning
2022	Sevilla
2022–	Madrid CFF
International career‡
2008	Chile U20
2006–2023	Chile
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Chile
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:11, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Karen Andrea Araya Ponce (born 16 October 1990) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

In 2022, Araya returned to Sevilla after her step in 2018–19 season.^[3]

On second half 2022, she switched to Madrid CFF in the same division.^[4]

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,^[5] where Chile won the silver medal.^[6] Following the semi-final match against the United States, she returned to her club, Madrid CFF.^[7]

Her younger brother, Bernardo, is a futsal player who has played for clubs in both Argentina and France and has been the Chile team captain.^[8]

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Araya goal.^[9]

List of international goals scored by Karen Araya
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 March 2019	Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica	Jamaica	2–2	2–3	Friendly
2	5 April 2019	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain	Scotland	1–1	1–1	Friendly
3	4 March 2020	Starlight Sport Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Ghana	1–0	3–0	2020 Turkish Women's Cup
4	7 March 2020		Kenya	2–0	5–0
5	7 March 2020		Kenya	4–0	5–0
6	28 November 2020	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago de Chile, Chile	Zambia	1–0	1–2	Friendly
7	24 July 2021	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan	Canada	1–2	1–2	2020 Summer Olympics
8	17 September 2021	Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Independencia, Chile	Uruguay	2–2	2–2	Friendly
9	28 November 2021	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil	India	3–0	3–0	2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
10	15 November 2022	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago, Chile	Philippines	1–0	1–0	Friendly
11	26 September 2023	Quilín Complex, Santiago, Chile	New Zealand	2–1	2–1	Friendly
12	28 October 2023	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaiso, Chile	Jamaica	6–0	6–0	2023 Pan American Games
13	5 December 2023	Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile	Peru	2–0	6–0	Friendly

Colo-Colo

Santiago Morning

Chile

Individual

^ ^a ^b "Volante Karen Araya" (in Spanish). Copa América Femenina Chile 2018.
^ Karen Araya at Soccerway
^ Leiva, Jorge Sánchez (28 December 2021). "Karen Araya inicia su segunda aventura en el Sevilla". La Tercera. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Karen Araya ya tiene equipo y será nueva jugadora del Madrid CFF" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ ""Sentimientos encontrados": Camila Sáez tampoco jugará la final del fútbol femenino". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ González, José Miguel (19 October 2019). "La pelota es de los Araya" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "K. Araya". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.