Araujo will play with Barça Atlètic initially
The 21-year-old Mexican-American player signed his new contract at the offices of the Joan Gamper Sports Cityand was accompanied by the vice-president rafael yustebut also of John Soler (responsible for football training), Mateu Alemany (director of football), Jordi Cruyff (sports director) and Jose Ramon Alexanko (director of football training).
“It’s an honor to be the first BarcaAcademy player to sign for Barca“, said the player during his presentation to the press.
Winner of the CONCACAF U-20 championship in 2018 with the United States team, Julián Araujo will initially join the reserve team (Barça Atlètic) under the orders of Rafael Marquezbefore perhaps joining the first team in the future.
Born in Lompoc, California in 2001, Julián Araujo is a footballer who has dual North American and Mexican nationality, as he is the son of Mexican parents. Although he made his mark in the United States youth teams (U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-23), Araujo now plays for the senior Mexico national team (3 caps). Before coming to LA Galaxy, the club from which he hails, Araujo developed as a youngster at the Barça Academy in Arizona (Barça Residency Academy), as well as with the Central Coast Condors and Santa Barbara Soccer Club.