Diego Arroyo

Diego Arroyo
Personal information
Full name Diego Júnior Arroyo Maldonado
Date of birth (2005-04-29) 29 April 2005
Place of birth Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position 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 2 (0)
2026– → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
Bolivia U20
2025– Bolivia 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:23, 21 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2026

Diego Júnior Arroyo Maldonado (born 29 April 2005) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Petah Tikva and the Bolivia national football team.[1]

Club career

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]

On August 23rd Arroyo signed a one-year loan to Israeli club Hapoel Petah Tikva.

International career

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

Club

As of match played 21 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bolivar 2024 Bolivian Primera División 30——30
Shakhtar Donetsk 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League 10——10
2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League 10000010
Total 20000020
Career total 50000050

International

As of match played 26 March 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bolivia 202550
202610
Total60

Honours

National

CompetitionClubCountryYear
Bolivian Primera DivisiónClub Bolívar Bolivia2024
Ukrainian CupFC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2024–25
Ukrainian Premier League Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2025–26

References

  1. ↑ "Diego Arroyo". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. 1 2 3 "Diego Arroyo es nuevo jugador de Shakhtar Donetsk". One Football (in Spanish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Diego Arroyo signs a contract with Shakhtar until December 2029". brujuladigital.net. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Llano, Marcos (8 February 2025). "Diego Arroyo: "I have to honor my country; I'm here to make history."". Vision360. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Paniagua, Jaime (18 May 2025). "Diego Arroyo makes his Shakhtar Donetsk first-team debut with a win". Eldeber.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025..
  8. ↑ Suarez Vargas, Martin (12 March 2025). "Here's the full match! Arroyo starts again in Shakhtar's victory". Reduno. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Nazrala, Lucas (6 June 2025). "Diego Arroyo and Jhon Velásquez played their first minutes against Venezuela". Eldeber.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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