Jeremy Arévalo
 Arévalo with Ecuador in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeremy Alberto Arévalo Mera | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Maliaño, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Racing Santander | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Racing B | 56 | (6) |
| 2023–2026 | Racing Santander | 37 | (8) |
| 2026– | VfB Stuttgart | 7 | (0) |
| 2026– | VfB Stuttgart II | 4 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Spain U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2024 | Ecuador U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Ecuador | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:24, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Jeremy Alberto Arévalo Mera (born 19 March 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. Born in Spain, he plays for the Ecuador national team.
Club career
Racing Santander
Born in Maliaño, Cantabria to Ecuadorian parents, Arévalo was a Racing de Santander youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves at the age of 16 on 8 January 2022, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 Segunda División RFEF away loss against CD Laredo.[1]
Arévalo was handed his first start on 15 October 2022, and scored the winner in a 1–0 away success over Bergantiños FC.[2] On 3 December, he scored a brace in a 2–0 win at Laredo.[3]
Arévalo made his professional debut on 12 August 2023, replacing goalscorer Aritz Aldasoro late into a 4–0 Segunda División home routing over SD Eibar.[4]
VfB Stuttgart
On 2 January 2026, Jeremy Arévalo signed a five-and-a-half-year-deal with VfB Stuttgart.[5] He made his club debut eight days later, in a 4–1 Bundesliga victory over Bayer Leverkusen.
International career
Eligible to play for Ecuador or Spain, Arévalo represented the latter at under-18 level.[6] He was called up to the Ecuador U20s for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.[7] He was called up to the senior Ecuador national team for a set of friendlies in November 2025.[8]
On 31 May 2026, Arévalo was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 12 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing B | 2021–22 | Segunda Federación | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 32 | 5 | — | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | Segunda Federación | 23 | 1 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 56 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | 57 | 6 | |||
| Racing Santander | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Segunda División | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 8 | ||
| Total | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 8 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 100 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 14 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in 2024 Segunda Federación play-offs
- ↑ Appearance in La Liga play-offs
International
- As of match played 31 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honors
Individual
- Segunda División Player of the Month: October 2025[10]
References
- ↑ "El Rayo Cantabria pierde 3–0 contra el Laredo y sufre su primera derrota a domicilio en Segunda RFEF" [Rayo Cantabria lose 3–0 against Laredo and suffer their first away defeat in Segunda RFEF] (in Spanish). Filtr@ción. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ↑ "El Rayo Cantabria vence al Bergantiños Fútbol Club en As Eiroas (0–1)" [Rayo Cantabria defeat Bergantiños Fútbol Club at the As Eiroas (0–1)] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ↑ "Ha nacido una estrella: Jeremy Arévalo" [A star is born: Jeremy Arévalo] (in Spanish). El Diario Cantabria. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ↑ "El Racing arrolla a un desconocido Eibar" [Racing run over an unknown Eibar] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ↑ "VfB sign Jeremy Arévalo". VfB Stuttgart. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ↑ "El racinguista Jeremy, convocado por la Selección Española Sub-18" [The racinguista Jeremy, called up to Spain under-18 national team] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ↑ Guevara, Fernando (5 January 2025). "Esta es la lista de convocados de Ecuador para el Sudamericano Sub 20 en Venezuela" [This is the Ecuador's roster for the South American U-20 Championship in Venezuela] (in Spanish). Ecuavisa.
- ↑ @latriecu; (8 November 2025). "¡Tenemos nuestros convocados para enfrentar a 🇨🇦 y 🇳🇿!" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025 – via Instagram.
- ↑ "Pacho and Caicedo headline Ecuador squad". 31 May 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "Jeremy Arévalo voted LALIGA HYPERMOTION Player of the Month for October". La Liga. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
External links
- Jeremy Arévalo at BDFutbol
- Jeremy Arévalo at Soccerway
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- 2005 births
- Footballers from Santander, Spain
- Living people
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen
- Spanish people of Ecuadorian descent
- Sportspeople of Ecuadorian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Ecuadorian men's footballers
- Ecuador men's youth international footballers
- Ecuador men's international footballers
- Rayo Cantabria players
- Racing de Santander players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda Federación players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- Ecuador men's under-20 international footballers