Kelsey Araujo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kelsey Beth Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | April 3, 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2021 | Niagara Purple Eagles | 62 | (17) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | FC Buffalo | 8 | (12) |
| 2021–2023 | Le Havre AC | 40 | (16) |
| International career | |||
| 2022– | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kelsey Beth Araujo (born 3 April 1998) is a footballer who plays as a striker. Born in Canada, she is a Portugal international.
Early life
Araujo was born in Canada to Portuguese parents and was raised there.[1] At the age of four, she started playing football, before joining the youth academy of Canadian side ANB Futbol.[2]
While playing for Holy Trinity Catholic High School, she trained with the youth academy of French side OL and received interest from a British team.[3]
College career
Araujo played for Niagara Purple Eagles, where she scored seventeen goals and recorded eleven assists.[4]
Club career
Araujo began the summer of 2021 in the short season league UWS with FC Buffalo and was the team's leading goal scorer in the Blitzers' inaugural season en route to an East Conference title and a loss in the UWS Conference Final - two matches shy of a National Championship appearance. In the fall ahead of the 2021/22, Araujo signed for French second-tier side Le Havre, helping them earn promotion to the French top flight and becoming known as their main spearheads in attack.[5]
International career
In 2022, Araujo debuted for the Portugal women's national football team.[6]
Style of play
Araujo mainly operates as a striker but can also operate as a playmaker and is known for her versatility.[7]
Personal life
Her relatives mainly reside in North America.[8] On August 10, 2024, Kelsey got engaged to boyfriend Bautista Pedezert per both of their Instagram profiles.
In 2024, she was selected as one of the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board’s Outstanding Graduates program recipients.[9]
References
- ↑ "Kelsey Araújo: "Nunca houve dúvidas, sinto-me portuguesa"". record.pt.
- ↑ "Bradford native scores spot on professional soccer team in France". bradfordtoday.ca. 24 September 2021.
- ↑ "Bradford's Araujo plays with boys to prepare for life in pro development league". simcoe.com. 30 December 2014.
- ↑ "Interview with Kelsey Araujo". 5 November 2021.
- ↑ "Araujo : " Je peux contribuer encore plus au collectif " du HAC". paris-normandie.fr. 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Kelsey Araújo sentiu "uma montanha russa de emoções" após estreia por Portugal". sapo.pt.
- ↑ "Kelsey Araujo - VAVEL article". 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Araujo's European adventure". sportsunionny.com. 8 November 2022.
- ↑ "'Trinity Tiger' recognized among Catholic board's top grads". BradfordToday.ca. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
External links
- Kelsey Araujo at WorldFootball.net
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Canadian people of Portuguese descent
- Sportswomen from Ontario
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen
- Sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- Portuguese women's footballers
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Women's association football forwards
- Portugal women's international footballers
- Première Ligue players
- Niagara Purple Eagles women's soccer players
- Le Havre AC (women) players
- Portuguese expatriate women's footballers
- Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Niagara University alumni
- Canadian women's soccer biography stubs
- Portuguese women's football biography stubs