Saúl Guarirapa
 Guarirapa with CSKA Moscow in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saúl Alejandro Guarirapa Briceño | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zhejiang FC (on loan from Sochi) | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | ||
| 2017–2019 | Caracas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | Caracas | 57 | (15) |
| 2024 | → Sochi (loan) | 10 | (8) |
| 2024– | Sochi | 15 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 2025–2026 | → Sharjah (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2026– | → Zhejiang FC (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Venezuela U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | Venezuela U-23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2025– | Venezuela | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 January 2025 | |||
Saúl Alejandro Guarirapa Briceño (born 18 October 2002) is a Venezuelan football player who plays as a striker for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang FC, and the Venezuela national team.
Club career
On 18 January 2024, Guarirapa joined Russian Premier League club Sochi on loan with an option to buy.[1] He made his RPL debut for Sochi on 10 March 2024 in a game against Lokomotiv Moscow.[2] He scored 8 goals in 10 games for Sochi, becoming the top scorer in the RPL for games played in 2024.[3] However, Sochi was relegated to the Russian First League
On 30 May 2024, Sochi exercised their option to buy and signed a four-year contract with Guarirapa.[3]
On 12 September 2024, Guarirapa moved to CSKA Moscow on loan with an option to buy.[4]
On 29 September 2025, Guarirapa was loaned to Emirati club Sharjah for the 2025–26 season.[5]
On 25 February 2026, Guarirapa was loaned to Chinese Super League club Zhejiang FC.[6]
International career
In June 2023, he took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France[7] with Venezuela. Guarirapa made his debut for the Venezuela national team on 18 January 2025 in a friendly against the United States.[8][9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Caracas | 2020 | Venezuelan Primera División | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | — | 17 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Venezuelan Primera División | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Venezuelan Primera División | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 32 | 9 | ||
| Total | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 69 | 16 | |||
| Sochi (loan) | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 9 | ||
| Sochi | 2024–25 | Russian First League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Sochi total | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 10 | ||||
| CSKA Moscow (loan) | 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||
| Sharjah (loan) | 2025–26 | UAE Pro League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Zhejiang FC (loan) | 2026 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 34 | ||
- ↑ Four appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, two appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite
- ↑ Appearances in UAE League Cup
Honours
CSKA Moscow
References
- ↑ "Сауль Гуарирапа на правах аренды перешел в «Сочи»" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "Lokomotiv v Sochi game report". Russian Premier League. 10 March 2024.
- 1 2 ""Сочи" выкупил Сауля Гуарирапу у "Каракаса"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 30 May 2024.
- ↑ "Сауль Гуарирапа – с нами!" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 12 September 2024.
- ↑ "Сауль Гуарирапа на правах аренды перешел в "Шарджу"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 29 September 2025.
- ↑ "官宣：瓜里拉帕租借加盟浙江FC" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 25 February 2026.
- ↑ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". tournoimauricerevello.com (in French). Maurice Revello Tournament. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ↑ "United States v Venezuela game report". ESPN. 18 January 2025.
- ↑ Saúl Guarirapa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "ЦСКА – победитель FONBET Кубка России 2024/2025" [CSKA is the winner of FONBET Russian Cup 2024-25] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
External links
- Saúl Guarirapa at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Sportspeople from Puerto la Cruz
- Footballers from Anzoátegui
- Living people
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Venezuela men's under-20 international footballers
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Caracas F.C. players
- PFC Sochi players
- PFC CSKA Moscow players
- Sharjah FC players
- Zhejiang Professional F.C. players
- Venezuelan Primera División players
- Russian Premier League players
- Russian First League players
- UAE Pro League players
- Chinese Super League players
- Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Venezuelan football forward stubs