Santiago Arias
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Santiago Arias Naranjo (born 13 January 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Primera División club Independiente and the Colombia national team. Arias began his career at La Equidad, before moving to Sporting CP in Portugal in 2011. In 2013 he signed for Dutch side PSV, where he won three Eredivisie titles and two Johan Cruyff Shield trophies, and was named Eredivisie Player of the Year for the 2017–18 season. In 2018 he transferred to Atlético Madrid in Spain, where he won the 2018 UEFA Super Cup, later having loan spells at Bayer Leverkusen and Granada. After a stint with FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer, where he won the Supporters' Shield in 2023, he joined Bahia in 2024. At international level, Arias represented the Colombia U17 and the Colombia U20 before making his senior debut for the Colombia national team in 2013. He has earned over 60 caps and appeared at the 2014 and 2018 editions of the FIFA World Cup, as well as in the 2015, 2016 where Colombia finished third, 2019, and 2024 where Colombia finished as runners-up.
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Started for Colombia at the 2018 World Cup as their first-choice right-back.
Part of a Colombian generation that established themselves as consistent World Cup contenders.
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