Diego Arroyo

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.

Club career He is from Santa Cruz in Bolivia. 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. After Martins, he became only the second Bolivian player to sign for Shakhtar Donetsk. The following month, he began to be included in the Shakhtar first-team match day squads. 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.

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. He made his senior Bolivia debut on 6 June 2025 as a second-half substitute against Venezuela in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying.

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National Competition Club Country Year Bolivian Primera División Club Bolívar 2024 Ukrainian Cup FC Shakhtar Donetsk 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2025–26