The 26-years-old footballer played for La Equidad, Sporting and Sporting B. He is the member of the PSV that won Eredivisie (2014–016) and Johan Cruijff Shield (2015, 2016).
SEG is the agent of Santiago Arias.
Santiago Arias was born as Santiago Arias Naranjo on January 13, 19912 in Medellin, Colombia. Reviewing his nationality, Arias is Colombian and belongs to Latin ethnicity.
Arias was born to his father, Raul Arias, and mother, Monica Naranjo and grew up with his sister, Tatiana Arias.
Arias current market value is estimated at £9.00million as of January 17, 2018.
In 2016, Arias yearly salary was estimated to be €266,000 and currently earns more than €300,000 as an annual salary from his current club.
As of 2018, his net worth is estimated at $8 million. He is one of the richest football players in Colombia only behind some players like Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez, Carlos Bacca etc.
Santiago Arias' Career
Santiago Arias began his career as a member of the La Equidad. In 2009, he was promoted to a senior team of La Equidad. Later, he left the club in 2011 after making 28 appearances.
On July 1, 2011, Arias was transferred to Sporting with the transfer fee of £828thousand. For the club, he played 7 games. He also included in 28 games for Sporting B from 2012 to 2013 where he scored 1 goal.
Arias moved to PSV on Jul 13, 2013, with the transfer fee of £608thousand on a four-year contract and handed the number 13 shirt.
His first league match came on August 3, 2013, in a 3-2 win against ADO Den Haag. He has so far scored 9 goals in 131 appearances since 2013.
In 2009, Santiago Arias made his international debut with the Colombia U-17 and led the team to the fourth place in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He played 6 games for the Colombia U-17.
Arias played 14 games for the Colombia U-20 scoring 1 goal. He represented his team in the 2011 South American Youth Championship. Along with the U-20 team, he won 2011 Toulon Tournament.
In 2013, Arias was invited by Colombia’s senior team to dispute the 2014 World Cup and made his debut in a 1-2 loss to Paraguay on October 16, 2013.
He was a member of Colombian’s 23 man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and played three games as a substitute. He has been capped 38 games for Colombia national team.
Santiago Arias was the member of the Colombia national team that helped to reach the third position in 2016 Copa America along with Jeison Murillo, Stefan Medina, and Edwin Cardona.
Currently 26, Santiago Arias is a married man. He got married to his beloved wife, Karin Jimenez in July 2013. The couple welcomed their first child son, Thiago Arias in November 2017.
They opened a new Instagram account in their child name. Moreover, he often shares several pictures of his vacation with his wife. This is what concludes that Arias is living a lavish life full of luxury and comfort. In 2014, they settled in the Netherlands.
He has a good height of 5 feet 9 inch and his body weight is 71kg.
