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{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1987)}}
{{family name hatnote|Arroyo|Mina|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michael Arroyo
| image = Michael Arroyo 2015.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Arroyo with [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] in 2015
| fullname = Michael Antonio Arroyo Mina<ref name="FCWC 2015">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players |url=http://fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2015/pdf/FCWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=2 |date=11 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211024602/http://fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2015/pdf/FCWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Guayaquil, Ecuador|Guayaquil]], Ecuador
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| currentclub = [[CA Espartanos Chanduy|Espartanos]]
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]]
| youthyears1 = 2002–2007
| youthclubs1 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
| years1 = 2005–2008
| clubs1 = [[CS Emelec|Emelec]]
| caps1 = 73
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2009–2010
| clubs2 = [[Deportivo Quito]]
| caps2 = 42
| goals2 = 14
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = [[San Luis FC|San Luis]]
| caps3 = 43
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 2012–2015
| clubs4 = [[Atlante FC|Atlante]]
| caps4 = 32
| goals4 = 12
| years5 = 2012–2013
| clubs5 = → [[Barcelona SC]] (loan)
| caps5 = 60
| goals5 = 21
| years6 = 2014–2015
| clubs6 = → [[Club América|América]] (loan)
| caps6 = 38
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2015–2017
| clubs7 = [[Club América|América]]
| caps7 = 65
| goals7 = 11
| years8 = 2017
| clubs8 = [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
| caps8 = 7
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2018–2020
| clubs9 = [[Barcelona SC]]
| caps9 = 25
| goals9 = 8
| years10 = 2022-2024
| clubs10 = [[Naranja Mekánica]]
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2024-
| clubs11 = [[CA Espartanos Chanduy|Espartanos]]
| caps11 = 0
| goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Ecuador national under-20 football team|Ecuador U-20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2017
| nationalteam2 = [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
| nationalcaps2 = 31
| nationalgoals2 = 5
| pcupdate = 17 January 2018
| ntupdate = 5 October 2017
}}
'''Michael Antonio Arroyo Mina''' ({{IPA|es|mitʃaˈel aˈroyo}}; born 23 April 1987) is an Ecuadorian professional [[association football|footballer]], who plays for [[CA Espartanos Chanduy|Espartanos]] as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]] or [[attacking midfielder]].

==Club career==

===Emelec===
Michael Arroyo started his career in the youth ranks of [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]. He was seen as a very talented player for his age, and played 73 times for Emelec. However, in September 2007, he tested positive for [[marijuana]] shortly after a league match with [[Deportivo Cuenca]], and was banned for two years from football.<ref>{{cite news | date=2007-09-27 |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=606660.html#arroyo+banned+after+testing+positive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011112736/http://fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=606660.html#arroyo+banned+after+testing+positive |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2007 | title=Arroyo banned after testing positive | publisher=FIFA.com | access-date=2007-10-09}}</ref>

===Deportivo Quito===

====2009====
He moved to the nation's capital in January 2009 to play for [[Sociedad Deportivo Quito|Deportivo Quito]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=0&categserie=1&nivel=0&subnive0&id=13757&tabla=N |title=Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano |publisher=Ecuafutbol.org |access-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505144843/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=0&categserie=1&nivel=0&subnive0&id=13757&tabla=N |archive-date=2012-05-05 }}</ref> He made his debut three months later in a game against [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo|Liga de Portoviejo]], scoring a brace in a 2–0 home win. Arroyo scored his next goal with Deportivo on 20 May in a 2–0 home win over [[Deportivo Cuenca]]. Next he scored against Manta. His fourth goal of the season came against Tecnico Universitario. A week later he scored in a 2–0 away win against Olmedo. On 26 July, Arroyo scored the winning goal against his old club, [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]. He scored against Macara on 18 October, in a 1–0 win. He won the 2009 Ecuadorian Serie A league against Deportivo Cuenca in a 3–2 comeback, scoring two goals, one which was the winning goal at the 87th minute, thus winning his first career title. Arroyo scored 10 goals in 17 league games played.

====2010====
Arroyo began his 2010 season in a 1–1 away draw against Emelec. He scored his first goal on 28 March in a 1–1 away win against Universidad Catolica. On 5 April, he scored his second, in a 2–0 home win over Macara. His third goal came against Olmedo, in a 2–0 away win on 17 April. On 25 May, Michael scored his fourth and final goal of the season with Deportivo Quito, winning 2–1 away against Macara. After impressive displays in the Serie A, he signed for [[San Luis F.C.|San Luis]] in [[Mexico]].

===San Luis===

====2010–2012====
On 28 May, Arroyo was transferred to [[San Luis Fútbol Club|San Luis]] of the [[Primera División de México]] after impressing them with his ability on the ball and powerful long-shot goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=1&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=16899 |title=Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano |publisher=Ecuafutbol.org |access-date=2012-03-04 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His debut came on 24 July, in a 1–1 draw against [[CF Monterrey|Monterrey]]. He scored goals against [[Tecos UAG]], [[Querétaro FC|Querétaro]], [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]], and [[Club Toluca|Toluca]] in the Apertura tournament. In the next season he would go on to score goals against [[CD Guadalajara|Guadalajara]], [[Monarcas Morelia]], [[Club Atlas|Atlas]] and [[CF Pachuca|Pachuca]]. In his [[Copa Libertadores]] participation with the Mexican club in [[2011 Copa Libertadores|2011]], he scored two goals against a Peruvian club, the first one a volley goal from 25 yards; he also assisted the first goal in a 3–1 home victory for San Luis.

===Atlante===

====2012====
[[File:Michael Arroyo.jpg|thumb|upright|Arroyo playing for Atlante.]]
On 30 November 2011, Arroyo was transferred to [[Atlante FC|Atlante]]. He scored a free-kick goal against his old club San Luis, which he chose not to celebrate. He also scored three more goals that season against Guadalajara, UAG and [[Jaguares de Chiapas]]. His last game with Atlante was a 0–3 loss against Monterrey. In the summer of 2012, he was loaned out to [[Barcelona SC]] in Ecuador, even though he had played for city rivals Emelec for many years.

===Barcelona SC (loan)===

====2012====
His debut came in a 2–1 win over his youth career club, Emelec, winning Ecuador's Clasico. Arroyo's first goal for Barcelona came on 19 September, in a 4–3 win over Chilean side [[Cobreloa]], scoring two long range goals. His first two league goals for Barcelona came on 30 September, against Jose Teran, in a 2–2 draw. On 4 November, Arroyo scored a goal from the penalty spot in a 5–0 home win against Emelec. On 28 November, Arroyo became 2012 Serie A champion with Barcelona SC, after nearly fourteen years since Barcelona last won the league title.

====2013====
For the 2013 Ecuadorian Serie A season, Arroyo was handed the jersey number 7. His first match of the season came on 26 January, in a 1–1 away draw against [[Deportivo Quevedo]]. On 16 February, Arroyo was given a red card for punching an opponent in the face. On 27 February, he scored his first goal the season, from the penalty spot, already losing to [[Club Atletico Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]] 2–0, to make it 2–1. Nearly a month later he scored his first league goal of the season in a 4–0 home win over Deportivo Cuenca. On 21 April, Arroyo was given two immediate yellow cards by the referee. He was later also given a three-match ban and missed the matches against Emelec, [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]], and Deportivo Cuenca. On his return, Arroyo scored a free-kick goal with Barcelona defeating Universidad Catolica 6–2.

On 13 July, he scored the lone goal in a 3–1 loss to Universidad Catolica. A week later he scored in the 3–3 draw against Deportivo Cuenca. On 21 July, Arroyo scored a double to tie against LDU Quito. On 15 September, Arroyo scored against Deportivo Quito, winning 2–1. Four days later Arroyo scored against Independiente del Valle, drawing 1–1. On 22 September, Michael scored the second in the 2–1 home win over Deportivo Quito.

===Return to Atlante===
In 2014, Arroyo returned to Atlante. On 10 March, Arroyo scored four goals against Querétaro, winning the match 4–2. He finished the Clausura tournament scoring eight goals in sixteen matches played.

===Club América===

On 15 July 2014, it was announced that Arroyo would be joining league giants [[Club America|América]] on loan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=54409 |title=Ecuagol |access-date=2014-07-11 |archive-date=2014-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215062710/http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=54409 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story/_/id/2131817/el-ecuatoriano-michael-arroyo-seria-anunciado-como-refuerzo-del-america|title = Michael Arroyo con un pie en el América|date = 10 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laaficion.milenio.com/america/Arroyo_America-Atlante_America-Aguilas_fichaje-contratacion_America_0_332967009.html|title = Michael Arroyo, al América}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2014/07/10/nota/3214936/michael-arroyo-jugara-america-anuncia-medio-internacional|title = Michael Arroyo jugará en el América, anuncia medio internacional|date = 11 July 2014}}</ref> Arroyo scored his first Liga MX goal of the season on October 2, defeating Veracruz 2–0. On December 14, for the final championship title against [[Tigres UANL]], Arroyo scored the first goal of the second–leg final match, defeating Tigres 3–0, and won the [[2014–15 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2014]] championship title, Arroyo's first title in Mexico. He was also voted as the Final Match MVP by Liga MX officials. Arroyo had a roller coaster of sorts with Club America.

He's was a fan favorite<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://americamonumental.com/aguilas/michael-arroyo-hace-meritos-para-ser-titular-clasico-nacional-copa-mx|title = América Monumental}}</ref> due to his flashy skills and [[Clutch (sports)|clutch]] free kicks,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2016/10/16/actualidad/1476591252_927437.html|title = Michael Arroyo, el hombre de los tiros libres|newspaper = El País|date = 16 October 2016|last1 = Mancera|first1 = Diego}}</ref> however due to his tactical indiscipline he was unable to make himself an undisputed starter throughout the [[Antonio Mohamed|Turco]] era, [[Gustavo Matosas|Matosas]] era, [[Ignacio Ambriz|Nacho]] era or the [[Ricardo LaVolpe|Lavolpe]] era.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/2801608/michael-arroyo-dice-que-yo-lo-salo-ricardo-la-volpe|title = Arroyo dice que yo lo salo: La Volpe|date = 26 September 2016}}</ref> Arroyo was not on the transfer list following the [[2016 FIFA Club World Cup]] however he had been having to fight for a match day spot due to the 10 foreigner/8 national rule [[Liga MX]] has implemented.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/2952688/michael-arroyo-sacrificado-por-regla-10/8-dominguez-debuta|title = Arroyo, sacrificado; Domínguez debuta|date = 29 January 2017}}</ref>

===Grêmio===
Arroyo was unveiled at Brazilian club [[Grêmio]] on 29 June 2017, signing a 3-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=gazetaesportiva |title=Arroyo chega ao Grêmio, veste a 9 e se diz fã de Ronaldinho |url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/futebol/brasileiro-serie-a/em-apresentacao-arroyo-acredita-que-podera-atuar-em-3-semanas,4560a9a8e4b036f861079aff4de7ca35aiax9wz1.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=www.terra.com.br |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He made just 7 appearances for the club.

==International career==
Arroyo played for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador U-20]] side in the South American Youth Championship 2007. He scored a goal in Ecuador's 3–1 win against [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]. On May 8, 2010, Arroyo received his first call up to the national team and started and played 90 minutes against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], being named man of the match before being subbed out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=7&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=16788&tabla=N |title=Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano |publisher=Ecuafutbol.org |access-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510140253/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=7&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=16788&tabla=N |archive-date=2010-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=289185&league=FIFA.FRIENDLY&cc=5901 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622095521/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=289185&league=FIFA.FRIENDLY&cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |title=Match: Mexico v Ecuador – International Friendly – ESPN Soccernet |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=2010-05-07 |access-date=2012-03-04}}</ref>
He scored his first goal for the major Ecuador national football team on May 28, 2011, against Mexico. The match finished 1–1. Arroyo scored an impressive long-range shot against [[England national football team|England]] coming in as a 2nd half substitute for [[Jefferson Montero]]. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Switzerland at 3:12 of added time he had an open shot on goal to seal a win for Ecuador and chose to stop and control the ball giving defenders time to close and block his shot.  On the immediate counterattack Switzerland scored a goal sealing a win and 3 points. He did not play the next World Cup game for Ecuador.

===International goals===
[[File:Free Kick - Switzerland and Ecuador match at the FIFA World Cup 2014-06-15.gif|thumb|Free Kick - Switzerland and Ecuador match at the FIFA World Cup, 2014]]
:''Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/38002/Michael_Arroyo.html|title=Arroyo, Michael|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Final !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 28 May 2011 || [[CenturyLink Field]], [[Seattle]], [[United States]] || {{fb|MEX}} ||  align=center | '''1'''–1|| align=center | 1–1 || [[Exhibition game|International friendly]]
|-
| 2 || 1 June 2011 || [[BMO Field]], [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] || {{fb|CAN}} || align=center | '''2'''–1|| align=center | 2–2 || International friendly
|-
| 3 || June 4, 2014 || [[Sun Life Stadium]], [[Miami]], United States || {{fb|ENG}} || align=center | '''2'''–2 || align=center | 2–2 || International friendly
|-
| 4 || 29 March 2016 || [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]], [[Colombia]] || {{fb|COL}} || align=center | '''1'''–3 || align=center | 1–3 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 5 || 16 June 2016 || CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States || {{fb|United States}} || align=center | '''1'''–2 || align=center | 1–2 || [[Copa América Centenario knockout stage|Copa América Centenario]]
|}

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|22 May 2016}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |Cup
! colspan="2" |Continental
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]
|[[2005 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2005]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]||10||0|| colspan="2" |–||0||0||10||0
|-
|[[2006 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2006]]||28||2|| colspan="2" |–||0||0||28||2
|-
|[[2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2007]]||19||0|| colspan="2" |–||5||1||24||1
|-
|[[2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2008]]||16||3|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||16||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!73!!5!! colspan="2" |–!!5!!1!! 78 !! 6
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Deportivo Quito]]
|[[2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2009]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]||27||10|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||27||10
|-
|[[2010 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2010]]||15||4|| colspan="2" |–||6||1||21||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!42!!14!! colspan="2" |–!!6!!1!! 48 !! 15
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[San Luis FC]]
|[[2010–11 Mexican Primera División season|2010–11]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Liga MX]]||30||5|| colspan="2" |–||6||3||36||8
|-
|[[2011–12 Mexican Primera División season|2011 Apertura]]||12||4|| colspan="2" |–||0||0||12||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!42!!9!! colspan="2" |–!!6!!3!! 48 !! 12
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Atlante FC]]
|[[2011–12 Mexican Primera División season|2012 Clausura]]
|[[Liga MX]]||16||4|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||16||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!16!!4!! colspan="2" |–!! colspan="2" |–!! 16 !! 4
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Barcelona SC]]
|[[2012 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2012]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]||13||6|| colspan="2" |–||4||2||17||8
|-
|[[2013 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2013]]||36||11|| colspan="2" |–||7||2||43||13
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!49!!17!! colspan="2" |–!!11!!4!! 60 !! 21
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Atlante FC]]
|[[2013–14 Liga MX season|2014 Clausura]]
|[[Liga MX]]||16||8|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||16||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!16!!8!! colspan="2" |–!! colspan="2" |–!! 16 !! 8
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Club America|América]]
|[[2014–15 Liga MX season|2014–15]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Liga MX]]||38||5||1||0||6||1||45||6
|-
|[[2015–16 Liga MX season|2015-16]]||36||6|| colspan="2" |–||9||5||45||11
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!74!!11!!1!!0!!15!!6!! 90 !! 17
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!312!!68!!1!!0!!43!!15!!356!!83
|}

===International===
{{updated|5 October 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|2010||7||0
|-
|2011||9||2
|-
|2012||2||0
|-
|2013||1||0
|-
|2014||3||1
|-
|2015||1||0
|-
|2016||5||2
|-
|2017||3||0
|-
!Total||31||5
|}

==Honours==

===Club===
;Deportivo Quito
*[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]: [[2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2009]]

;Barcelona SC
*[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]] (2): [[2012 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2012]], [[2020 Ecuadorian Serie A|2020]]

;América
*[[Liga MX]]: [[2014–15 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2014]]
*[[CONCACAF Champions League]]: [[2015 CONCACAF Champions League Finals|2014–15]], [[2016 CONCACAF Champions League Finals|2015–16]]

;Grêmio
*[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[2017 Copa Libertadores|2017]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2325742.htm}
* {http://www.record.com.mx/futbol-nacional/2011-11-30/presentan-michael-arroyo-en-el-atlante}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Medio Tiempo|michael-antonio-arroyo}}

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