Diego Arroyo


Diego Júnior Arroyo Maldonado is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a defender for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Bolivia national football team.

Club career

He is from Santa Cruz in Bolivia. He was a member of the Tahuichi Academy before joining up with Club Bolívar.
He joined Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine in February 2025, signing a five-year contract and was given the number three shirt number, but initially linked up with their U19 team. 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.

International career

He played for the Bolivia national under-20 football team in the 2025 South American U-20 Championship in Colombia. He was called-up by the senior Bolivia national football team for their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in March 2025. He made his senior Bolivia debut on 6 June 2025 as a second-half substitute against Venezuela in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying.