Who Is Jon Aramburu?
Venezuelas Senior National Team had a surprising group stage at Copa América 2024 — 9/9 points vs Ecuador, Mexico, and Jamaica, and the main surprise superstar was Jon Aramburu.
The 21-year-old full-back from Real Sociedad enjoyed a great tournament as right-back and left-back, demonstrating why he is a potential top defensive duels specialist in different contexts.
This season, Aramburu could be a fantastic addition to Imanol Alguacil’s team and contribute a lot of tactical resources through his versatility and reading of the game.
Jon Aramburu was not only a good resource this Copa América; he is now what Venezuela has always needed as a right-back.
He is already one of the most promising full-backs in South America, and Real Sociedad could exploit this within their tactics if Aramburu becomes essential this season.
In this Jon Aramburu scout report & tactical analysis, we are going to provide an in-depth analysis of Aramburu performance at Copa América and what we have to expect about his development this year at La Liga, considering their defensive deficiencies.
Jon Aramburu Style Of Play
After playing defensive midfielder/centre-back during his formative years in Venezuela, then right centre-back/right-back/left-back for Deportivo La Guairas senior team, and finally shining offensively as right-back/right wing-back at Real Unión (1º RFEF), his eruption is real.
In the last months at Real Sociedad, he has competed at the elite level, taking advantage of his residual minutes.
While Venezuelan U23 youngsters who were already called up to Copa América, such as Telasco Segovia, “Tuti” Andrade, or Matías Lacava are also pushing for an essential position in Venezuelas first team, Aramburu was the only imposing one — since he started once, he never disappeared from the XI, cementing his spot.
At Copa América, Bocha Batista needed to build more stability in the defensive line looking for the matches vs Mexico (with Julian Quiñones as left-winger) or Canada (quarter-finals, with Jacob Shaffelburg as left-winger); Alexander Gonzalez (initially the starter right-back) was one of the most offensive full-backs in the tournament, while Miguel Navarro, although he has a good duels balance, kept reinforcing his offensive dynamic, finding ways to invade the channels with Yeferson Soteldo or creating automatisms to pull off crosses.
Venezuela needed a duel specialist to face the next challenges as a right-back, and Aramburu was the ideal profile.
