Toro represented the Chile national team at the 1966 World Cup, and played all three matches for the squad.

[3] In America's Cup in Montevideo, 1967, Araya was called by the Uruguayan press: The Chilean Garrincha.

He graduated as a football manager in Mexico[4] and coached Atlético Potosino in the 1987–88 season, with his compatriot Luis Cholo Castro in the squad.

[5] Back in Chile, he started an eponymous football academy based in Nebraska neighborhood in Lo Barnechea commune.

[4] Araya Toro married a woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he would move after retiring from football.