Francisco Arce

Chiqui Arce
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Arce Rolón
Date of birth (1971-04-02) 2 April 1971
Place of birth Paraguari, Paraguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 General Díaz (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Cerro Porteño 20 (4)
1994–1998 Grêmio 41 (5)
1998–2002 Palmeiras 93 (24)
2003 Gamba Osaka 16 (1)
2004–2005 Libertad 6 (0)
National team
1992 Paraguay U23
1995–2004 Paraguay 61 (5)
Teams managed
2007–2011 Rubio Ñu
2011–2012 Paraguay
2013–2014 Cerro Porteño
2015–2016 Olimpia
2016 Guaraní
2016–2017 Paraguay
2018– General Díaz
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Francisco Javier "Chiqui" Arce Rolón (American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko xaˈβjeɾ ˈtʃiki ˈaɾse roˈlon]; born 2 April 1971) is a retired Paraguayan footballer and coach. He played at the right defender position, competing a total of 61 times for the national team between 1995 and 2002; he is currently the manager of Club General Díaz[1].

Career

As player

Arce started his career in Paraguay playing for his natal city club called 15 de Mayo, at that club he had his professional debut at the age of fifteen. The same year the club Cerro Porteño called him so he moved to the Paraguayan capital(Asuncion)Cerro Porteño, where he won the national championship on three occasions. He then moved to Brazil where he played for big clubs such as Grêmio and Palmeiras and won international tournaments such as the Copa Libertadores. Arce played for Paraguay in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups and has appeared 61 times for his country. He was famous for his free kick shot technique, scoring many goals this way such as during the World Cup 2002 where he scored a wonderful freekick against South Africa.

As coach

After retiring from football as a player, Arce became a coach and managed the Paraguayan second division team Club Rubio Ñú, leading the squad to the 2nd division championship in 2008.[2]

Arce was appointed as coach of the Paraguay national football team in July 2011,[3] but due to poor results on the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, he was sacked in June 2012.[4]

In March 2013, Arce was appointed as new coach of Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño.[5] He went on to win the Torneo Clausura in 2013 with Cerro Porteño in highly impressive form, as the club went the entire Clausura undefeated. After a 4-1 defeat to Club Guaraní on 24 August 2014 he left Cerro Porteño.

On 15 March 2015 Arce was appointed as the manager of Olimpia, the arch-rivals of his old club Cerro Porteño.

A year later he took the club called Guarani where he got only six months of work getting good results, this gaved him his new job at the Paraguayan national team[6]. In 2018, appointed as manager of General Díaz.

Career statistics

Club

[7]

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Brazil League
1995GrêmioSérie A91
1996162
1997162
1998PalmeirasSérie A245
1999100
2000174
2001216
2002219
Japan League
2003Gamba OsakaJ1 League161
Paraguay League
2004LibertadPrimera División60
CountryBrazil 13429
Japan 161
Paraguay 60
Total 15630

International

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Paraguay national team
YearAppsGoals
199550
199651
1997120
1998112
199950
200040
200161
200281
200340
200410
Total615

Honours

As player

As coach

References

  1. ↑ http://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/asumira-en-general-diaz-1669304.html
  2. ↑ Grande "Chiqui" (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Paraguay appoint Francisco Arce as new coach
  4. ↑ Paraguay appoint Arce sacked as Paraguay coach
  5. ↑ Após passar pela seleção paraguaia, Arce é apresentado como técnico do Cerro Porteño (in Portuguese) Archived 7 April 2013 at Archive.is
  6. ↑ http://www.teledoce.com/telemundo/deportes/futbol-internacional/francisco-arce-se-convertira-en-el-nuevo-entrenador-de-la-seleccion-paraguaya/
  7. ↑ "Francisco Arce". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  8. ↑ RSSSF

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