Andres Arango

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Andres Arango
Personal information
Full name	Andres Arango
Date of birth	April 23, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	6'0"
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Toronto Lynx
Youth clubs
	Humber College
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2004 - present	Montreal Impact Toronto Lynx	2 (0) 69 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 17, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Andres Arango (born April 23, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for the Toronto Lynx in the USL First Division.

After playing college soccer for Humber College, Arango signed for the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division in 2003. After only making two appearances and playing for 5 minutes for the Impact coach Nick DeSantis, he traded Arango in the off-season to their main rivals the Toronto Lynx for Lynx star defender Mauricio Vincello in 2004.

With the Lynx Arango played an important role in the defence playing 22 games and scoring his first USL First Division goal on July 18, 2004 versus Calgary Mustangs only in his first season with the Lynx. In his second season Arango started off well but an ingury keep Arango out for a while but he came back and played 20 games for the Lynx. That same year Arango was named Toronto Lynx Defensive Player of the Year. On April 19, 2006 Arango signed a new deal with the Lynx.

In 2006 Arango was named Toronto Lynx Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Arango also led the Toronto Lynx in minutes played with 2430 min in 2006.

Arango was also a star for the Canadian U20 team that made it to the quarter-finals in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where he was a starting defender.

Toronto Lynx - Current Squad
1 Goddard | 2 Pottinger | 3 Titus | 4 Mattacchione | 6 Arango | 8 Jeffrey | 9 Diplacido | 10 Anstey | 12 Bedenkovic | 13 Dodds | 14 Medwin | 15 Palleschi | 16 Dekker | 17 Williams | 19 Sheperd | 20 Aristodemo | 21 Neto | 23 Chin | 26 Steele | 27 Bartolomeu | Manager: Wilde