Francisco Arce

For the Mexican soldier of Alta California, see Rancho Santa Ysabel (Arce).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arce and the second or maternal family name is Rolón.
Chiqui Arce
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Javier Arce Rolón
Date of birth2 April 1971
Place of birthParaguari, Paraguay
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionRight back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1989–1994Cerro Porteño?(?)
1994–1998Grêmio41(5)
1998–2002Palmeiras242(57)
2003Gamba Osaka16(1)
2004–2005Libertad6(0)
200612 Octubre?(?)
National team
1992Paraguay U23
1995–2004Paraguay61(5)
Teams managed
2007–2011Rubio Ñu
2011–2012Paraguay
2013–Cerro Porteño
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Francisco Javier "Chiqui" Arce Rolón (American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko xaˈβjer ˈtʃiki ˈarse 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 Paraguay national team between 1995 and 2002.

Career

As player

Arce started his career in Paraguay playing for 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.[1]

Arce was appointed as coach of the Paraguay national football team in July 2011,[2] but due to poor results on the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, he was sacked in June 2012.[3]

In March 2013, Arce was appointed as new coach of Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño.[4]

Club career statistics

[5]

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1995GrêmioSérie A91
1996162
1997162
1998PalmeirasSérie A245
1999100
2000174
2001216
2002219
Japan League
2003Gamba OsakaJ. League 1161
Paraguay League
2004LibertadPrimera División60
Country Brazil 13429
Japan 161
Paraguay 60
Total 15630

International career statistics

[6]

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

Honours

As player

As coach

References

  1. ↑ Grande "Chiqui" (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Paraguay appoint Francisco Arce as new coach
  3. ↑ Paraguay appoint Arce sacked as Paraguay coach
  4. ↑ Após passar pela seleção paraguaia, Arce é apresentado como técnico do Cerro Porteño (in Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Francisco Arce at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fjarce-intl.html

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