Omar Arellano

Omar Arellano
Personal information
Full name Omar Arellano Riverón
Date of birth (1987-06-18) June 18, 1987
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Toluca
Number 23
Youth career
1996 Guadalajara
– Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2007 Pachuca 19 (3)
2007–2012 Guadalajara 145 (18)
2013–2015 Monterrey 54 (6)
2015– → Toluca (loan) 9 (2)
National team‡
2005–2011 Mexico 7 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arellano and the second or maternal family name is Riverón.

Omar Arellano (born June 18, 1987) is a Mexican football Midfielder. He currently plays for Deportivo Toluca FC in the Liga MX. His nickname is "La Pina".

Club career

Guadalajara

Arellano had originally started playing in club Guadalajara’s youth ranks around the same time as Javier Hernandez. At the age of 14 he decided to make the move to Club Pachuca where his father Omar Arellano Nuño was offered a job as head coach of Club Pachuca’s Juvenil squads. Before returning to Guadalajara in 2007, Arellano had played 394 minutes with Pachuca and had averaged out one goal every 131 minutes. He scored his first goal for CD Guadalajara against their town rivals Atlas, a match that is referred to as "El Clasico Tapatio" (Spanish for "Jalisco's Classic", since they play in the same state and city). On July 12, 2008 while playing the 2008 SuperLiga Arellano scored his second goal with Guadalajara at the 24th minute with a break-away, suitting the number 9 jersey left behind by Omar Bravo and his third goal again in the 2008 Superliga against Houston Dynamo. Arellano scored the two goals that helped Chivas defeat their rivals Club América in the Estadio Azteca in the El Súper Clásico. After a grueling injury that put him in the shelf for months, he returned on February 31, 2009 against F.C. Pachuca where he scored 2 of the 5 goals that his team scored in the 5-0 win. His own father, Omar Arellano Nuño was assistant and for an even shorter amount of time, manager in 2009. On April 4, 2010, he scored against America in the El Súper Clásico and Chivas became the first team in the Torneo Bicentenario to qualify to the liguilla. He is also not had good luck with injury due that he came back from one. On April 27, 2010 in the Copa Libertadores, he made an outstanding participation against Vélez Sársfield where he gave two assist in the 3-0 victory for Chivas de Guadalajara. In a friendly against FC Barcelona he gave an assist to Marco Fabian to give Chivas the lead in their friendly in the World Football Challenge. Arellano is sponsored by Adidas and can be seen wearing the Adidas F50 football cleats.

Monterrey

Omar Arellano was traded to C.F. Monterrey for the Clausura 2013 tournament for right back Sergio Perez.

Deportivo Toluca

On June 10, 2015 Toluca agreed to sign Arellano on loan with an option of sign permanently. On July 25, Arellano made his official debut for Toluca defeating Tigres UANL 0-1, in the opening game for the 2015 Apertura Liga MX, celebrated in the Estadio Universitario in Monterrey.

International career

Mexico national team

Arellano's first goal with "El Tri" was in a friendly match against Venezuela. He scored last to make the game 4-0.Arellano was called back up after two years of not playing for Mexico national team against United States national team the game ended in a 1-1 draw

International Caps

As of 10 August 2011

Career Staistics

Club Season League Libertadores Sudamericana Interliga Superliga Total
GPGoalsGPGoalsGPGoalsGPGoalsGPGoalsGPGoals
CF Pachuca 2004–2005 10--------10
2005–2006 81--------81
2006–2007 10220------122
Guadalajara 2007–2008 2313130--30322
2008–2009 2152063--323210
2009–2010 25220------272
2010–2011 36471------435
2011–2012 29641------337
2012–2013 90--------90

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 24 June 2009 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States  Venezuela 4–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

International:

Club:

Mexico C.F. Pachuca

Mexico Chivas Guadalajara

External links

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