Fernando Arce

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Fernando Arce
Arce playing Tijuana
Personal information
Full name Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz
Date of birth (1980-04-24) 24 April 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tijuana U23
(Assistant)
Youth career
América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Irapuato 21 (2)
2002–2003 Veracruz 60 (8)
2003–2004 Atlante 40 (7)
2004–2007
Morelia
122 (24)
2008–2011 Santos Laguna 127 (14)
2011–2014 Tijuana 95 (6)
2014–2016 Guadalajara 25 (3)
2015–2016Sinaloa (loan) 22 (0)
International career
1997 Mexico U17 3 (1)
2003–2013 Mexico 47 (7)
Managerial career
2016–
Tijuana Reserves
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007
Third place
Copa America
2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz (born 24 April 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Arce came out of

Veracruz
, where he remained until the following year. At Veracruz, he scored 8 goals while also dishing out 4 assists, asserting himself as one of the top scoring midfielders in the league. He was part of a Veracruz team that reached the league playoff semifinals in his last season at the club. Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) Despite his success at Veracruz, the team decided let him go, and Fernando was transferred to Atlante before the Apertura 2003 season. In his lone year with the Potros, he scored seven goals and had seven assists, while playing in 40 games - all but one in which he played in its entirety. After the Clausura 2004 season in which he helped Atlante reach the quarterfinals, Arce was once again transferred, this time to Morelia.

At Morelia, Arce consolidated himself as a team leader, helping the team reach the semifinals during the Clausura 2005 season, while anchoring the midfield with three goals and two assists.

Before the Clausura 2008, Arce moved to Santos Laguna[1]

For the Apertura 2011 he signed for newly promoted side Club Tijuana, right in his hometown. He won the Apertura 2012 title with Xolos.

He scored his first goal in the 2013 Copa Libertadores with a volley and the team went on to win 0–2 against Palmeiras.

On 23 December 2013, in a friendly match against

Club America
he was substituted out and his son Fernando Arce Juárez, came in as his replacement.

On 25 May 2014, Guadalajara announced Arce as their second signing for the season.[2]

International career

Arce has also made numerous appearances for the

Jose Manuel de la Torre
. Against Peru on 8 June 2008, Arce scored two goals, his first multi-scoring game with the national team. Against Belize on 21 June 2008 he again scored more than once in a game with the national team.

Career statistics

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. February 28, 2007
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States
 Venezuela 2–0 3–1 Friendly
2. July 8, 2007 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela  Paraguay 4–0 6–0
2007 Copa América
3. June 8, 2008 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  Peru 1–0 4–0 Friendly
4. June 8, 2008 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  Peru 4–0 4–0 Friendly
5. June 21, 2008 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico  Belize 4–0 7–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. June 21, 2008 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico  Belize 5–0 7–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. September 6, 2008 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Jamaica 2–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[3]

Personal life

Arce's son, Fernando Arce Jr., plays for Liga MX club Necaxa.

Honours

Santos Laguna

  • Clausura 2008

Tijuana

Individual

References

  1. ^ Santos have a new "Warrior"[permanent dead link] - SportsYa
  2. ^ "Comunicado de Prensa (Fernando Arce)".
  3. ^ "Fernando Arce's Senior National Team Goals".

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