- Juan Arango
Football player infobox
playername = Juan Arango
fullname = Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz
height = height|meters =1.79
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|5|16|df=y
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|05|16
cityofbirth =Maracay
countryofbirth =Venezuela
currentclub =Real Mallorca
clubnumber = 18
position =Attacking midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = UCV junior team
years = 1996–1999199920002000–20012002–20032003–20042004–present
clubs = Nueva CádizZulianosCaracasMonterreyCF Pachuca CF Puebla Real Mallorca
caps(goals) = 012 0(0)019 0(5)045 0(6)051 (16)036 0(8)146 (37)
nationalyears = 2000–present
nationalteam = Venezuela
nationalcaps(goals) = 076 (14)
ntupdate = 21 September 2008
pcupdate =19 June 2008 Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz, Arango (born
May 16 ,1980 inMaracay ), is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as anattacking midfielder forRCD Mallorca in "La Liga ", and for the Venezuela national team. Arango has played more than 70 times for Venezuela, making him the fifth most capped player in the history of Venezuelan international football. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/venez-recintlp.html rsssf: Venezuela record international footballers] ] He is known as "Arangol" in Venezuela, and has been nicknamed the "Caribbean Hurricane" by Luis Omar Tapia inESPN 's telecasts.Arango is one of the few Venezuelan players ever to play for a first division team in any of the major European leagues, and is widely regarded as the best player
Venezuela has ever produced.Football career
Arango started playing as a professional footballer at the age of sixteen with Nueva Cádiz FC, ascended to the Venezuelan first division the following season under the name of
Zulianos FC .In January 1999, Arango played for the first time with the Venezuelan national team, a friendly against Denmark.
From Zulianos, Arango came to
Caracas FC . After six months playing with the team, he was bought byMexico 'sClub de Fútbol Monterrey . He played for two other Mexican clubs,CF Pachuca andCF Puebla , until 2004, when he joinedLa Liga 'sReal Club Deportivo Mallorca , inSpain .On
March 20 ,2005 , Arango suffered a serious injury, after a brutal collision withSevilla FC 's defenderJavi Navarro . He fell unconscious, broke his cheekbone, swallowed his tongue and got serious cuts in his face. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDtPPfotPLs&feature=related Navarro assaults Arango] ] He returned to play a month later and, in 2005-06, was the team's top scorer with 11 league goals.In 2006,
EFE chose him as the third bestLatin American player in the Spanish league, with the first place taken byPablo Aimar .In 2007, new national coach
Cesar Farias named Arango team captain, and he also obtained a Spanish passport, in March. His parents areColombian , having emigrated to Venezuela before he was born.References
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=7410 NationalFootballTeams data]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arango-intlg.html Internationals statistics]
*FIFA player|177468|Juan Arango
* [http://www.vinotintosenexterior.com/ News of Venezuelan footballers abroad]
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