Juan Carlos Arce

Juan Carlos Arce

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Arce Justiniano
Date of birth	10 April 1985 (1985-04-10)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward Winger
Club information
Current club	Oriente Petrolero
Number	17
Youth career
	Tahuichi Academy
	Oriente Petrolero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2010	Oriente Petrolero	147	(24)
2006	→ Portuguesa (loan)	3	(0)
2007	→ Corinthians (loan)	18	(2)
2007–2008	→ Alarabi (loan)	?	(?)
2008	→ Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (loan)	10	(0)
2009	→ Sport Recife (loan)	15	(4)
2010	Terek Grozny	20	(0)
2011–	Oriente Petrolero	16	(4)
National team‡
2004–	Bolivia	25	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:57, 1 February 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:23, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Juan Carlos Arce Justiniano (born 10 April 1985 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays for Oriente Petrolero.

Club career

Arce started his career with the Academia Tahuichi, Bolivia's famous youth academy. In 2003 he signed for first division club Oriente Petrolero. During 2006 he went on a loan to Portuguesa, but returned to Oriente soon after to complete the 2006 season. In January 2007 he was loaned to popular Brazilian club Corinthians. Despite having a good season with the Timão, Arce couldn't help the team avoid relegation, and with the arrival of a new manager he was removed from the squad. He played in 18 league games for Corinthians scoring two goals. Arce also scored two more goals playing in Copa do Brasil.

His next destination was Qatar, where he played for Al-Arabi until mid 2008. Then, he joined Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma from the K-League, but left the club after only a few games. In January 2009, he returned to Bolivia for his third spell with Oriente. In July he was loaned to Sport Recife for a six month period with an option to acquire his rights. Terek Grozny signed the Bolivian attacking midfielder from Oriente Petrolero on a three-year deal. He was released by Terek after one season and returned to Oriente Petrolero.

Position

He plays as a striker, more preferably in the winger position.

International career

Since his debut in 2004, Arce has capped in 23 games for Bolivia. He was a member of the squad that competed in Copa América 2007 where he scored a goal against Venezuela. Arce also participated in Copa América 2011.

International goals

Results list Bolivia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	November 15, 2006	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	El Salvador	2 - 0	5 - 1	Friendly match
2.	June 26, 2007	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristobal, Venezuela	Venezuela	1 - 0	2 - 2	Copa América 2007
3.	November 21, 2007	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristobal, Venezuela	Venezuela	2 - 1	3 - 5	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	February 9, 2011	Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Latvia	1 - 2	1 - 2	Friendly match
5.	August 10, 2011	Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Panama	1 - 0	1 - 3	Friendly match

External links

• Juan Carlos Arce stats Soccerway (English)