Omar Arellano (footballer, born 1987)

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	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward/Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Querétaro
Number	27
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)
2015–2016	→ Toluca (loan)	18	(3)
2016	UdeG	7	(0)
2016–2017	Tampico Madero	14	(1)
2017	Ontinyent	0	(0)
2017–2019	Herediano	27	(2)
2019–	Querétaro	1	(0)
International career‡
2005–2011	Mexico	7	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2011

Template:Spanish name 2 Omar Arellano Riverón (born June 18, 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Querétaro 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

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Libertadores		Sudamericana		Interliga		Superliga		Total
		GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals
CF Pachuca	2004–2005	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
	2005–2006	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1
	2006–2007	10	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2
Guadalajara	2007–2008	23	1	3	1	3	0	-	-	3	0	32	2
	2008–2009	21	5	2	0	6	3	-	-	3	2	32	10
	2009–2010	25	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	2
	2010–2011	36	4	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	5
	2011–2012	29	6	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	7
	2012–2013	9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	0

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	24 June 2009	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States	Venezuela	4–0	4–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Pachuca

• Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2007
• Copa Sudamericana: 2006

Guadalajara

• InterLiga: 2009

Herediano

• CONCACAF League: 2018

External links

• Omar Arellano – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)