Juan Arango
Arango with Borussia in 2012.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Maracay, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Zulia | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1996 | UCV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Nueva Cádiz | ||
| 1999 | Zulia | 12 | (0) |
| 2000 | Caracas | 19 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | Monterrey | 45 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Pachuca | 52 | (16) |
| 2003–2004 | Puebla | 36 | (8) |
| 2004–2009 | Mallorca | 183 | (45) |
| 2009–2014 | Borussia M'gladbach | 154 | (25) |
| 2014–2016 | Tijuana | 45 | (11) |
| 2016–2017 | New York Cosmos | 31 | (16) |
| 2017– | Zulia | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2015 | Venezuela | 127 | (23) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2017. |
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Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz (born 17 May 1980) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for Zulia FC as an attacking midfielder.
He spent the better part of his career in La Liga with Mallorca, appearing in 196 official games, and also played several years with Borussia Mönchengladbach for which he signed at the age of 29.
Arango is Venezuela's record holder in international caps and goals, scoring 23 times in 127 matches between 1999 and 2015. He represented the nation in six Copa América tournaments.
Arango's parents hailed from Colombia, having immigrated to Venezuela before he was born, in the city of Maracay. He started playing as a professional at the age of sixteen with Nueva Cádiz FC, which ascended to the Venezuelan Primera División the following season under the name Zulia FC.
The following year, Arango joined Caracas FC but, after six months playing with the team he was bought by Mexico's C.F. Monterrey. He represented two other clubs in the latter country, C.F. Pachuca and Puebla FC, until 2004, when he joined La Liga side RCD Mallorca in Spain (coached by Benito Floro, also his boss at Monterrey) on a one-year link, with an option for a further three.
On 20 March 2005, Arango suffered a serious injury after a brutal collision with Sevilla FC's Javi Navarro. He fell unconscious, broke his cheekbone, swallowed his tongue and got serious cuts in his face; he returned to play a month later and, in the following season, was the team's top scorer with 11 league goals.
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