Juan Carlos Arce Justiniano (born 10 April 1985) is a Bolivian professional

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who plays as a

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or winger for Always Ready and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Oriente Petrolero

Born in

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, Arce started his career at Bolivia's famous youth academy Academia Tahuichi. In 2003 aged 18, Arce signed for

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club

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

. In his debut season Arce played fifteen games scoring two goals and won the 2003 Copa Aerosur in the process. Following his debut season, Arce played forty four games in 2004 – cementing his position in the first team – scoring seven goals and helped the team to a

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finish in the

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. Arce played fifteen games, scoring just three during the 2009 opening start to the season. After less than one year after leaving the club, Arce returned and played two more season including both 2011 Bolivian Premera División and 2011–12 Bolivian Primera División. Arce scored six goals in his remaining seasons with the club playing only twenty three games. Arce played a total of 170 games for ''Albiverdes'' scoring 30 goals.

Brazil

In 2005, Arce played a total of thirty nine games scoring eight and helped the team win its second

in three years. In 2006, after playing thirty four games for

– scoring four times – Arce was loaned out to Série B club Portuguesa, playing only in non-league fixtures. The following season ( 2007) in January 2007, Arce was loaned out again to Série A club

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. Arce played eighteen games for the ''Timão'' scoring just two goals. Despite having a good season with the Corinthians, Arce couldn't help the team avoid relegation, and with the arrival of a new manager he was removed from the squad. Arce also scored two more goals playing in the 2007 Copa do Brasil Following the start of the 2009 Bolivian Primera División, Arce was loaned out to Brazil for a third time joining 2008 Copa do Brasil champions, and Série A club

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for a sixth-month period with the option to require his rights. Playing fifteen games and scoring four goals, Sport Recife finished last and were relegated to Série B.

Asia

After multiple loans out to Brazil, Arce was loaned out to the Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi for the 2007–08 season. However, he found the language and the way of life there difficult, despite managing to score 3 goals. Arce, once again was loaned out, this came after playing one season in

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. He joined

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for the remainder of the 2008 K League season, however, Arce played just ten games before leaving the club and returning to Bolivia. After a few months in his home country, he joined

of Brazil in 2009, making 15 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

Akhmat Grozny

In 2010, Arce joined

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side

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

signing a three-year deal. After only twenty games with the side and finishing just above relegation, Arce left the club and returned to Bolivia.

Bolívar

In January 2012, Arce signed for

giants

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. Arce made his debut for the club in the 2012 Copa Libertadores. Coming on as substitute in the 63rd minute replacing Jhasmani Campos in there 1–1 draw against

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an side Universidad Católica in

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. Arce scored his first goal for Bolívar in 2012 against La Paz scoring in the 89th minute after coming on as a substitute.

International career

Arce made his debut on 6 July 2004 in the 2004 Copa América against host nation

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in a 2–2 draw at the

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. Since his debut in 2004, Arce has been capped over 70 times for

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, scoring a total of 12 goals. Arce has competed at five

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tournaments ( 2004, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2021), and played through five World Cup qualifying campaigns ( 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).

Career statistics

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arce, Juan Carlos 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Association football forwards Bolivian footballers Bolivian expatriate footballers Bolivia international footballers Oriente Petrolero players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Seongnam FC players Sport Club do Recife players FC Akhmat Grozny players Club Bolívar players Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Russia 2004 Copa América players 2007 Copa América players 2011 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players 2021 Copa América players K League 1 players Russian Premier League players Qatar Stars League players