Cristian Martín Arguiñarena Pombo (born 6 September 1991) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for Progreso.

Career

Villa Teresa

In 2010, Arguiñarena signed his first senior contract with

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side

Villa Teresa Club Atlético Villa Teresa, is a Uruguayan football and cycling team club based in Montevideo. It was founded in 1941. History In 2011 Villa Teresa achieved promotion from Segunda División Amateur (third level) and returned to the Profe ...

. He played with

for six years, helping the club earn promotion to the

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in 2011 and then to the Primera División in 2015. In his first season in the Primera División Arguiñarena made 26 appearances for Villa Teresa, scoring three goals.

El Tanque Sisley

In February 2017, Arguiñarena joined

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ahead of the 2017 Primera División season. That season he made a career-high 35 Primera División appearances.

Boston River

In January 2018, Arguiñarena signed with

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. That season he made 22 league appearances, scoring one goal. On 25 July 2018, he made his continental debut in the

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as an injury time substitute for

in a 1–0 win over Argentinian club Banfield.

Valour FC

Arguiñarena signed a multi-year deal with

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club

Valour FC Valour Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home matches at IG Field. The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned thro ...

on 25 February 2019. That season, he made eighteen league appearances and two appearances in the

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. In January 2020, Valour announced that he had been released from his contract.

Return to Villa Teresa

On 1 February 2020, Arguiñarena signed with

, now in the

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Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arguinarena, Martin 1991 births Living people Association football defenders Uruguayan footballers Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Canada Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Canada Villa Teresa players El Tanque Sisley players Boston River players Valour FC players Uruguayan Segunda División players Uruguayan Primera División players Canadian Premier League players