Omar Arellano Riverón (born 18 June 1987) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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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

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and had averaged out one goal every 131 minutes. He scored his first goal for

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

against their town rivals

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, 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

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at the 24th minute with a break-away, suiting the number 9 jersey left behind by

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and his third goal again in the 2008 Superliga against

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. Arellano scored the two goals that helped Chivas defeat their rivals

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in the

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in the El Súper Clásico. After a grueling injury that put him in the shelf for months, he returned on February 28, 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,

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was assistant and for an even shorter amount of time, manager in 2009. On April 4, 2010, he scored against

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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

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, 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

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he gave an assist to

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to give Chivas the lead in their friendly in the

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. Arellano is sponsored by

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and can be seen wearing the

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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

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agreed to sign Arellano on loan with an option of sign permanently. On July 25, Arellano made his official debut for

defeating

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0–1, in the opening game for the 2015 Apertura Liga MX, celebrated in the Estadio Universitario in

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International career

Arellano's first goal with "El Tri" was in a friendly match against

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. He scored last to make the game 4–0. Arellano was called back up after two years of not playing for

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. He played against the

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in which the game ended in a 1–1 draw.

International goals

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Honours

Pachuca *

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: Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007 *

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Guadalajara *

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Herediano *

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: Apertura 2018 *

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Chapulineros de Oaxaca *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arellano, Omar 1987 births Living people Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco Men's association football midfielders Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers C.F. Pachuca players C.D. Guadalajara footballers C.F. Monterrey players Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Leones Negros UdeG footballers C.D.S. Tampico Madero footballers Ontinyent CF players C.S. Herediano footballers Liga MX players Segunda División B players Liga FPD players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Liga de Balompié Mexicano players