Rony Alexander Argueta (born January 4, 1991) is an American
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who plays as a
midfielder.
Early life and education
Argueta was born in
Fountain Valley, California, but was raised in
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa (; Spanish for "Table Coast") is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wa ...
.
He attended
Estancia High School
Estancia High School is located in Costa Mesa, California and is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District which serves approximately 21,000 students who reside in the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. Estancia High School is a co ...
where he played for the varsity soccer team for three years.
While there, he also competed in football and tennis.
Argueta later enrolled at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. He joined the
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team to play
college soccer, but made no appearances for the team. He later joined UCSB's club soccer team.
Playing career
Argueta joined
USL PDL club
Ventura County Fusion just prior to their play-off run in 2014. He appeared twice in the
2014 PDL season
The 2014 USL Premier Development League season was the 20th season of the PDL. The regular season began on May 3 and ended July 20. The regular season was followed by a postseason tournament of conference winners to determine the league's champion ...
playoffs, scoring once.
Argueta turned professional with USL franchise
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, signing a contract in January 2015.
In his first year with the club, he made 24 appearances and scored twice.
He was re-signed for the following season. Argueta won the Back Chat Supporters 2016 Young Player of the Season award.
On December 17, 2016, it was announced via Twitter he had joined
Celaya F.C.
Club Celaya is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Celaya, Guanajuato. Celaya currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. Initially formed on Sunday 7 February 1954, the team was reorganized in Winter 2003 after t ...
On February 9, 2017, it was announced that Switchbacks FC had brought back Argueta for the 2017 season.
On December 15, 2017, it was announced that Argueta had signed with USL side
Fresno FC for the 2018 season.
References
External links
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC player profile
1991 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC players
Fresno FC players
PEPO Lappeenranta players
Sportspeople from Costa Mesa, California
Soccer players from Orange County, California
USL Championship players
Ventura County Fusion players
Ykkönen players
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