Arquímides Rafael Zacarías Ordóñez (born August 5, 2003) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in the United States, he plays for the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Ordóñez began his career with youth soccer clubs Kings Hammer Academy and Cincinnati United Premier. In 2016, he joined the youth academy at

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club

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. He stayed with the club until 2019 when he joined the youth squad at

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for their inaugural season as a program. On July 3, 2021, due to performances with the youth squad, Ordóñez signed a professional homegrown player deal with

on a three-year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club on July 24, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 away defeat against

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. Ordóñez scored his first career goal for FC Cincinnati in a

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match versus

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on April 26, 2023. On April 4, 2024, Ordóñez was loaned to Swedish

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side

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for the remainder of their 2024 season. Östersund would retain an option to make the deal permanent. Cincinnati declined his contract option at the end of the 2024 season. On February 9, 2025, Ordóñez joined

side

on a free transfer, signing a one year contract. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the club against EFA Visoca in a 5-3 victory in the

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Round of 16.

International career

Youth

Ordóñez played for the Guatemalan U-20 team at the

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, scoring five goals in six appearances, and was named to the tournament's Best XI for his efforts. In May 2023 he was named to the U-20 squad for the

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Senior

In September 2022, Ordóñez was called up to the Guatemalan senior team ahead of two international friendlies against

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and

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

. He made his debut on September 24 in the first match against Colombia.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

FC Cincinnati *

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Individual *

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Best XI:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ordonez, Arquimides 2003 births Living people Soccer players from Cincinnati People from Fort Thomas, Kentucky Sportspeople from Campbell County, Kentucky Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's under-20 international footballers Guatemala men's international footballers American men's soccer players American people of Guatemalan descent Men's association football forwards FC Cincinnati players FC Cincinnati 2 players Östersunds FK players FC Zimbru Chișinău players MLS Next Pro players Major League Soccer players Superettan players Moldovan Super Liga players Homegrown Players (MLS) 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Guatemalan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Moldova 21st-century American sportsmen