Francisco Arriagada

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Francisco Arriagada
Personal information
Full name Francisco Bernardo Arriagada Mella
Date of birth (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Talcahuano, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vittoriosa Stars
Youth career
2003–2013 Huachipato
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Mosta 1 (0)
2013–2015 Vittoriosa Stars 14 (0)
2015–2016 Fgura United
2016–2017 Deportes Limache – (–)
2017–2018 Vittoriosa Stars
2018 Fgura United
2019 Barnechea 1 (0)
2020–2021 Montijo 15 (1)
2021 Fuente Cantos 17 (0)
2024– Vittoriosa Stars
International career
Chile U15
Chile U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Bernardo Arriagada Mella (born 31 January 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vittoriosa Stars.

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Career

An attacking midfielder from the Huachipato youth system, [2] Arriagada took part of Chile youth national teams from under-14 to under-17 level, coinciding with players such as Ángelo Henríquez, Igor Lichnovsky, Andrés Robles, among others. After ending his contract with Huachipato in 2013, he emigrated to Europe thanks to a group of businessmen. [1]

After tried to sign with Swiss side Lugano, he joined Maltese club Mosta in the Premier League. [1] In Malta, he also has played for Vittoriosa Stars and Fgura United. [3] In the Maltese football, he coincided with his compatriots Edison Bilbao and Juan Manuel Artiaga. [4]

In his homeland, he has played for Deportes Limache in 2016–17 [5] and Barnechea in 2019. [6]

From 2020 to 2021, he played in Spain for UD Montijo, where he coincided with his compatriots Nicolás Clavería [7] and Rodrigo Gattas, [8] and UD Fuente de Cantos. [2]

In the second half of 2024, Arriagada rejoined Vittoriosa Stars. [9]

Personal life

He is nicknamed Pancho, an affective form of Francisco. [1]

He married Constanza López, who is the niece of the former Chile international footballer Luis Jiménez. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 García Vera, Ricardo (27 August 2013). "Francisco Arriagada, desde Talcahuano a Malta". futchile.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Ferreiro, Samuel (6 July 2021). "Francisco Arriagada relata cómo le contó a Luis Jiménez que quería pololear con su sobrina". Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: LUN: 24. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "De Concepción a Europa: el nuevo (y exótico) destino de portero campeón con Deportes Temuco". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023. mientras que Arriagada, oriundo de Talcahuano, pasó por diversos clubes como Vittoriosa Stars y Fgura United.
  4. ↑ Pérez D., Joaquín (7 March 2016). "El otro pasaporte: Chilenos jugando en exóticas ligas del extranjero". PrensaFútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "A última hora, Deportes Limache rescata un triunfo en Quillota". enelcamarin.cl (in Spanish). 4 September 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ↑ @AC_Barnechea (16 January 2019). "Quinta nueva cara en el Barne" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2023– via Twitter.
  7. ↑ (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) #España - Nicolas Claveria y Francisco Arriagada ya fueron presentado oficialmente por el UD Montijo on Facebook (in Spanish). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Salas, Cristian (28 November 2020). "El equipo español que tendrá tres futbolistas chilenos". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile . Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "BIENVENIDO DE VUELTA - FRANCESCO ARRIAGADA MELLA". www.facebook.com. Vittoriosa Stars. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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