Juan Carlos Arce

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arceand the second or maternal family name is Justiniano.

Juan Carlos Arce

Arce with Akhmat Grozny in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Arce Justiniano
Date of birth	(1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Team information
Current team	Blooming
Number	77
Youth career
	Tahuichi Academy
	Oriente Petrolero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2010	Oriente Petrolero	147	(24)
2006	→ Portuguesa (loan)	3	(0)
2007	→ Corinthians (loan)	18	(2)
2007–2008	→ Al-Arabi (loan)	24	(3)
2008	→ Seongnam FC (loan)	10	(0)
2009	→ Sport Recife (loan)	15	(4)
2010	Akhmat Grozny	20	(0)
2011–2012	Oriente Petrolero	33	(9)
2012–2020	Bolívar	235	(72)
2021–2022	Always Ready	61	(9)
2023–	Blooming	2	(0)
International career‡
2004–2022	Bolivia	87	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:27, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Juan Carlos Arce Justiniano (born 10 April 1985) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Blooming and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Oriente Petrolero

Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Arce started his career at Bolivia's famous youth academy Academia Tahuichi. In 2003 aged 18, Arce signed for Bolivian Primera División club Oriente Petrolero. In his debut season Arce played fifteen games scoring two goals and won the 2003 Copa Aerosur in the process. Following his debut season, Arce played forty four games in 2004 – cementing his position in the first team – scoring seven goals and helped the team to a Semi-finals finish in the Copa Aerosur.

Arce played fifteen games, scoring just three during the 2009 opening start to the season.

After less than one year after leaving the club, Arce returned and played two more season including both 2011 Bolivian Premera División and 2011–12 Bolivian Primera División. Arce scored six goals in his remaining seasons with the club playing only twenty three games. Arce played a total of 170 games for Albiverdes scoring 30 goals.

Brazil

In 2005, Arce played a total of thirty nine games scoring eight and helped the team win its second Copa Aerosur in three years. In 2006, after playing thirty four games for Oriente Petrolero – scoring four times – Arce was loaned out to Série B club Portuguesa, playing only in non-league fixtures.

The following season (2007) in January 2007, Arce was loaned out again to Série A club Corinthians. ^[1] Arce played eighteen games for the Timão scoring just two goals. Despite having a good season with the Corinthians, Arce couldn't help the team avoid relegation, and with the arrival of a new manager he was removed from the squad. Arce also scored two more goals playing in the 2007 Copa do Brasil

Following the start of the 2009 Bolivian Primera División, Arce was loaned out to Brazil for a third time joining 2008 Copa do Brasil champions, and Série A club Sport Recife for a sixth-month period with the option to require his rights. Playing fifteen games and scoring four goals, Sport Recife finished last and were relegated to Série B.

Asia

After multiple loans out to Brazil, Arce was loaned out to the Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi for the 2007–08 season. However, he found the language and the way of life there difficult, ^[2] despite managing to score 3 goals.

Arce, once again was loaned out, this came after playing one season in Qatar. He joined Seongnam FC for the remainder of the 2008 K League season, however, Arce played just ten games before leaving the club and returning to Bolivia. After a few months in his home country, he joined Sport Recife of Brazil in 2009, making 15 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

Akhmat Grozny

In 2010, Arce joined Russian Premier League side FC Akhmat Grozny signing a three-year deal. ^[3] After only twenty games with the side and finishing just above relegation, Arce left the club and returned to Bolivia.

Bolívar

In January 2012, Arce signed for Bolivian Primera División giants Club Bolívar. ^{[4] [5]} Arce made his debut for the club in the 2012 Copa Libertadores. Coming on as substitute in the 63rd minute replacing Jhasmani Campos in there 1–1 draw against Chilean side Universidad Católica in Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago.

Arce scored his first goal for Bolívar in 2012 against La Paz scoring in the 89th minute after coming on as a substitute.

International career

Arce made his debut on 6 July 2004 in the 2004 Copa América against host nation Peru in a 2–2 draw at the National Stadium, Lima. Since his debut in 2004, Arce has been capped over 70 times for Bolivia, scoring a total of 12 goals.

Arce has competed at five Copa América tournaments (2004, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2021), and played through five World Cup qualifying campaigns (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).

Career statistics

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	15 November 2006	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	8	El Salvador	2–0	5–1	Friendly
2	26 June 2007	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	11	Venezuela	1–0	2–2	2007 Copa América	[9]
3	21 November 2007		17		2–1	3–5	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
4	9 February 2011	Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	20	Latvia	1–2	1–2	Friendly
5	10 August 2011	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	24	Panama	1–0	1–3
6	18 November 2014	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	44	Venezuela	3–2	3–2
7	12 November 2015		47		2–0	4–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[11] [12] [13]
8	24 March 2016		48	Colombia	1–2	2–3		[14] [15] [16]
9	7 June 2016	Camping World Stadium, Orlando, United States	50	Panama	1–1	1–2	Copa América Centenario	[17] [18] [19]
10	28 March 2017	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	59	Argentina	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[20] [21] [22]
11	5 September 2017		61	Chile	1–0	1–0		[23] [24]
12	12 November 2020		71	Ecuador	1–0	2–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[25]
13	16 November 2021		85	Uruguay	1–0	3–0		[26]
14					3–0
15	21 January 2022	Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre, Bolivia	86	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	5–0	Friendly

References

1. "Corinthians traz boliviano dispensado pela Lusa". Futepoca.com.br (in Portuguese). 8 December 2006.
2. "Juan Carlos Arce, un jugador de clase internacional". revista-cabela.com. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
3. "Boliviano Arce a Rusia para enrolarse al Terek Grozny". BoliviaSol (in Spanish). 22 February 2010.
4. ""El Conejo" Arce es el nuevo refuerzo de Bolívar para la Copa Libertadores". Eju.tv (in Spanish). 21 January 2012.
5. "Claure confirma el fichaje de El Conejo Arce en Bolívar". La Razón (in Spanish). 21 January 2012.
6. Juan Carlos Arce – Statistics
7. Appearances for Bolivia National Team
8. Juan Carlos Arce – International Appearances
9. "Competiciones Evento Reporte: Venezuela 2–2 Bolivia". CONMEBOL. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
10. "Match Report: Venezuela – Bolivia". FIFA. 20 November 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018.
11. "Match Report: Bolivia – Venezuela". FIFA. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
12. "Bolivia – Venezuela". CONMEBOL. 12 November 2015.
13. "Bolivia vs Venezuela: Resumen y goles por Eliminatorias Rusia 2018". Peru.com (in Spanish). 12 November 2015.
14. "Match Report: Bolivia – Colombia". FIFA. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
15. "Cardona strikes late as Colombia down valiant Bolivia". SBS. 25 March 2016.
16. "South America World Cup Qualifiers: Argentina edge Chile, James Rodríguez scores for Colombia". Fox Sports Australia. 25 March 2016.
17. "Blas Perez's two goals lead Panama over Bolivia at Copa America". Sports Illustrated. 6 June 2016.
18. "Copa America Results 2016: Monday Group Results, Tables and Updated Schedule". Bleacher Report. 7 June 2016.
19. "Copa América: Panama vs. Bolivia". Newsday. 6 June 2016.
20. "Match Report: Bolivia – Argentina". FIFA. 28 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017.
21. "World Cup qualifying: Argentina lose 2-0 to Bolivia hours after Lionel Messi is banned". BBC Sport . 29 March 2017.
22. "Bolivia 2 Argentina 0: More Messi-less misery for Bauza". Goal.com . 28 March 2017.
23. "Match Report: Bolivia – Chile". FIFA. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
24. "Alexis Sanchez fails to inspire Chile in 1-0 defeat by Bolivia after Juan Arce scores from the spot". Daily Mirror . 5 September 2017.
25. "Match Report: Bolivia – Ecuador". FIFA. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020.
26. "Bolivia vs. Uruguay - Football Match Report - November 16, 2021 - ESPN".

External links

• Juan Carlos Arce at Soccerway
• Juan Carlos Arce – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Juan Carlos Arce Interview
• Juan Carlos Arce at National-Football-Teams.com