Pablo Aránguiz
Pablo Mauricio Aránguiz Salazar (born March 17, 1997) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Universidad de Chile, on loan from FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo Mauricio Aránguiz Salazar[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | March 17, 1997||
Place of birth | Independencia, Chile | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Universidad de Chile (on loan from FC Dallas) | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Unión Española | 51 | (11) |
2018– | FC Dallas | 20 | (0) |
2019 | → Unión Española (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2020– | → Universidad de Chile (loan) | 5 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2020 |
Career
Aránguiz was born in Independencia, Santiago.[1] He and his younger brother lived with their grandparents in Recoleta after their parents separated.[2] Aránguiz began his football career with Independencia-based club Unión Española. He made his first-team debut on 2 August 2015, as a late substitute in a Copa Chile match against Unión San Felipe, and made his first appearance in the Primera División on 15 October in a 4–0 win at home to Unión La Calera.[3] Under the management of Martín Palermo, Aránguiz became a regular in the match day squad in the 2016–17 Clausura,[2] and a regular in the starting eleven in the 2017 Torneo de Transición, to the extent that he was named under-20 Player of the Season at the ANFP awards ceremony.[4][5]
On 24 July 2018, Aránguiz signed with Major League Soccer side FC Dallas.[6]
On December 30th 2019, Aránguiz was put on loan from FC Dallas to Universidad de Chile for one year with an option to buy.
Honours
Unión Española
Individual
References
- "Pablo Aránguiz". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- Sánchez, Osvaldo (March 19, 2017). "Pablo Aránguiz: "No me molesta para nada que me llamen el Principito"" [Pablo Aránguiz: "It doesn't bother me at all that they call me the Little Prince"]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- "P. Aránguiz". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- "La Gala del Fútbol premia a Paredes como el mejor del año" [The Football Gala gives Paredes the Player of the Year award]. AS (in Spanish). Chile. December 11, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- Gálvez, Roberto (December 18, 2017). "El Príncipe irreverente" [The irreverent Prince]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- https://www.fcdallas.com/post/2018/07/24/fc-dallas-signs-attacking-midfielder-pablo-aranguiz
- "El fútbol chileno premia a los mejores de la temporada 2017" [Chilean football rewards the best of the 2017 season] (in Spanish). Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. December 11, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.