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Also known as Juan Fernando Arango, Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz

Venezuelan footballer

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Juan Arango, born Juan Fernando Arango Sáez in Maracay on 17 May 1980, is a Venezuelan association football player also known by the nicknames Arangol and Caribbean Hurricane. He holds citizenship of Venezuela and Spain, plays as a midfielder wearing squad number 18, and began his career in 1996.

Arango has represented Club de Fútbol Monterrey, Caracas Fútbol Club, Club Tijuana and the Venezuela national football team, and speaks Spanish.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Ballfoot V Football - The Spanish Leadership Maestros
  • Ballfoot v Football : Leadership lessons from the Spanish Champions

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners
28
Total plays
73

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Key facts

1999
Zulia
2000
Caracas
2016
New York Cosmos
2017
Zulia
Full name
Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz
Date of birth
( 1980-05-16 ) 16 May 1980 (age 46)
Place of birth
Maracay , Venezuela
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position
Attacking midfielder
1986 1996
UCV
Years
Team
1996 1999
Nueva Cádiz
2000 2001
Monterrey
2002 2003
Pachuca
2003 2004
Puebla
2004 2009
Mallorca
2009 2014
Borussia Mönchengladbach
2014 2016
Tijuana

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Jaguares de Córdoba
Position
Attacker
Nationality
Colombia

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Juan
Gender
male
Citizenship
Spain
Place of birth
Maracay
Languages spoken
Spanish
Position played
midfielder
League
Q82595
Country for sport
Venezuela
Mass
75
Official website
www.juanarango.com
Image
Arango.JPG
Height
180
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Commons category
Juan Arango
date of birth
1980-05-16
sport number
18
pseudonym
''Caribbean Hurricane''
start of work period
1996-00-00
birth name
Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz
Sources (4)

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Encyclopedic overview

Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz (born 16 May 1980) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Arango was considered by some in the sport as the greatest Venezuelan footballer of all time.

He spent the better part of his professional career in La Liga with Mallorca, appearing in 196 official games, and also played several years with Borussia Mönchengladbach for which he signed at the age of 29.

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