Andres Arango

Personal information
Full name	Andres Arango
Date of birth	April 23, 1983 (1983-04-23) (age 26)
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Minnesota Thunder
Number	3
Youth career
	Humber Hawks
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003	Montreal Impact	2	(0)
2004–2006	Toronto Lynx	69	(1)
2007	Montreal Impact	21	(0)
2008–	Minnesota Thunder	37	(0)
National team‡
2002–2003	Canada U-20	17	(0)
2002–2003	Canada U-23	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 April, 2009

Andres Arango (born April 23, 1983 in Medellín) is a Colombian-born Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota Thunder in the USL First Division.

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and College

Arango moved from his native Colombia to Canada with his parents as a young child. He played college soccer for Humber College.

[edit] Professional

Arango signed for the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division in 2003. After only making two appearances and playing for 5 minutes for the Impact coach Nick DeSantis, he traded Arango in the off-season to their main rivals the Toronto Lynx for Lynx star defender Mauricio Vincello^[1].

With the Lynx, Arango played an important role in the defence, playing 22 games and scoring his first USL First Division goal on July 18, 2004 versus Calgary Mustangs. In his second season, Arango started off well but an injury kept him out for a while. He came back and played 20 games for the Lynx. That same year Arango was named Toronto Lynx Defensive Player of the Year. Arango singed a new deal with the Lynx on a press conference on April 19, 2006^[2].

During the 2006 season Arango was named Toronto Lynx Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, and also led the Toronto Lynx in minutes played with 2430 min. He helped his team to a 10 game undefeated streak at home, and also reached the finals of the Open Canada Cup but finished runners up to Ottawa St. Anthony Italia losing 2-0.

When the season ended the Lynx franchise dropped two divisions down to the PDL, making him a free agent to sign for his former club the Montreal Impact^[3]. After a disappointing season he was released by the Impact at the end of the season, and on April 22, 2008 the Minnesota Thunder signed him and former Impact forward Frederico Moojen^[4].

[edit] International

Arango was also a star for the Canadian U20 team that made it to the quarter-finals in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where he was a starting defender.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Minnesota Thunder bio