Juan Carlos Arce

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. Arce played eighteen games for the Timão scoring just two goals. Despite having a good season with the Corinthians, Arce couldn't…

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).

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.