Francisco Argüello

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arguello and the second or maternal family name is Benitez .

Francisco Arguello

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Antonio Argüello Benitez
Date of birth	(1980-06-04) 4 June 1980
Place of birth	Villarrica, Paraguay
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Recoleta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Real Mamoré	69	(11)
2009–2012	Oriente Petrolero	61	(7)
2012–2013	Blooming	28	(2)
2013	Deportivo Capiatá	2	(0)
2013–2014	San José	12	(0)
2023–	Recoleta	0	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Wilstermann (assistant)
2015	Universitario de Sucre (assistant)
2015–2016	Bolivia (assistant)
2017	Carabobo (assistant)
2017–2018	Palestine (assistant)
2019	Always Ready (assistant)
2020	Aurora
2022	Aurora
2022	Universitario de Sucre
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Antonio Argüello Benitez (born 12 August 1982) is a Paraguayan football manager and player who plays as a midfielder for Recoleta.

Argüello spent most of his career playing for several clubs in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

Club career

Argüello joined Real Mamoré in 2006 at the age of 26, and played 35 games for the team during his first year. In 2007, he was named Best Player for Real Mamore, as he helped the club to avoid relegation.

Argüello then signed with Oriente Petrolero in 2009, where in his 1st season he helped the team to qualify for Copa Sudamericana. On 21 September of that year, suffered a double break of his lower right leg during an away match against Colombia's Deportes Tolima in Copa Sudamericana. As Argüello tried to shoot on goal, Tolima's defender John Hurtado attempted to block the shot with his foot. Hurtado caught Argüello on the shin with the sole of his foot as Argüello struck the shot, and the combined force of Argüello swinging leg and Hurtado's lunging block caused Argüello's Tibia and Fibua to break. Currently, the extent of the damage is unknown and no return date has been set for Argüello. Hurtado received a yellow card for the foul.

In June 2012, Argüello signed for Blooming.

Coaching career

Argüello functioned as an assistant manager under Julio César Baldivieso in several clubs. In December 2019, he was officially appointed manager of Aurora, this time with Baldi as his assistant. Baldivieso could not appear as a coach in the official matches, after he already led Club Always Ready in the current 2019 Bolivian Primera División season and, according to the rules, a head coach cannot lead to two clubs in the same contest. For that reason, Argüello was appointed manager.

External links

• Francisco Antonio Arguello at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Francisco Argüello at Soccerway
• Argüello otra vez de titular Archived 25 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine