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Julio Arca

フリオ・アルカ　/　ふりお・あるか

Association football player from Argentina

January 31, 1981 (age 45)　・　Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Buenos Aires Province
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Julio Arca fascinates me as a story of belonging in an unlikely place. An Argentine from Quilmes who spent the bulk of his career in England's North East, with Sunderland and Middlesbrough, he traded South American flair for the grit of rainy English football and made it home. That commitment to one region, capped by managing South Shields, speaks of loyalty I genuinely admire. He was never a global superstar, and that's exactly why I like him. Players who pour themselves into a single community, becoming local legends rather than household names worldwide, embody something football too often forgets to celebrate.

Overview

Julio Andrés Arca (born 31 January 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer, who played as a left-back or central midfielder. He was most recently manager of South Shields. Arca spent the majority of his career in the North East of England, firstly for Sunderland from 2000 to 2006, and then for Middlesbrough from 2006 to 2013.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Julio Arca
Name (Japanese): フリオ・アルカ
Reading: ふりお・あるか
Born: January 31, 1981 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rooster
Origin: Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Blood type: Private
Height: 175 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.julioarca.com/index.php
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB

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