Francisco Esteban Arrué Pardo (born 7 August 1977) is a football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Born in Brazil, Arrué represented Chile at international level, playing for the Olympic team in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Arrué is one of the six Chilean players who have played in his country's three giant clubs: Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica.

International career

Representing his nation, he won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Managerial career

Arrué has coached Colchagua two times in the Chilean Segunda División: 2019 and 2020–2021.[1] He joined San Marcos de Arica for the 2023 season in the Primera B.[2]

In the second half of 2023, Arrué led Audax Italiano. He coached them by second time between March and July 2024.[3]

Arrué signed with Ñublense for the 2025 season.[4]

Other works

Following his retirement, Arrué worked as a football commentator for the Chilean TV channel Canal del Fútbol.[5][6]

Honours

Player

Santiago Morning

Universidad Católica

Universidad de Concepción

Chile U23

References

  1. ^ "Colchagua CD vuelve a confiar en Francisco Arrué". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ @SM_AricaOficial (1 November 2022). "Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica informa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Reyes, Luis (22 July 2024). "El insólito caso del DT chileno que fue cesado dos veces de un mismo club en siete meses". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ Ortega, Pablo (11 December 2024). "Un DT sorpresa en Ñublense". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ^ "En 2019 quedará sólo uno en competencia: Qué fue de los medallistas de Sidney y dónde terminaron sus carreras". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. ^ Realpe, Rodrigo (5 April 2019). "Francisco Arrué debuta al mando de Colchagua con sello propio: "Me gusta ir hacia adelante, incluso corriendo riesgos en defensa"". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). El Gráfico Chile. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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