Francisco Arce

**Francisco Arce** (born 2 April 1971) is a Paraguayan retired professional football player. He has played for the Paraguay national football team.

### Club

- Source:
|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Grêmio|1995|rowspan="3"|Série A|9|1|
|1996|16|2|||||
|1997|16|2|||||
|rowspan="6"|Palmeiras|1998|rowspan="5"|Série A|24|5|
|1999|10|0|||||
|2000|17|4|||||
|2001|21|6|||||
|2002|21|9|||||
|Gamba Osaka|2003|J1 League|16|1|||
|Libertad|2004|Primera División|6|0|||

### International

- Source:
|Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="3"|Paraguay national team||||
|1995|5|0|||
|1996|5|1|||
|1997|12|0|||
|1998|11|2|||
|1999|5|0|||
|2000|4|0|||
|2001|6|1|||
|2002|8|1|||
|2003|4|0|||
|2004|1|0|||

**International goals for Paraguay**
- _Score and results list Paraguay's goal tally first._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|2 June 1996|Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay||||1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying|
|2.|8 February 1998|Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay||||Friendly|
|3.|14 March 1998|Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States|||||
|4.|8 November 2001|Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela||||2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying|
|5.|2 June 2002|Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea||||2002 FIFA World Cup|

### As a player

**Cerro Porteño**
- Liga Paraguaya: 1991, 1992, 1994

**Grêmio**
- Copa Libertadores: 1995
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1996
- Rio Grande do Sul State Championship: 1995, 1996
- Brazilian Série A: 1996
- Brazilian Cup: 1997
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1995

**Palmeiras**
- Brazilian Cup: 1998
- Mercosur Cup: 1998
- Copa Libertadores: 1999
- Brazilian Champions Cup: 2000
- Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 2000
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1999

**Individual**
- South American Team of the Year:1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

### As a coach

**Rubio Ñú**
- Paraguayan 2nd division: 2008

**Cerro Porteño**
- Paraguayan 1st division: 2013 (undefeated), 2020, 2021

**Club Olimpia|Olimpia**
- Paraguayan 1st division: 2015

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Francisco Arce
- **image**: Chiqui Arce.jpg
- **caption**: Arce in 2013
- **full name**: Francisco Javier Arce Rolón
- **birth place**: Paraguari, Paraguay
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Full-back, Right back
- **years1**: 1989–1994
- **clubs1**: Cerro Porteño
- **caps1**: 162
- **goals1**: 26
- **years2**: 1994–1998
- **clubs2**: Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio
- **caps2**: 134
- **goals2**: 25
- **years3**: 1998–2002
- **clubs3**: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras
- **caps3**: 242
- **goals3**: 57
- **years4**: 2003
- **clubs4**: Gamba Osaka
- **caps4**: 16
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2004–2005
- **clubs5**: Club Libertad, Libertad
- **caps5**: 6
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2006
- **clubs6**: 12 de Octubre Football Club, 12 de Octubre
- **caps6**: 30
- **goals6**: 4
- **totalcaps**: 590
- **totalgoals**: 113
- **nationalyears1**: 1995–2004
- **nationalteam1**: Paraguay national football team, Paraguay
- **nationalcaps1**: 61
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 2007–2011
- **managerclubs1**: Club Rubio Ñu, Rubio Ñu
- **manageryears2**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs2**: Paraguay national football team, Paraguay
- **manageryears3**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs3**: Cerro Porteño
- **manageryears4**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs4**: Club Olimpia, Olimpia
- **manageryears5**: 2016
- **managerclubs5**: Club Guaraní, Guaraní
- **manageryears6**: 2016–2017
- **managerclubs6**: Paraguay national football team, Paraguay
- **manageryears7**: 2018
- **managerclubs7**: Club General Díaz (Luque), General Díaz
- **manageryears8**: 2018
- **managerclubs8**: Ohod Club, Ohod
- **manageryears9**: 2019
- **managerclubs9**: Club Nacional, Nacional
- **manageryears10**: 2020–2023
- **managerclubs10**: Cerro Porteño
- **manageryears11**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs11**: Club Olimpia, Olimpia
- **manageryears12**: 2024–2025
- **managerclubs12**: Club Guaraní, Guaraní