Francisco Arriagada
Personal information
Full name Francisco Bernardo Arriagada Mella
Date of birth (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994
Place of birth Talcahuano, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2003–2013 Huachipato
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Mosta 1 (0)
2013–2015 Vittoriosa Stars 14 (0)
2015–2016 Fgura United
2016–2017 Deportes Limache – (–)
2017–2018 Vittoriosa Stars
2018 Fgura United
2019 Barnechea 1 (0)
2020–2021 Montijo 15 (1)
2021 Fuente de Cantos 17 (0)
International career
Chile U15
Chile U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Bernardo Arriagada Mella (born 31 January 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Career

An attacking midfielder from the Huachipato youth system,[2] Arriagada took part of Chile youth national teams from under-14 to under-17 level, coinciding with players such as Ángelo Henríquez, Igor Lichnovsky, Andrés Robles, among others. After ending his contract with Huachipato in 2013, he emigrated to Europe thanks to a group of businessmen.[1]

After tried to sign with Swiss side Lugano, he joined Maltese club Mosta in the Premier League.[1] In Malta, he also has played for Vittoriosa Stars and Fgura United.[3] In the Maltese football, he coincided with his compatriots Edison Bilbao and Juan Manuel Artiaga.[4]

In his homeland, he has played for Deportes Limache in 2016–17[5] and Barnechea in 2019.[6]

From 2020 to 2021, he played in Spain for UD Montijo, where he coincided with his compatriots Nicolás Clavería[7] and Rodrigo Gattas,[8] and UD Fuente de Cantos.[2]

Personal life

He is nicknamed Pancho, an affective form of Francisco.[1]

He married Constanza López, who is the niece of the former Chile international footballer Luis Jiménez.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 García Vera, Ricardo (27 August 2013). "Francisco Arriagada, desde Talcahuano a Malta". futchile.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Ferreiro, Samuel (6 July 2021). "Francisco Arriagada relata cómo le contó a Luis Jiménez que quería pololear con su sobrina". Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: LUN: 24. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "De Concepción a Europa: el nuevo (y exótico) destino de portero campeón con Deportes Temuco". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023. mientras que Arriagada, oriundo de Talcahuano, pasó por diversos clubes como Vittoriosa Stars y Fgura United.
  4. ↑ Pérez D., Joaquín (7 March 2016). "El otro pasaporte: Chilenos jugando en exóticas ligas del extranjero". PrensaFútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "A última hora, Deportes Limache rescata un triunfo en Quillota". enelcamarin.cl (in Spanish). 4 September 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ↑ @AC_Barnechea (January 16, 2019). "Quinta nueva cara en el Barne" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) #España - Nicolas Claveria y Francisco Arriagada ya fueron presentado oficialmente por el UD Montijo on Facebook (in Spanish). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Salas, Cristian (28 November 2020). "El equipo español que tendrá tres futbolistas chilenos". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 1 March 2023.


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