Franz Arancibia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franz Ramón Arancibia Unger | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 1984 | Magallanes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1988 | Magallanes | ||
| 1988 | → San Luis (loan) | ||
| 1988–1989 | St. Gallen | ||
| 1989 | Magallanes | ||
| 1990 | Deportes La Serena | 26 | (2) |
| 1991 | Universidad de Chile | 22 | (5) |
| 1992–1996 | Deportes Temuco | 129 | (35) |
| 1997 | Huachipato | 11 | (3) |
| 1998 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 25 | (11) |
| 1999 | Everton | ||
| 1999 | Deportes La Serena | 18 | (1) |
| 2000 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 2001 | Deportes Melipilla | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Franz Ramón Arancibia Unger (born 7 April 1967) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Switzerland.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Arancibia was with the Universidad Católica youth ranks until the age of 14, then he played for amateur clubs until he joined Magallanes at the age of 17, making his professional debut against his former club.[1] In the 1988 season, he played on loan for San Luis de Quillota.[2] After, He had a stint with Swiss club St. Gallen.[3]
He also played for Deportes La Serena,[4][5] Universidad de Chile,[6] Deportes Temuco, with whom he got his better seasons,[3] Huachipato,[7] Deportes Puerto Montt,[8] Everton, Deportes Antofagasta and Deportes Melipilla, where he retired at the age of 34.[9]
In his debut with Universidad de Chile on 11 August 1991, he scored a goal against Deportes Antofagasta at 29 seconds. In the club, he made up a pair with Christian Torres in attack.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]In 1996, Arancibia made an appearance for the Chile national team in the friendly match against Bolivia on 4 February.[11]
Post-retirement
[edit | edit source]In 2009, Arancibia took part in the fourth season of the Chilean reality show Pelotón, staying 60 days.[12]
In the 2012 Chilean municipal election he was a candidate to councillor of Quinta Normal, but he wasn't elected.[13]
In December 2012, he took part in friendly matches to collect money for Sueño Canario (Canary Dream), an initiative to help municipal schools in Quillota. For his team, he played alongside former footballers such as Rafael Celedón, Miguel Ángel Castillo and Axel Ahumada.[14]
He works as coach of youth players in some football academies such as Lo Blanco Academy and Millahue School. In Lo Prado commune he has worked alongside Mauricio Araneda, a former footballer of Huachipato.[10] For the municipality of El Bosque, he has served as a football coach.[15]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]His father, Ramón Roque Arancibia, played football at amateur level in Renca, and his mother, Edith Unger, deceased in 2016, was who involved his children in football. His maternal grandfather, Franz Kramer Unger Smuk, also played football.[10]
Franz is the eldest of four brothers who were professional footballers: Leopoldo or Polo, Eduardo and Roque.[citation needed] He is also the uncle of the footballer Francisco, son of Leopoldo.[1] Franz, Eduardo and Francisco have played for Universidad de Chile.[16] In addition, his both nephews Martín, son of his sister Marcela, and Maximiliano, son of Eduardo, were with the Palestino youth ranks.[1]
He is nicknamed Otto, because of his German descent from his maternal line,[1] as well as El Hijo del Viento (The Wind's Son) due to his speed.[17] Another footballer, Juan Carlos Muñoz, who played for Colchagua in the 1990s, was also nicknamed El Hijo del Viento, just like Franz.[18]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Franz Arancibia at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Franz Arancibia at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Chilean people of German descent
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Deportes Magallanes footballers
- San Luis de Quillota footballers
- FC St. Gallen players
- Deportes La Serena footballers
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- Huachipato FC footballers
- Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Deportes Melipilla footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Swiss Super League players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Men's association football forwards
- Chilean football coaches
- 20th-century Chilean sportsmen
- 21st-century Chilean politicians
- Chilean sportsperson-politicians
- Reality television participants