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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1980)}}
{{distinguish|Fernando Arce Jr.}}
{{family name hatnote|Arce|Ruiz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Fernando Arce
| image                = Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz.jpg
| caption              = Arce playing [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] 
| fullname             = Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz
| birth_date           = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|4|24}}
| birth_place          = [[Tijuana, Baja California]], Mexico
| height               = 1.73 m
| currentclub          =  [[Club Tijuana Reserves|Tijuana U23]] (Assistant)
| position             = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1          = 
| youthclubs1          = [[Club América|América]]
| years1               = 2000–2001
| years2               = 2002–2003
| years3               = 2003–2004
| years4               = 2004–2007
| years5               = 2008–2011
| years6               = 2011–2014
| years7               = 2014–2016
| years8               = 2015–2016
| clubs1               = [[C.D. Irapuato|Irapuato]]
| clubs2               = [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]]
| clubs3               = [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
| clubs4               = [[Monarcas Morelia|Morelia]]
| clubs5               = [[Santos Laguna]]
| clubs6               = [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]]
| clubs7               = [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
| clubs8               = → [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Sinaloa]] (loan)
| caps1                = 21
| caps2                = 60
| caps3                = 40
| caps4                = 122
| caps5                = 127
| caps6                = 95
| caps7                = 25
| caps8                = 22
| goals1               = 2
| goals2               = 8
| goals3               = 7
| goals4               = 24
| goals5               = 14
| goals6               = 6
| goals7               = 3
| goals8               = 0
| nationalyears1       = 1997
| nationalyears2       = 2003–2013
| nationalteam1        = [[Mexico national under-17 football team|Mexico U17]]
| nationalteam2        = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1        = 3
| nationalcaps2        = 47
| nationalgoals1       = 1
| nationalgoals2       = 7
| manageryears1  = 2016–
| managerclubs1  =  [[Club Tijuana Reserves|Tijuana Reserves]]
| medaltemplates       = 
{{Medal|Country | {{MEX}} }}
{{Medal|RU|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]|[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[Copa America]]|[[2007 Copa America|2007]]}}
}}

'''Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz''' (born 24 April 1980) is a Mexican former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].

==Club career ==
Arce came out of [[Club América]]'s youth prospects, but never debuted there. Arce debuted for [[Irapuato]] in a game against [[Club Toluca|Toluca]] on 28 October 2000. Arce played the last eleven minutes and helped preserve the 3–2 win over the ''Choriceros''. After being relegated to the bench for most of his first year at Irapuato, Arce's breakout season in 2001 in which he scored two goals and had five assists helped garner attention from other teams. Prior to the Primera División de México Clausura 2002, Arce was transferred to [[CD Veracruz|Veracruz]], where he remained until the following year. At Veracruz, he scored 8 goals while also dishing out 4 assists, asserting himself as one of the top scoring midfielders in the league. He was part of a Veracruz team that reached the league playoff semifinals in his last season at the club.
[[Mexico national football team|Selección de fútbol de México]] (Mexico national team)
Despite his success at Veracruz, the team decided let him go, and Fernando was transferred to [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]] before the Apertura 2003 season. In his lone year with the ''Potros'', he scored seven goals and had seven assists, while playing in 40 games - all but one in which he played in its entirety. After the Clausura 2004 season in which he helped Atlante reach the quarterfinals, Arce was once again transferred, this time to Morelia.

At Morelia, Arce consolidated himself as a team leader, helping the team reach the semifinals during the Clausura 2005 season, while anchoring the midfield with three goals and two assists.

Before the Clausura 2008, Arce moved to Santos Laguna<ref>[http://www.sportsya.com/english/soccer/fifa_club_world_cup_2007/home/news.php/Fernando_Arce_is_the_new_player_for_Santos_Laguna.html?id=166022&id_estruc=283 Santos have a new "Warrior"]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - SportsYa</ref>

For the Apertura 2011 he signed for newly promoted side [[Club Tijuana]], right in his hometown. He won the  Apertura 2012 title with Xolos.

He scored his first goal in the 2013 Copa Libertadores with a volley and the team went on to win  0–2 against Palmeiras.

On 23 December 2013, in a friendly match against [[Club America]] he was substituted out  and his son Fernando Arce Juárez, came in as his replacement.

On 25 May 2014, [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]] announced Arce as their second signing for the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/22154/comunicado-de-prensa-fernando-arce#.U4J0LPldV3E|title=Comunicado de Prensa (Fernando Arce)}}</ref>

==International career==
Arce has also made numerous appearances for the [[Mexico national football team|Selección de fútbol de México]] (Mexico national team) under the tutelage of former head coach [[Ricardo LaVolpe]], [[Hugo Sánchez]] and former head coach [[Jose Manuel de la Torre]].
Against Peru on 8 June 2008, Arce scored two goals, his first multi-scoring game with the national team. Against Belize on 21 June 2008 he again scored more than once in a game with the national team.

==Career statistics==
===International goals===
{{International goals header}}
|-
| 1. || February 28, 2007 || [[Qualcomm Stadium]], [[San Diego]], [[United States]] || {{fb|VEN}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || July 8, 2007 || [[Estadio Monumental de Maturín]], [[Maturín]], [[Venezuela]] || {{fb|PAR}} || '''4'''–0 || 6–0 || [[Copa América 2007|2007 Copa América]]
|-
| 3. || June 8, 2008 || [[Soldier Field]], [[Chicago]], United States || {{fb|PER}} || '''1'''–0 || 4–0 || Friendly
|-
| 4. || June 8, 2008 || Soldier Field, Chicago, United States || {{fb|PER}} || '''4'''–0 || 4–0|| Friendly
|-
| 5. || June 21, 2008 || [[Estadio Universitario (UANL)|Estadio Universitario]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]], [[Mexico]] || {{fb|BLZ}} || '''4'''–0 || 7–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6. || June 21, 2008 || Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico || {{fb|BLZ}} || '''5'''–0 || 7–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 7. || September 6, 2008 || [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]], Mexico || {{fb|JAM}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=999&ep=171 |title=Fernando Arce's Senior National Team Goals |access-date=2014-02-03 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055941/http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/secciones.aspx?s=999&ep=171 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Arce's son, [[Fernando Arce Jr.]], plays for [[Liga MX]] club [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]].

== Honours ==
'''Santos Laguna'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]]: [[Torneo Clausura 2008|Clausura 2008]]

'''Tijuana'''
*[[Liga MX]]: [[2012–13 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2012]]

'''Mexico'''
*[[Copa América]] third place: [[2007 Copa América|2007]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] Best Attacking Midfielder: [[Primera División de México Clausura 2007|Clausura 2007]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Liga MX player|15594/fernando-enrique-arce-ruiz|Fernando Enrique Arce Ruíz}}
* {{MedioTiempo|fernando-arce}}
* {{NFT player}}
* {{Soccerway}}
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