Juan Manuel Arostegui (born 2 December 1980 in

San Francisco, Córdoba San Francisco is a city located at the far east border of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, and parts of the city are beyond the border into the province of Santa Fe. In the city National Routes 19 and 158 intersect. It is the fourth most po ...

) is a professional

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player. He played for

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as well as the Argentina Youth World Cup team. Arostegui is a former player for MPPJ FC in the

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. With the club he scored 50 goals for MPPJ FC in all competitions in the 2003 season. This was capped off by a hat-trick in the 3–0 win against

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in the 2003

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final held in

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. The win earned the

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club the accolade of being the only football club in Malaysia to ever win the prestigious

trophy (all previous winners were state sides of

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* * 1980 births Living people People from San Francisco, Córdoba Argentine men's footballers Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Torneo Argentino A players Torneo Federal A players Boca Juniors footballers Club El Porvenir footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Sportivo Belgrano footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Malaysia Super League players MPPJ Selangor F.C. players Armed Forces F.C. players Liga MX players C.F. Pachuca players Chilean Primera División players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Serie C players US Salernitana 1919 players Tercera División players UD Vecindario players Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Men's association football forwards Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-forward-1980s-stub