Juan Pablo Arenas Núñez (born 22 April 1987) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Arenas made his professional debut with

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

at the young age of seventeen against arch rival

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on 1 August 2004. He played for

and also played (on loan) in

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

International career

Arenas was capped at the under-20 level. He was selected in the squad for the

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in Canada, he did not play any minutes during the that tournament. He scored two goals at U20 level. His first goal came against Colombia to clinch the 5-0 Chilean victory.

Honours

Colo-Colo *

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

: 2006-A, 2006-C, 2007-A, 2007-C *

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runner-up:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Magallanes * Tercera División A: 2010

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arenas, Juan Pablo 1987 births Living people 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean men's footballers Footballers from Santiago, Chile Men's association football midfielders Chile men's under-20 international footballers Colo-Colo footballers Santiago Morning footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Provincial Osorno footballers Trasandino de Los Andes footballers Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Tercera División de Chile players Segunda División de Costa Rica players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica