Paul Arano

Cristian Paul Arano Ruiz (born 23 February 1995, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian professional footballer midfielder currently playing for Guabirá in the Bolivian Primera División and the Bolivia national team.

Club career Arano made his first division debut in a 3–0 home victory over Nacional Potosí on 13 March 2014. He scored his first goal with Blooming on 9 August 2015, in a 1–1 draw against The Strongest at Estadio Hernando Siles.

International career

Youth In 2010, Arano was selected by Bolivia U16 squad to play in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. He scored a goal on 16 August 2010 in a 9–0 thrashing win against Haiti U16.

Arano was summoned to the Bolivian U20 team to play in the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.

Senior Arano was named in Bolivia's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Venezuela in November 2015 but he didn't make an appearance.

He make his debut for Bolivia on 13 October 2018 during a friendly match against Myanmar in a 3–0 win in Yangon.

Arano was selected by head coach Eduardo Villegas to be part of Bolivia 2019 Copa América squad. He make his only appearance playing the full match against Venezuela in a 1–3 lost on 22 June 2019.

On 16 October 2019, Arano recorded his first assist where he set up Erwin Saavedra for his second goal of the game as Bolivia went on to win Haiti 3–1 in a friendly match.

Club career