| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Billy Vladimir Arce Mina | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Peñarol | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | La Paz | ||
| 2009 | → Fedeguayas (loan) | ||
| 2010 | → Fedeguayas (loan) | ||
| 2011–2012 | → Fedeguayas (loan) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Emelec | ||
| 2013–2017 | Independiente DV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Independiente DV | 52 | (18) |
| 2018–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Extremadura (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Emelec (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → L.D.U. Quito (loan) | 47 | (3) |
| 2022 | Independiente DV | 15 | (2) |
| 2023 | Deportivo Pasto | 14 | (1) |
| 2023- | Once Caldas | 6 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 16, 2021 | |||
Billy Vladimir Arce Mina (born 12 July 1998) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Colombian club Once Caldas. He can play either as a left winger or a forward.
Born in Esmeraldas, Arce finished his formation with Independiente del Valle, after playing for Emelec, CSCD Fedeguayas and CSCD La Paz.[1] He made his first-team debut for the former on 5 February 2017, starting and scoring the game's only through a penalty kick in a home defeat of Deportivo Cuenca.[2]
On 25 November 2017, Arce scored a brace in a 4–1 home routing of Guayaquil City.[3] He finished his first senior campaign with 12 goals in 39 appearances, being the club's second-best goalscorer behind Michael Estrada.
On 3 August 2018, Independiente del Valle confirmed Arce's transfer to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.[4] On 1 March 2022, Brighton & Hove Albion reached an agreement with Arce to terminate his contract.[5]
On the same day for signing for the English club he penned a loan move to Segunda División club Extremadura UD.[6] On the 8 January, after being rarely used, he returned to his home country after agreeing a loan move to Emelec.[7] Arce signed for Barcelona SC of the Ecuadorian Serie A on loan, being his third loan signing whilst at the Sussex Club.
Having signed for Uruguayan side Peñarol in July 2022, he moved to Deportivo Pasto on a free transfer in January 2023.
After just 6 months in Deportivo Pasto, Arce made the move to Colombian side Once Caldas on a free transfer in July 2023. In just his third game for the club, he scored his first and second goal against Deportivo Cali in route to defeating them 4–0.
In October 2019, Arce was jailed for twenty days having been arrested for drink-driving.[8][9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente del Valle | 2017 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 12 | ||
| 2018 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 1 | — | 22 | 7 | |||
| Total | 52 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 56 | 19 | ||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extremadura UD (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| C.S. Emelec (loan) | 2019 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | ||
| Barcelona S.C. (loan) | 2019 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0[a] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| L.D.U. Quito (loan) | 2020 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 26 | 3 | — | — | 8[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2021 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 15 | 0 | — | — | 7[b] | 4 | 2[c] | 2 | 24 | 6 | |||
| Total | 41 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 10 | ||||
| Career total | 110 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 138 | 32 | ||
