Arnold Javier Cruz Argueta (born 22 December 1970) is a retired Honduran football defender.
[1] Nicknamed Chele,[2] Cruz started his professional career at Olimpia before moving abroad to join compatriot César Obando at Mexican outfit UA Tamaulipas.
He then played for fellow Mexicans Toluca and Morelia[3] and joined Major League Soccer in 1997, where he would turn out for D.C. United and San Jose Clash.
[4] The much-travelled defender enjoyed a season in Argentinian football with Chacarita Juniors[5] in between two more spells with Olimpia and played for Costa Rican side Cartaginés and the Salvadorans of Águila.
Cruz made his debut for Honduras in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 50 caps, scoring 3 goals.