Joseba Arriaga
 Arriaga in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseba Arriaga Dosantos | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ermua, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Ermua | ||
| 1997–2000 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Basconia | 38 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Bilbao Athletic | 30 | (15) |
| 2002–2006 | Athletic Bilbao | 56 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | → Eibar (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Las Palmas | 32 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Jaén | 69 | (20) |
| 2009–2010 | Cádiz | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Alavés (loan) | 19 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | Ceuta | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Guadalajara | 18 | (0) |
| 2012 | Gimnàstic | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Barakaldo | 28 | (12) |
| 2014–2016 | Amorebieta | 50 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Real Unión | 25 | (2) |
| 2018 | Amorebieta | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 427 | (79) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseba Arriaga Dosantos (born 28 July 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.
Formed at Athletic Bilbao, he spent most of his 18-year senior career in Segunda División B, representing a host of clubs. His professional input consisted of 56 La Liga matches (three goals), and 83 appearances in Segunda División for four teams.
Club career
[edit]Born in Ermua, Biscay, Arriaga emerged through Athletic Bilbao's youth system at Lezama, and was promoted to the first team for the 2002–03 season. He made his debut in a friendly against farm team CD Basconia on 26 July 2002, coming on as a substitute for Julen Guerrero. He first appeared in La Liga roughly one month later, playing the full 90 minutes against Real Sociedad in a local derby (4–2 away loss).[1]
Arriaga's importance would drastically diminish the following campaign, being only third or fourth-choice, and eventually had to resume his career in the second division, with SD Eibar and UD Las Palmas. After that, he had two steady years with Real Jaén – but in the third tier.
After a good second year, Arriaga stayed in Andalusia but moved to Cádiz CF, recently returned to division two.[2] He was loaned to Deportivo Alavés one league below in the 2010 winter transfer window after receiving very few opportunities,[3] and alternated between the second and third divisions of Spanish football the following years, with AD Ceuta, CD Guadalajara[4] and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[5]
Arriaga was released by Catalonia's Gimnàstic in late December 2012.[6] In mid-January 2013 he returned to his native region, signing for lowly Barakaldo CF.[7]
On 22 May 2014, Arriaga moved to neighbouring SD Amorebieta also in the third tier.[8] Four years later, after another spell with that club and also Real Unión, the 36-year-old announced his retirement.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Apuntes de genio (Glimpse of a genius); Mundo Deportivo, 2 September 2002 (in Spanish)
- ^ Joseba Arriaga ficha para reforzar la delantera cadista (Joseba Arriaga signs to strengthen cadista offence); Marca, 2 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El delantero Joseba Arriaga llega cedido al Alavés hasta final de temporada (Forward Joseba Arriaga arrives on loan to Alavés until the end of the season); ABC, 8 January 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Joseba Arriaga, segundo fichaje del Deportivo Guadalajara (Joseba Arriaga, second Deportivo Guadalajara signing) Archived 29 June 2012 at archive.today; Guadalajara Dos Mil, 15 July 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Joseba Arriaga, el último retoque (Joseba Arriaga, last touch); Diari de Tarragona, 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Las tres primeras bajas en el Nàstic (Nàstic's first three releases) Archived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Diari de Tarragona, 21 December 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El exrojiblanco Arriaga, al Barakaldo (Former red-and-white Arriaga, to Barakaldo); El Correo, 22 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Joseba Arriaga ficha por la SD Amorebieta (Joseba Arriaga signs for SD Amorebieta); Vavel, 22 May 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Joseba Arriaga: “Me quedo con las personas que he conocido por el camino” (Joseba Arriaga: "I leave with the people I met along the way") Archived 5 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Deia, 30 May 2018 (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Joseba Arriaga at BDFutbol
- Joseba Arriaga at Athletic Bilbao
- Joseba Arriaga at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Joseba Arriaga at Soccerway