Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide

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Mikel Arruabarrena
Personal information

Full name	Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide
Date of birth	(1983-02-09) 9 February 1983
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	Eibar
Number	10
Youth career
	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2003	Baskonia	36	(5)
2003–2005	Bilbao Athletic	69	(18)
2005–2006	Osasuna B	35	(12)
2006–2007	Xerez	25	(5)
2007–2008	Tenerife	31	(6)
2008–2009	Legia Warsaw	6	(0)
2009	→ Eibar (loan)	13	(1)
2009–	Eibar	99	(27)
2010–2011	→ Leganés (loan)	34	(21)
National team
1999	Spain U16	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Arruabarrena and the second or maternal family name is Aranbide.

Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide (born 9 February 1983 in Tolosa, Basque Country) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a centre forward.

Football career

Arruabarrena had small stints with local giants Athletic de Bilbao and its Navarrese neighbours CA Osasuna, but never made it past its reserves on both occasions. From 2006–08 he played in the second division, with Xerez CD and CD Tenerife, with relative impact.

In the 2008 summer Arruabarrena was bought by Poland's Legia Warsaw, alongside compatriots Iñaki Descarga and Iñaki Astiz. However, in January 2009, he was loaned to SD Eibar (also in the Basque Country and the second level), not being able to prevent the side from eventually dropping down a division.

In that summer, Arruabarrena arranged for a buyout of his Legia contract and remained at Eibar permanently, competing several seasons with the club in division three. On 12 December 2012 he was decisive in eliminating former side Athletic from the Copa del Rey, after scoring in a 1–1 draw at the San Mamés Stadium (his team proggressed on the away goals rule).^[1]

References

↑ El pequeño se come al grande (Little fish eat big fish); Marca, 12 December 2012 (Spanish)

External links

v t e SD Eibar – current squad

1 Xabi 2 Bóveda 3 Kijera 4 Añibarro 5 Arregi 6 Albentosa 7 Capa 8 Errasti 9 Vera 10 Arruabarrena 11 Eizmendi 12 Gilvan 13 Irazusta 14 D. García 15 Mainz 16 D. Jiménez 17 Berchiche 18 Lillo 19 Morales 20 Rivas 21 Jota 22 Navas 25 Diego Manager: Garitano

Persondata
Name	Arruabarrena Aranbide, Mikel
Alternative names	Arruabarrena, Mikel
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	9 February 1983
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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