Aritz López Garai
 López Garai as a Celta player (2009) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aritz López Garai | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Reus (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Indartsu | ||
| 1998–1999 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Basconia | 68 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | → Gernika (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Conquense | 107 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Salamanca | 77 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | Castellón | 75 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Celta | 78 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Córdoba | 82 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Córdoba (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | Córdoba | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Rapid București | 17 | (0) |
| 2015 | Doxa | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Reus | 56 | (1) |
| Total | 639 | (22) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2017– | Reus | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Aritz López Garai (born 6 November 1980) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as central midfielder, and the current head coach of CF Reus Deportiu.
Football career
López Garai was born in Barakaldo, Biscay. An unsuccessful youth graduate of Athletic Bilbao, he spent the vast majority of his professional career in second and third divisions.
López Garai represented CD Basconia (Bilbao's farm team), Gernika Club, UB Conquense, UD Salamanca, CD Castellón, Celta de Vigo, Córdoba CF – two spells – and Sporting de Gijón, rarely settling with a team but being always first-choice. He signed with Andalusia's Córdoba for the second time in the 2014 summer, following a short loan spell with the same club from Gijón, and made his La Liga debut on 25 August 2014 at the age of 33, starting in a 0–2 away loss against Real Madrid.[1]
On 28 January 2015, López Garai terminated his contract with the Blanquiverdes.[2] Less than one month later he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Romania's FC Rapid București.[3]
For the 2015–16 campaign, López Garai represented Doxa Katokopias F.C. in Cyprus and CF Reus Deportiu, achieving promotion to the second level with the latter side. On 15 June 2017, they announced the 36-year-old would retire and become its head coach with immediate effect, replacing Real Zaragoza-bound Natxo González.[4]
Club statistics
- As of 29 September 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gernika | 2001–02[5] | Segunda División B | 33 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Conquense | 2002–03[5] | Segunda División B | 34 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2003–04[5] | Segunda División B | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05[5] | Segunda División B | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Total | 103 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 113 | 2 | ||
| Salamanca | 2005–06[5] | Segunda División B | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| 2006–07[5] | Segunda División | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | ||
| Total | 73 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 4 | ||
| Castellón | 2007–08[5] | Segunda División | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | |
| 2008–09[5] | Segunda División | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| Total | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 76 | 4 | |||
| Celta | 2009–10[5] | Segunda División | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 46 | 1 | |
| 2010–11[5] | Segunda División | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Total | 76 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 1 | ||
| Córdoba | 2011–12[5] | Segunda División | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2012–13[5] | Segunda División | 41 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 47 | 6 | ||
| Total | 80 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 6 | ||
| Sporting Gijón | 2013–14[5] | Segunda División | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Córdoba (loan) | 2013–14[5] | Segunda División | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Córdoba (loan) | 2014–15[6] | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Rapid București | 2014–15[6] | Liga I | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Doxa | 2015–16[6] | Cypriot First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 488 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 531 | 32 | ||
Managerial statistics
- As of 15 June 2017
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Reus |  |
15 June 2017 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | [7] |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | — | |||
References
- ↑ "Slow start from Real Madrid". ESPN FC. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "López Garai se desvincula del Córdoba C.F." [López Garai cuts ties with Córdoba C.F.] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "Artist nou în Teatrul Giuleşti. Cine e Aritz Lopez Garai, al patrulea spaniol de la Rapid" [New artist at Giuleşti Theater. Who is Aritz Lopez Garai, Rapid's fourth Spaniard] (in Romanian). ProSport. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Aritz López Garai serà el nou entrenador del CF Reus" [Aritz López Garai will be the new manager of CF Reus] (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 "López Garai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
External links
- Aritz López Garai at BDFutbol
- Athletic Bilbao profile