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Álvaro Arbeloa
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Arbeloa Coca
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right Back
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Youth career
2002–2003 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Real Madrid B
2004–2005 Real Madrid
2006–2007 Deportivo La Coruña
2007–2009 Liverpool FC
2009- Real Madrid
International career‡
2001 Spain U-17
2001 Spain U-19
2005 Spain U-21
2008– Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2009

Template:Spanish name 2 Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (born 17 January 1983 in Salamanca, Castilla y León) is a Spanish football player currently playing for Real Madrid. He is predominantly a right back, although he can play as a central defender and he started most of his early games in the 2007–08 season as a left back.

Club career

Real Madrid

After signing as a teenager for Madrid, Arbeloa began playing with the youth team. He later graduated to the reserve team, and played with the first team twice.

Deportivo

On 24 July 2006 Arbeloa signed for Deportivo de La Coruña, following in the footsteps of teammate Roberto Soldado. Arbeloa said: "This is a strange situation for me, I have been playing for Real Madrid for a year, since I was 16 years old. Real was nothing but good to me, but it's time for me to go. Madrid have the best players in the world and although that is great for the club, unfortunately that's not so great for cantera players; only a few of us can find their place in the first team, and even those who do find their place in the first team like Álvaro Mejía and Paco Pavón are only third or fourth pick and that is why I want to leave the club to a club where I can get some regular playing time, in La Liga of course. Deportivo de La Coruña is one of the best clubs in Spain and with Joaquín Caparrós as head coach I will certainly get more experience, and get better, what is most important is that he will have confidence in me. I have enjoyed my time at Real, and I thank everybody who helped me. I'm leaving Real Madrid to play more football, no other reason."

Liverpool

On 31 January 2007, Arbeloa signed for English FA Premier League club Liverpool F.C.,[1] for a fee of around 4 million euros, with Real Madrid receiving 50% of the fee.[citation needed] He made his Premiership debut on 10 February[2] against Newcastle United, coming as a substitute for Jermaine Pennant. He made his full debut against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League at the Nou Camp, where he was employed as a left-back. This was done by coach Rafael Benítez for tactical reasons, as his stronger right foot could stop Lionel Messi, because Messi has a tendency to cut his runs towards the center of the field. His part in keeping Messi quiet helped Liverpool to a 2–1 win over the defending champions. He scored his first goal for Liverpool against Reading on 7 April 2007, becoming both the first Liverpool number 2 to score in a competitive match since Mike Marsh scored in a League Cup 4th Round replay against Crystal Palace on 16 December 1992 and the first Liverpool number 2 to score in the Premier League since Mike Marsh scored against Crystal Palace on 28 November 1992. He helped Liverpool to the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final, and came on as a susbtitute as they went down 2–1 to AC Milan.

Arbeloa's squad number changed from 2 to 17 as a personal preference for the 2007–08 season. Continuing his good form from the latter stages of the 2007–2008 season, Arbeloa has cemented a first team place in the Liverpool team following good performances during Liverpool's victories over fierce rivals Manchester United and Chelsea.

On May 18 2009, in a match against West Bromwich Albion, Arbeloa was involved in an on-field clash with Liverpool teammate Jamie Carragher, and the two had to be separated by Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger and Emiliano Insúa. Carragher later explained that he clashed with Arbeloa as a moment of poor defending from the latter threatened the clean sheet Liverpool were maintaining during the match, which would have been the 23rd of the season for Liverpool. The Liverpool vice-captain explained, "we want to keep a clean sheet and we want Pepe to have a chance of the Golden Glove for the third season running." Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez refused to comment about the incident.


Real Madrid

On 29 July 2009, it was announced that a fee of 4 million euros (the same price Arbeloa was purchased for in 2007) had been agreed between Liverpool F.C. and Spanish club Real Madrid.[3][4] Arbeloa then passed his medical, and will sign at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.[5]

International career

On 1 February 2008 he was called up to the full Spanish national team squad for the first time, to play France in a friendly match in Malaga on 6 February, although he was forced to pull out because of injury.[6] He made his international debut on 26 March against Italy. He was selected for the Spain squad for Euro 2008, starting the first round match against Greece.

Arbeloa continued in the National Team through to the Confederations Cup where he helped Spain to the semi-finals.

Honors and awards

International

Club

Career statistics

Updated 9 June 2009

Club Season Spain La Liga Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
RM Castilla
 2005–06 16 1 - - - - - - 16 1
Real Madrid
 2004–05 2 0 - - - - - - 2 0
RM Castilla
 2005–06 34 0 - - - - - - 34 0
Club Total 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 1
Deportivo de La Coruña
 2006–07 20 0 - - - - - - 20 0
Club Total 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Season England Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Liverpool 2006–07 9 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 1
2007–08 28 0 1 0 3 0 9 0 41 0
2008–09 29 1 2 0 0 0 12 0 43 1
Club Total 66 2 3 0 3 0 26 0 98 2
Career Total 88 2 3 0 3 0 26 0 120 2

References

  1. ^ "Reds swoop for Spanish pair". Liverpool FC. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
  2. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 9 September 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Arbeloa zu Real Madrid
  4. ^ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=866782.html Arbeloa Completes Return to Madrid
  5. ^ http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202777234931/noticia/Noticia/Fit_to_play_2009-07-29.htm
  6. ^ "Reuters: Krkic, Arbeloa, Navarro called up by Spain". Retrieved 2008-02-01.

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