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On March 27th 2010 he scored his 2nd own goal of his career, with many Arsenal fans agreeing that he is the most useless keeper in history. Idiot. Sell him you Arsene! |
On March 27th 2010 he scored his 2nd own goal of his career, with many Arsenal fans agreeing that he is the most useless keeper in history. Idiot. Sell him you Arsene! |
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He is literally the worst goalkeeper ever to play for Arsenal. |
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==International career== |
==International career== |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Almunia Rivero | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Osasuna B | 44 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Osasuna | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → FC Cartagena (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Sabadell | 25 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Celta Vigo | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → SD Eibar (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Recreativo Huelva (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Albacete Balompié (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2004– | Arsenal | 98 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:55, 20 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
Manuel Almunia Rivero (born 19 May 1977) is a Spanish-English footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper and vice-captain for Arsenal.
Club career
Early career
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Almunia started his senior career with Osasuna's reserve team in 1997, playing two seasons with the team in Segunda División B. He went on to spend two more seasons in the category, with Cartagena and Sabadell, joining the top flight in 2001–02, with Real Club Celta de Vigo.
However, shortly after joining Celta, Almunia was loaned out to Segunda División side Eibar, where he spent 2001–02 as first-choice goalkeeper. During the 2002–03 season, Celta loaned him out to first-division club Recreativo de Huelva, where he played understudy to José Antonio Luque and César, only making two league appearances. Almunia's debut in the first division came on 17 November 2002, following a red card to the latter, in a 0–3 defeat at Deportivo Alavés.[2]
He then returned to Celta, being loaned for the third and final time, now to Albacete Balompié on 1 November 2003. He made his club debut the following week, in a 1–0 loss at Málaga. Almunia achieved first-choice status, making a total of 24 league appearances until the end of the season, while helping Albacete finish 14th.[3]
Arsenal: This has to END this year
Almunia signed for Arsenal for an undisclosed fee on 14 July 2004. He was given the number one after Jens Lehmann left for Stuttgart at the beginning of the 2008–09 season.[4] In 2008, Almunia signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal.[5]
On March 27th 2010 he scored his 2nd own goal of his career, with many Arsenal fans agreeing that he is the most useless keeper in history. Idiot. Sell him you Arsene! He is literally the worst goalkeeper ever to play for Arsenal.
International career
Almunia has not played in any international matches, and stated on more than one occasion about his wish to play for England, but only provided that he didn't receive a call-up from the Euro 2008 winning Spain first.[6]
Honours
Club
Winner
Runner-up
Individual
- Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 2001-2002
References
- ^ "PFA Profile". PFA. 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Almunia - Primera División 2002/2003" (in German and English). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Almunia - Primera División 2003/2004" (in German and English). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Almunia joins Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Almunia agrees Arsenal deal". Sky Sports. 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Almunia eyes international call". Sky Sports. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
External links
- Arsenal.com profile
- Manuel Almunia at Soccerbase
- FootballDatabase profile and stats
- Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional Template:Es icon
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Pamplona
- Albacete Balompié footballers
- Arsenal F.C. players
- CA Osasuna footballers
- FC Cartagena footballers
- CE Sabadell footballers
- Celta de Vigo footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga footballers
- Navarrese sportspeople
- Premier League players
- Recreativo de Huelva footballers
- SD Eibar footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Spanish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Spanish footballers