Álvaro Arbeloa
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| Álvaro Arbeloa | ||
Arbeloa playing for Liverpool against Manchester City |
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Álvaro Arbeloa Coca | |
| Date of birth | 17 January 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Salamanca, Spain | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Liverpool | |
| Number | 17 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Real Madrid C Real Madrid B Real Madrid Deportivo de La Coruña Liverpool |
1 (0) 50 (1) 2 (0) 20 (0) 37 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2008– | Spain | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (born 17 January 1983) is a Spanish football player who is currently playing for English Premier League side Liverpool. He is 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 left back.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Real Madrid
After signing as a teenager for Real Madrid C.F., Arbeloa then played for the youth team. He then graduated to the reserve team, and played for the first team twice.
On July 24, 2006 Arbeloa signed for Deportivo de La Coruña, following in teammate Roberto Soldado's footsteps. 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."
[edit] Liverpool
On 31 January 2007, Arbeloa signed for English FA Premier League club Liverpool F.C., for a fee of around £2.5 million, with Real Madrid receiving 50% of the fee.[1] He made his Premiership debut on February 10[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 Benitez 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 April 7, 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.
Arbeloa's squad number changed from 2 to 17 as a personal preference for the 2007–08 season. This number had previously been occupied by Craig Bellamy.
[edit] International Career
On February 1 2008 he was called up to the full Spanish national team squad for the first time, to play France in a friendly in Malaga on February 6, although he was forced to pull out because of injury.[3] He made his international debut on March 26 against Italy. He has recently been selected to join Spain in this year's Euro 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ liverpoolfc.tv:Reds swoop for Spanish pair. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on September 9, 2007.
- ^ Reuters: Krkic, Arbeloa, Navarro called up by Spain. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
[edit] External links
- Thisisanfield.com player profile
- Official Liverpool profile
- Álvaro Arbeloa career stats at Soccerbase
- Transfer to Liverpool FC (Spanish)
- Personal Website
- This Is Anfield Player Profile
- LFChistory.net player profile
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Coca, Álvaro Arbeloa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arbeloa, Álvaro |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983-1-17 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salamanca , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
