Daniel Aranzubia

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Dani Aranzubia
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Aranzubia in 2008
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Aranzubia Aguado
Date of birth (1979-09-18) 18 September 1979 (age 39)
Place of birth Logroño, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1993–1994 Loyola
1994–1997 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2000 Bilbao Athletic 70 (0)
1997–1998 Basconia 31 (0)
2000–2008 Athletic Bilbao 162 (0)
2008–2013 Deportivo La Coruña 178 (1)
2013–2014 Atlético Madrid 1 (0)
Total442(1)
National team
1995–1996 Spain U16 3 (0)
1998–1999 Spain U20 9 (0)
1999–2001 Spain U21 17 (0)
2000 Spain U23 6 (0)
2004 Spain 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daniel "Dani" Aranzubia Aguado (born 18 September 1979) is a former Spanish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Association football Team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

The goalkeeper, often shortened to keeper or goalie, is one of the major positions of association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring. This is accomplished by the goalkeeper moving into the path of the ball and either catching it or directing it away from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area goalkeepers are able to use their hands, making them the only players on the field permitted to handle the ball. The special status of goalkeepers is indicated by them wearing different coloured kits from their teammates.

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He appeared in 303 La Liga matches during 13 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao – in whose youth system he grew – Deportivo and Atlético Madrid. With the second club, he scored one goal in the competition.

The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as La Liga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, also known as the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), La Liga is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division.

Athletic Bilbao professional football club from Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Athletic Club, also commonly known as Athletic, is a professional football club, based in Bilbao, in the Basque Country (Spain).

Deportivo de La Coruña Spanish association football club

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

Aranzubia represented Spain at Euro 2004.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Born in Logroño, La Rioja, but nonetheless a product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth academy at Lezama, Aranzubia made his first-team debut on 10 June 2001 in a 1–3 home derby loss against Real Sociedad. [1] After two seasons as backup to Iñaki Lafuente, he emerged as the side's undisputed starter, [2] helping them qualify to the UEFA Cup in 2004 while extending his contract a further four years. [3]

Logroño Place in La Rioja, Spain

Logroño is a city in northern Spain, on the Ebro River. It is the capital of the province of La Rioja.

La Rioja (Spain) Autonomous community and province of Spain

La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province in Spain, located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera. It has an estimated population of 315,675 inhabitants, making it the least populated region of Spain.

Lezama Facilities

The Lezama Facilities, is the training ground and academy of the Primera Division club Athletic Bilbao. Located in the Lezama village around 10 km east of Bilbao, it was opened in 1971.

After additional struggles for first-choice duties with Lafuente in the 2005–06 campaign, [2] Aranzubia was definitely deemed surplus to requirements by the Basques after the emergence of Gorka Iraizoz, not appearing even when the first-choice was severely injured during 2007–08 (Athletic received veteran Armando on loan from Cádiz CF, and he became the starter). [4]

La Liga 2005-06 season, the 75th since its establishment, started on 27 August 2005 and finished on 20 May 2006 due to all top-flight European leagues ending earlier than the previous season because of 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Basque Country (autonomous community) Autonomous community of Spain

The Basque Country, officially the Basque Autonomous Community is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay, and Gipuzkoa.

Gorka Iraizoz Spanish footballer

Gorka Iraizoz Moreno is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC as a goalkeeper.

Deportivo

On 13 July 2008, Aranzubia joined Deportivo de La Coruña on a three-year deal, [5] helping the Galicians to the UEFA Intertoto Cup and starting throughout the entire season, save one match due to suspension. On 2 October, he saved three penalties in a shootout against SK Brann in a UEFA Cup first round 2–0 home win, with Depor thus reaching the group stage. [6]

2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup

The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 April 2008. There were 11 co-winners of the tournament with outright winner of the competition being Braga due to their progress in the subsequent UEFA Cup campaign.

Galicia (Spain) Autonomous community of Spain

Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,718,525 in 2016 and has a total area of 29,574 km2 (11,419 sq mi). Galicia has over 1,660 km (1,030 mi) of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada, and—the largest and most populated—A Illa de Arousa.

UEFA Intertoto Cup European association football tournament for clubs

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the major UEFA competitions, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and until 1999, the Cup Winners' Cup. The competition was discontinued after the 2008 tournament. Teams who originally would have entered the Intertoto Cup now directly enter the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League from this point.

Aranzubia missed the first six games of the 2010–11 campaign due to injury, [7] but again finished as a starter for Deportivo. On 20 February 2011, he scored with his head after a 95th-minute corner kick as his team managed a 1–1 draw at UD Almería, [8] becoming the first goalkeeper in La Liga history to score from open play. [9]

The 2010–11 La Liga season was the 80th since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball – the Nike Total 90 Tracer – served as the official ball for all matches.

The term "last-minute goal" is used in sport, primarily association football, to describe a goal scored very late in a game, usually one that affects the outcome of the game. The definition of a "last-minute goal" commonly used is one scored either in the final or penultimate minute of regulation time or extra time, or during stoppage time or injury time.

Corner kick method of restarting play in association football

A corner kick is the method of restarting play in a game of association football when the ball goes out of play over the goal line, without a goal being scored, and having last been touched by a member of the defending team. The kick is taken from the corner of the field of play nearest to where it went out. Corners are considered to be a reasonable goal scoring opportunity for the attacking side, though not as much as a penalty kick or a direct free kick near the edge of the penalty area.

Atlético Madrid

In August 2013, Aranzubia signed for Atlético Madrid as a backup to Thibaut Courtois. [10] He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League on 11 December 2013 shortly after his 34th birthday, saving a penalty from FC Porto's Josué in an eventual 2–0 group stage home win. [11]

As the Belgian was unavailable due to injury, Aranzubia first played in the league with the Colchoneros on 8 February 2014, being sent off in the last minutes of an eventual 0–2 loss at Almería after fouling Jonathan Zongo in the box. [12]

International career

Aranzubia made his only appearance for Spain on 5 June 2004, in a friendly match with Andorra at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. He came on as a substitute for Santiago Cañizares, who had already replaced Iker Casillas, at the hour-mark, [13] after having been selected as third-choice for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament. [14]

Previously, Aranzubia helped the nation win the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and finish runner-up at the 2000 Summer Olympics, starting in both finals. [15] [16]

Club statistics

As of 6 June 2014 [17] [18]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Athletic Bilbao 2000–01 La Liga 20400060
2001–02 808000160
2002–03 2502000270
2003–04 3400000340
2004–05 3701040420
2005–26 1802000200
2006–07 2800000280
2007–08 1006000160
Total1620230401890
Deportivo 2008–09 La Liga37000100470
2009–10 3600000360
2010–11 3210000321
2011–12 Segunda División 3800000380
2012–13 La Liga3500000350
Total1781001001881
Atlético Madrid 2013–14 La Liga10301050
Total10301050
Career total34112601503821

Honours

Aranzubia with Deportivo in 2008 Daniel Aranzubia.jpg
Aranzubia with Deportivo in 2008

Club

Basconia

Deportivo

Atlético Madrid

International

Spain U20

Spain U23

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References

  1. ↑ "El derbi de las verdades" [The derby of truths]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 June 2001. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Lafuente no entiende su vuelta a la suplencia" [Lafuente does not understand return to backup status]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 2 September 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Aranzubia puts pen to paper". UEFA. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  4. ↑ ""Con Aranzubia se tuvo menos paciencia que con Iraizoz"" ["People were less patient with Aranzubia than with Iraizoz"]. El Correo (in Spanish). 11 February 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Aranzubia ficha por el Deportivo" [Aranzubia signs for Deportivo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 July 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "UEFA Cup: Depor survive Brann penalty scare". ESPN Soccernet. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Aranzubia será sometido a tratamiento con plasma para lesión de hombro" [Aranzubia to undergo plasma treatment for shoulder injury]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 27 July 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Aranzubia to the rescue". ESPN Soccernet. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Dani Aranzubía, primer portero que marca de cabeza en la Liga" [Dani Aranzubía, first goalkeeper to score with head in the League]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 20 February 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "El Atlético ficha a Dani Aranzubía" [Atlético sign Dani Aranzubía]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Unbeaten Atlético end Porto hopes". UEFA. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ádiós liderato, hola dudas" [Goodbye first place, hello doubts]. Marca (in Spanish). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "España golea a Andorra antes de viajar hacia Portugal (4–0)" [Spain rout Andorra before travelling to Portugal (4–0)]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 6 June 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Sáez selects Spain squad". UEFA. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  15. ↑ "Qué fue de los campeones del mundo sub20" [What happened to the under-20 world champions]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  16. ↑ Daniel Aranzubia – FIFA competition record
  17. ↑ "Aranzubia: Daniel Aranzubia Aguado". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  18. ↑ "Aranzubia". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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