Jairo Arrieta

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Jairo Arrieta
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Arrieta with D.C. United in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jairo Arrieta Obando
Date of birth (1983-08-25) 25 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Nicoya, Costa Rica
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Jicaral
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Guanacasteca 60 (12)
2004–2006 Brujas 56 (11)
2006–2012 Saprissa 178 (48)
2012–2014 Columbus Crew 67 (17)
2015 D.C. United 27 (5)
2016 New York Cosmos 28 (7)
2016–2018 Herediano 73 (24)
2018–2019 Saprissa 35 (9)
2019 San Carlos 19 (6)
2020 Siquinalá 12 (5)
2021 Consultants 16 (9)
2021–2022 Jicaral 28 (7)
2022 Grecia 13 (4)
2023– Jicaral 0 (0)
International career‡
2004 Costa Rica U23 6 (2)
2011– Costa Rica 17 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:36, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2015

Jairo Arrieta Obando (born 25 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward for A.D.R. Jicaral.

Contents

Club career

Costa Rica

Arrieta was born in Nicoya, [1] Costa Rica. Before moving to Deportivo Saprissa, he played for Guanacasteca and their successors Brujas. [1] While with Saprissa, Arrieta scored 48 goals in 178 league matches. He also played an important part in Saprissa's Costa Rican league titles in 2006–07, 2007-08 Apertura, 2007-08 Clausura, 2008-09 Apertura, and 2010 Clausura.

Columbus Crew

In April 2012, Arrieta signed a 2+1⁄2-year agreement with Columbus Crew, moving to play outside of Costa Rica for the first time in his career. [2] [3] Arrieta made his MLS debut for the Crew on 14 July 2012, playing 62 minutes in a loss to Sporting Kansas City at home. [4] This came just 17 days after 27 June transfer window opened. Two weeks later, in a rematch at Kansas City, Arrieta scored his first MLS goal in the 17th minute of the match, following with the game winner in the 34th minute. [5] After only his third game in MLS, Arrieta was named League Player of the Week with a 2-goal performance in a Columbus win against Sporting Kansas City. [6]

D.C. United

Orlando City SC selected Arrieta in the 6th round of the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft. He was later traded to D.C. United ahead of the 2015 season in exchange for an international roster spot. [7] In his debut for D.C. United, he scored in the 58th minute to secure a 1-0 win against the Montreal Impact. [8] Arrieta's option for the 2016 season was declined by D.C. United. [9]

He scored 5 goals and recorded 2 assists in his 27 appearances for D.C. [10]

New York Cosmos

Arrieta signed with New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League on January 14, 2016. [11]

International career

Arrieta played with the Costa Rica under-23 team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [12]

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a December 2011 friendly match against Cuba and has, as of January 2014, earned a total of 15 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match [12] and played at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. [13] His two goals in the tournament, his first two for his country, were enough to earn him the Golden Boot award as the tournament's top scorer. [14] Because of his performance at the Copa Centroamericana, Arrieta was called up by Costa Rica for their World Cup qualifying match against Panama on 6 February 2013. [15]

He also played at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [16]

International goals

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first. [17]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 January 2013 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 1–01–0 2013 Copa Centroamericana
2.22 January 2013Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa RicaFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1–01–12013 Copa Centroamericana
3.28 March 2013 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, CanadaFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1–01–0 Friendly
4.9 July 2013 Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, United StatesFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2–03–0 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Personal life

Arrieta holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. [18]

Honors

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "¿Será la vencida de Arrieta?". Ovación. 18 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Fútbol Consultants Coloca a Jairo Arrieta en el Columbus Crew de la MLS" (in Spanish). Futbol Consultants. 26 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Crew signs Costa Rican forward Jairo Arrieta". thecrew.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Sharret, Cody. "Takeaway Points: Sporting Kansas City". thecrew.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Recap: Arrieta bags brace as Crew hold off Sporting 2–1". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Double strike earns Crew's Arrieta Player of the Week nod". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "D.C. United acquires Costa Rican forward". The Washington Post. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Edwards, Andy (7 May 2015). "D.C. United 1-0 Montreal Impact: Jairo Arrieta is the hero on his D.C. debut" . Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "D.C. United Announce Year-End Roster Moves for 2016 Season". 7 December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jairo Arrieta" . Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Cosmos Sign Forward Jairo Arrieta". New York Cosmos. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  12. 1 2 Jairo Arrieta – FIFA competition record (archived)
  13. ↑ Costa Rica Gana su septima Copa Centroamericana - UNCAF
  14. ↑ Lathan, Brent. "Centroamericana Cup heavy on MLS talent, light on goals". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Jairo Arrieta earns international call-up". Columbus Crew. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  16. ↑ CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 Rosters Archived 10 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine - Gold Cup
  17. ↑ "Arrieta, Jairo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Orlando City builds roster with international flavor Lions believe can win immediately in MLS". Orladno Sentinel. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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