Xavier Arreaga

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Xavier Arreaga
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Arreaga with Barcelona in 2017
Personal information
Full name Xavier Ricardo Arreaga Bermello [1]
Date of birth (1994-09-28) 28 September 1994 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona SC
Number 3
Youth career
2005–2012 Unión Española de Guayaquil
2012 Halley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Halley 12 (0)
2012–2015 Manta 55 (3)
2015–2019 Barcelona SC 79 (8)
2019–2024 Seattle Sounders FC 101 (3)
2023 → Tacoma Defiance (loan) 1 (0)
2024 New England Revolution 23 (0)
2025– Barcelona SC 17 (1)
International career‡
2017– Ecuador 20 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 February 2022

Xavier Ricardo Arreaga Bermello (born 28 September 1994) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Barcelona S.C. and the Ecuador national team. [2]

Contents

He has won a MLS Cup with Seattle Sounders FC in 2019, [3] and was named in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League Best XI. [4]

Career

Arreaga made his debut for Ecuador on 20 November 2018 in a match against Panama. [5]

After four seasons with Barcelona S.C. in the Ecuadorian Serie A, Arreaga was signed by the Sounders on 7 May 2019. [6] He joined the team later that month as a replacement for retiring defender Chad Marshall and made his debut on 26 May 2019 against Sporting Kansas City. [7]

On April 23, 2024, Arreaga was traded to the New England Revolution in return for a 2025 international roster spot and $75,000 in General Allocation Money "if certain performance metrics are met." [8] He made his first appearance, and first start, for the Revolution on April 27, 2024, in a 4-1 loss to Inter Miami CF. [9] Arreaga was named to the MLS matchday 22 "Team of the Matchday" alongside head coach Caleb Porter and teammate Giacomo Vrioni following the Revolution's 2-1 victory over FC Cincinnati on June 22. [10]

New England declined Arreaga's contract option following their 2024 season. [11]

International career

Arreaga was selected in the 23-man Ecuador squad for the 2019 Copa América. [12]

Arreaga was selected in the 28 player Ecuador squad for the 2021 Copa América. [13]

Arreaga was named in the Ecuadorian squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manta 2014 [2] Ecuadorian Serie A 120———120
2015 [15] Ecuadorian Serie B 433———433
Total553———553
Barcelona SC 2016 [2] Ecuadorian Serie A82———82
2017 [2] 303—9 [a] 0—393
2018 [2] 313———313
2019 [2] 100002 [a] 1—121
Total79800111—909
Seattle Sounders FC 2019 [16] MLS 14000—3 [b] 1171
2020 [16] 110—2 [c] 04 [d] 0170
2021 [16] 262——3 [e] 0292
2022 [16] 271008 [c] 0—351
2023 [16] 14020—00160
2024 [16] 60———60
Total983201001011204
Career total232142021110126516

3 leagues cup 2021

  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS is Back
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International

As of 28 March 2023 [17]
Ecuador
YearAppsGoals
201810
201950
202041
202140
202240
202320
Total201
List of international goals scored by Xavier Arreaga
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 November 2020 Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, EcuadorFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4–06–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Barcelona S.C.

Seattle Sounders FC

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Xavier Arreaga at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Seattle Sounders are 2019 MLS Cup champions: Rave Green win second MLS title". Major League Soccer. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Lodeiro, Dinenno headline 2022 SCCL Best XI". CONCACAF. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ecuador ganó 2–1 a Panama en amistoso preparatorio en el Capwell" (in Spanish). El Universo. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sounders FC completes deadline day haul by adding Xavier Arreaga and Joevin Jones to roster" (Press release). Seattle Sounders FC. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Evans, Jayda (23 May 2019). "On heels of Chad Marshall's retirement, Ecuadorian defender Xavier Arreaga joins Sounders". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "New England Revolution acquire Xavier Arreaga from Seattle Sounders". 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Recap : Record crowd of 65,612 fills Gillette Stadium, but Revs suffer 4-1 loss to Inter Miami CF". 28 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Boonstra, Nick (24 June 2024). "Arreaga shines as Porter leads Revs to fourth straight win". revolutionsoccer.net. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "New England Revolution announce year-end roster moves | New England Revolution". revolutionsoccer.net.
  12. ↑ "LOS 23 CONVOCADOS DE ECUADOR PARA COPA AMÉRICA DE BRASIL 2019" (in Spanish). FEF. 20 May 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ Ecuadorian Football Federation [@LaTri] (9 June 2021). "¡Y los convocados son! Estos son los elegidos por el DT #GustavoAlfaro para encarar un desafío continental: la @CopaAmerica" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2021– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Ecuador national football team [@LaTri] (14 November 2022). "Aquí están los 26 jugadores elegidos por el DT Gustavo Alfaro para jugar la Copa Mundial FIFA, estamos listos para hacer historia" [Here are the 26 players chosen by head coach Gustavo Alfaro to play the FIFA World Cup, we are ready to make history.] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2022– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Xavier Arreaga at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Xavier Arreaga at Major League Soccer
  17. ↑ Xavier Arreaga at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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