- Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide
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Mikel Arruabarrena Personal information Full name Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide Date of birth 9 February 1983 Place of birth Tolosa, Spain Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Centre forward Club information Current club Eibar Youth career Athletic Bilbao Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2003 Baskonia 36 (5) 2003–2005 Bilbao Athletic 69 (18) 2005–2006 Osasuna B 35 (13) 2006–2007 Xerez 25 (5) 2007–2008 Tenerife 31 (6) 2008–2009 Legia Warsaw 6 (0) 2009 → Eibar (loan) 13 (1) 2009– Eibar 34 (6) 2010–2011 → Leganés (loan) 34 (21) National team 1999 Spain U16 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Arruabarrena and the second or maternal family name is Aranbide.Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide (born 9 February 1983 in Tolosa, Basque Country) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a centre forward.
Football career
Arruabarrena had small stints with local giants Athletic de Bilbao and its Navarrese neighbours CA Osasuna, but never made it past its reserves on both occasions. From 2006–08, he played in the second division, with Xerez CD and CD Tenerife, with relative impact.
In the 2008 summer, Arruabarrena was bought by Poland's Legia Warszawa, alongside compatriots Iñaki Descarga and Iñaki Astiz. However, in January 2009, he was loaned to SD Eibar (also in the Basque Country and the second level), not being able to prevent the side from eventually dropping down a division.
In that summer, Arruabarrena arranged for a buyout of his Legia contract and remained at Eibar permanently.
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Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Tolosa
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football forwards
- Bilbao Athletic footballers
- Xerez CD players
- CD Tenerife players
- SD Eibar footballers
- CD Leganés footballers
- Ekstraklasa players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Spanish expatriates in Poland
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