Aritz Arambarri

Aritz Arambarri
Personal information
Full name	Aritz Arambarri Murua
Date of birth	31 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Azkoitia, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Leganés
Number	22
Youth career
2011–2017	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2019	Real Sociedad C
2017–2023	Real Sociedad B
2020–2023	Real Sociedad
2023–	Leganés
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024

Aritz Arambarri Murua (born 31 January 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for CD Leganés.

Club career

Born in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Arambarri represented Real Sociedad as youth, joining the club's youth setup in 2011.^[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team during the 2016–17 season, in Tercera División.

Arambarri was definitely promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B midway through the 2018–19 campaign, and scored his first senior goal with the side on 9 December 2018 in a 4–2 home win against CD Vitoria.^[2] On 1 July 2020, he renewed his contract until 2023.^[3]

Arambarri made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 1 November 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow youth graduate Andoni Gorosabel in a 4–1 home routing of Celta de Vigo.^[4]^[1] He subsequently returned to the B-team, helping in their promotion to Segunda División at the end of the season.

On 22 June 2023, Arambarri signed a two-year contract with CD Leganés in the second level.^[5]

Honours

Leganés

Segunda División: 2023–24

References

^ ^a ^b "Aritz Arambarri, otro infantil txuriurdin que llega a Primera" [Aritz Arambarri, another blue-and-white youth arrives in the Primera] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ "El Sanse se reencuentra con el triunfo" [Sanse go back to winning ways] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "Renovaciones en el Sanse" [Renewals at Sanse] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "El líder liquida a Óscar" [The leader bring down Óscar] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "El C.D. Leganés refuerza su defensa con la llegada de Aritz Arambarri" [C.D. Leganés bolster their defense with the arrival of Aritz Arambarri] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.