Alain Arroyo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arroyo and the second or maternal family name is Martínez de la Cuadra.
Alain Arroyo
Personal information
Full name Alain Arroyo Martínez de la Cuadra
Date of birth (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Urduliz (manager)
Youth career
Arenas Getxo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Arenas Getxo
2002–2005 Portugalete
2005–2006 Alavés B 4 (0)
2006 → Portugalete (loan) 17 (4)
2006–2007 Sestao 35 (6)
2007–2009 Lemona 60 (18)
2009–2010 Guadalajara 34 (10)
2010–2013 Mirandés 104 (20)
2013–2014 Oviedo 27 (6)
2014–2018 Barakaldo 93 (20)
2018–2019 Zamudio 32 (9)
2019–2020 Somorrostro 12 (2)
Total 418 (95)
International career
2005 Basque Country Amateur 11 (1)
2013 Biscay 1 (1)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Somorrostro
2021– Urduliz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alain Arroyo Martínez de la Cuadra (born 5 July 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward, and the current manager of Urduliz FT.

Club career

Arroyo was born in Bilbao, Biscay. Starting out in amateur football in his native Basque Country, he scored the winning goal in the final of the 2005 UEFA Regions' Cup while playing for the Basque Country amateur team,[1] and subsequently signed for Deportivo Alavés B of Segunda División B, remaining in that tier the next six seasons representing Club Portugalete (a club he had already played for), Sestao River Club, SD Lemona, CD Guadalajara[2] and CD Mirandés.[3]

In his second season with Mirandés, Arroyo scored a career-best 13 goals to help the Castille and León side achieve promotion to Segunda División for the first time in their history.[4][5] He played his first match in the competition on 17 August 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca,[6] and scored his first goal roughly one month later in a 2–2 draw at Real Murcia.[7]

On 5 June 2013, playing for a Biscay XI in a friendly against Athletic Bilbao, Arroyo scored the last ever goal at the San Mamés Stadium before it was torn down to make way for a new ground.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "2005: Arroyo sparks Basque celebrations". UEFA. 1 July 2006. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ "El Deportivo incorpora al delantero vizcaíno del Lemona Alain Arroyo" [Deportivo add Biscayan forward Alain Arroyo from Lemona] (in Spanish). El Digital Castilla La Mancha. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  3. ^ Garraza, Ángel (15 July 2010). "El Mirandés ficha al delantero Arroyo" [Mirandés sign forward Arroyo]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Previa Promoción Ascenso ascenso a 2ª División A: CD.Mirandes – Atco. Baleares" [Promotion playoffs to 2nd Division A preview: CD.Mirandes – Atco. Baleares] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. ^ Rapado, Sergio (27 May 2012). "Mirandés es de Segunda" [Mirandés are from Segunda]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ^ "El Huesca amarga el estreno del Mirandés" [Huesca bitter Mirandés debut]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  7. ^ "El Mirandés deja vivo al Murcia" [Mirandés leave Murcia alive]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  8. ^ Cuenca, Nika (5 June 2013). "Broche de oro en San Mamés: Iribar jugó los últimos minutos" [Icing on the cake at San Mamés: Iribar played the last minutes]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  9. ^ Horn, Markus (6 June 2013). "¡Agur San Mamés!" [Goodbye San Mamés!]. The Football Pink. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.