Jokin Aranbarri

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aranbarri and the second or maternal family name is Arrizabalaga.
Jokin Aranbarri
Personal information
Full name Jokin Aranbarri Arrizabalaga
Date of birth (1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Azkoitia, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bilbao Athletic (manager)
Youth career
Anaitasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Anaitasuna
2004–2005 Aurrerá Ondarroa
2005–2006 Barakaldo 19 (0)
2006–2007 Gernika (22)
2007–2008 Lemona 29 (5)
2008–2013 Sestao River 112 (20)
2013–2016 Arenas Getxo 83 (13)
Managerial career
2016–2021 Eibar (youth)
2021–2024 Vitoria
2024– Bilbao Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jokin Aranbarri Arrizabalaga (born 23 October 1984) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and the manager of Bilbao Athletic.

Playing career

Born in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Aranbarri made his senior debut with CD Anaitasuna in the 2001–02 season, suffering relegation from Tercera División. In 2004, after scoring 20 goals for the side in the Regional Preferente, he moved to CD Aurrerá Ondarroa in the fourth division.

In 2005, Aranbarri signed for Segunda División B side Barakaldo CF. After one year back in the fourth level, where he scored a career-best 22 goals for Gernika Club, he represented fellow third division sides SD Lemona and Sestao River Club; he would spent the entire 2009–10 campaign sidelined due to an injury with the latter, as they suffered relegation.[1]

Aranbarri left Sestao in 2013, and joined Arenas Club de Getxo in division four on 25 July of that year.[2] He helped the club to achieve promotion in 2015,[3] before retiring in the following year, aged 31.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Aranbarri was named manager of SD Eibar's Cadete Honor squad. He took over the Juvenil squad in August 2019,[4] before being named at the helm of the farm team CD Vitoria on 2 June 2021.[5]

On 8 May 2024, Aranbarri announced he would depart the Armeros at the end of the season,[6] in which Vitoria achieved promotion to Segunda Federación. On 6 June, he joined the structure of Athletic Bilbao, after being named in charge of the reserves in Primera Federación.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Entrevista. Josu Hérnaez y Jokin Aranbarri: vidas paralelas, caminos opuestos" [Interview. Josu Hérnaez and Jokin Aranbarri: parallel lifes, opposite paths] (in Spanish). Vavel. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ "El Arenas se apuntala con dos nuevos refuerzos, Aranbarri y Camús" [Arenas bolster themselves with two new additions, Aranbarri and Camús] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Un tridente mágico para un triplete histórico" [A magical trident to a historical hat-trick] (in Spanish). Vavel. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "El primer equipo juvenil completa su primera semana de entrenamientos" [The first Juvenil team complete their first week of trainings] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Jokin Aranbarri, nuevo entrenador del CD Vitoria" [Jokin Aranbarri, new manager of CD Vitoria] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Jokin Aranbarri dejará el Eibar al concluir la temporada" [Jokin Aranbarri will leave Eibar at the end of the season] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Jokin Aranbarri dirigirá al Bilbao Athletic" [Jokin Aranbarri will manage Bilbao Athletic] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.