Julen Arellano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arellano and the second or maternal family name is Sandúa.
Julen Arellano
Personal information
Full name Julen Arellano Sandúa
Date of birth (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Ablitas, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2005–2010 Aluvión
2010–2011 Osasuna
2011–2015 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Bilbao Athletic 1 (0)
2016–2018 Osasuna B 24 (0)
2018–2019 Tudelano 23 (0)
2019 Calahorra 0 (0)
International career
2013 Spain U16 1 (0)
2014 Spain U17 1 (0)
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julen Arellano Sandúa (born 8 January 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left back.

Club career

Born in Ablitas, Navarre, Arellano joined CA Osasuna's youth setup in 2010, aged 13, after starting it out at CD Aluvión.[1] On 15 April 2011 he joined FC Barcelona, being initially assigned to the Cadete squad.[2]

On 15 April 2015 Arellano agreed a contract with Bilbao Athletic,[3] with the deal being effective on 30 June.[4] He made his professional debut on 21 November, coming on as a second-half substitute for Aitor Seguín in a 0–0 home draw against UD Almería in the Segunda División.[5]

On 26 August 2016, Arellano returned to former club Osasuna, being initially assigned to the reserves in the Segunda División B.[6] On 6 July 2018, he moved to fellow league team CD Tudelano.[7]

Arellano signed with CD Calahorra in the summer 2019. However, on 26 September 2019, it was announced that Arellano had left the club again for personal and family reasons.[8]

References

  1. ^ "El Bale del Barça" [Barça's Bale] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ "El Barça ficha a Julen Arellano, cadete de Osasuna" [Barça signs Julen Arellano, cadete from Osasuna] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Un juvenil navarro del Barça llegará al Athletic" [A Navarrese juvenil from Barça will arrive at Athletic] (in Spanish). El Correo. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Athletic Club signs Julen Arellano". Athletic Bilbao. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Bilbao Athletic y Almería siguen encallados en la zona baja" [Bilbao Athletic and Almería remain stranded in the lower zones] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Julen Arellano vuelve a Osasuna" [Julen Arellano returns to Osasuna] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Cuatro fichajes para el Tudelano" [Four signings for Tudelano] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  8. ^ Julen Arellano abandona el Calahorra por «motivos personales», nuevecuatrouno.com, 26 September 2019