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Óscar Arpón
Personal information
Full name	Óscar Arpón Ochoa
Date of birth	9 April 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Calahorra, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Barcelona B
1995	Barcelona
1995–1996	Betis
1996–1998	Racing Santander
1998–1999	Mallorca
1999–2001	Osasuna
2001–2002	Poli Ejido
2002–2004	Recreativo
2004–2007	Salamanca
2007–2009	Gimnàstic
2009–2011	Logroñés
2011–2012	River Ebro
Total
International career
1990–1991	Spain U16
1991	Spain U17
1992	Spain U18
1992	Spain U19
1997	Spain U23
Managerial career
2012–2013	River Ebro (assistant)
2013–2015	River Ebro
2016–2018	Alfaro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Arpón Ochoa (born 9 April 1975) is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager.

He amassed La Liga totals of 141 games and five goals over seven seasons, in representation of six clubs, including Barcelona. He added 230 matches and 18 goals in the Segunda División, in a 18-year senior career.^[2]

Club career

Arpón was born in Calahorra, La Rioja. He made his professional debut in 1994–95 in the Segunda División, with FC Barcelona B. Also, in that season's La Liga, he appeared in three matches for the main squad, being promoted roughly at the same time as Roger García.^[2]

After a move to Real Betis where he featured sparingly, Arpón lived his most fruitful years in the top flight with Racing de Santander, contributing regularly to two consecutive mid-table positions by the Cantabrians. From then on he resumed his career in the second tier, with brief spells in the first (RCD Mallorca, CA Osasuna, Recreativo de Huelva).^[2]

In August 2009, after a slow campaign with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Arpón signed for third-tier UD Logroñés.^[3] He retired three years later, after one season in amateur football with CA River Ebro in his native region, aged 37.^[4]

Honours

Barcelona

Supercopa de España: 1994^[5]

Mallorca

Supercopa de España: 1998

Recreativo

Copa del Rey runner-up: 2002–03^[6]

Salamanca

Segunda División B: 2005–06

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Óscar Arpón at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b ^c Casado, Edu (15 June 2017). "Qué fue de… Óscar Arpón: de la Masia a recorrer España" [What happened to… Óscar Arpón: from la Masia to travelling through Spain]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ Ferrer, Carlos (30 July 2009). "«Me apetecía mucho jugar en mi tierra»" ["I really wanted to play back home"] (in Spanish). La Rioja. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
^ Ferrer, Carlos (1 February 2011). "Óscar Arpón, fichaje estrella del último día para el Ríver Ebro" [Óscar Arpón, last-minute star signing for River Ebro] (in Spanish). La Rioja. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ Aguilar, Francesc (31 August 1994). "El Barça paga un precio muy alto" [Barça pay a heavy price]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ Miguelez, José (29 June 2003). "Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar" [Eto'o has Mallorca toasting]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2016.