Adrià Arjona Marín (born 28 February 1996) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

as a winger.

Club career

Born in

Vila-seca Vila-seca (; literally 'Dry-town') is a municipality of the ''comarca'' of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The historical name was ''Vila-seca de Solcina'' and since the 80's known as ''Vila-seca i Salou'' until Salo ...

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tarr ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

, Arjona joined

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...

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in 2006, from CF Vilaseca. Released in 2009, he spent three seasons at

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

before returning to ''Barça'' in 2012. On 23 August 2015, after finishing his formation, Arjona joined CF Reus Deportiu and was assigned to the

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CD Morell in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

. On 17 August of the following year, he was loaned to fellow league team

UE Sant Andreu Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Sant Andreu, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home ma ...

for a year. Upon returning, Arjona was assigned to

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, now also in the fourth division. He made his first-team debut on 12 September, starting in a 2–1 away win against

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El S ...

, for the season's

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. On 18 July 2019, Arjona signed for

AE Prat Associació Esportiva Prat is a Spanish football team based in El Prat de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at ''Estadi Sagnier'', with a 500-s ...

in Segunda División B, after Reus fell into severe economic problems. In the summer of 2020, he joined CD Llosetense in

, in the midst of the club's projects of professional and managerial development. During the following winter transfer window, after just eight appearances with the Balearic club, Arjona decided to start his first journey overseas, as he was set to sign for South Korean team

Gimpo FC Gimpo FC ( ko, 김포 FC), formerly Gimpo Citizen FC, is a South Korean football club based in the city of Gimpo. Since 2022, they are playing in the K League 2, the second tier of football in South Korea. History Gimpo Citizen FC (2013–202 ...

, playing in the semi-professional

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. However, the Spanish player got involved in a bureaucratic incident: in fact, despite having signed a pre-contract with the club and having sustained medicals, Arjona was eventually told by Gimpo's staff that, following a reunion with the

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's mayor and the club's chairman, they couldn't take care of him anymore. Even though the club offered to help him find a new club in the country, the task wasn't successful, and Arjona eventually decided to fly back to Spain, reportedly "disappointed" by what happened to him, but also convinced that "nothing and no one would take his will to succeed as a professional football from him". On February 23, 2021, Arjona officially announced that he joined

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in ...

and was set to play with their

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, in

. Having scored four goals in twelve matches, he played an important role as his side eventually made its own way through promotion to the newly-formed Segunda División RFEF. On June 21, the player announced the end of his experience in Huesca. On July 11, 2021, it was announced that Arjona would join historic Spanish club

, which was in the midst of a rebuilding process after falling all the way down to the Tercera Divisi ón RFEF, the newly-formed fifth tier of the national football league system.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arjona, Adria 1996 births Living people People from Tarragonès Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Tercera División players UE Sant Andreu footballers CF Reus Deportiu B players CF Reus Deportiu players AE Prat players