Alejandro Arribas Garrido (born 1 May 1989) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays for
Liga MX club
Juárez as a
centre-back.
He made 172 appearances in
La Liga
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for
Rayo Vallecano
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,
Osasuna,
Sevilla
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and
Deportivo, also winning the
Europa League
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with the third of those teams. Additionally, he played for
UNAM
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and
Juárez in Mexico's
Liga MX.
Club career
Rayo Vallecano
Born in
Madrid
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, Arribas began his career in the youth ranks of
CF Rayo Majadahonda, being signed by neighbouring
Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...
in 2008. He spent almost two full seasons with
the reserves, making his professional debut with
CDA Navalcarnero
Club Deportivo Artístico Navalcarnero is a football team based in Navalcarnero, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1961, it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, holding home games at the 2,500-seat ...
in the second half of
2008–09 and going on to be regularly used in a relegation-ending campaign in
Segunda División B.
Arribas helped Rayo B promote to the third tier in
2009–10, moving to the first team shortly after – in
Segunda División – and being first choice (38 games out of 42) as the latter
returned to
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
after eight years. In the
2011–12 season he started in all of his 34 league appearances as the capital outskirts side narrowly avoided relegation, scoring in a 2–3 home loss against
Athletic Bilbao on 28 January 2012.
Osasuna
In late June 2012,
free agent
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Arribas signed a three-year contract with
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 ...
. He was a regular for the
Navarrese, appearing in 34 matches in his
debut campaign.
Sevilla
On 27 July 2014, following
Osasuna's relegation, Arribas agreed to a two-year deal with fellow league club
Sevilla FC
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. He played 18 games in all competitions in his
only season, including three in the
UEFA Europa League
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group stage as his team
won the competition for the second time in a row.
Deportivo
Arribas signed a four-year contract at
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...
on 24 June 2015. His first league match for them took place on 30 August, when he featured the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw at
Valencia CF
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, and he scored twice in
his first year to help to a 15th-place finish.
UNAM
On 8 December 2017, after only three league appearances during the first part of
the season as well as some run-ins with teammates, the 28-year-old Arribas moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined
Club Universidad Nacional in the Mexican
Liga MX.
He scored his only league goal on 4 February 2018, helping the hosts beat
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...
2–0.
Oviedo
On 30 July 2019, Arribas returned to Spain after agreeing to a three-year deal with
Real Oviedo of the second division.
Personal life
In September 2019, while still an active professional, Arribas became the majority shareholder in first club Rayo Majadahonda's ''
Sociedad Anónima Deportiva''.
Club statistics
Honours
Sevilla
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UEFA Europa League
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:
2014–15
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Madrid
Spanish footballers
Association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CF Rayo Majadahonda players
Rayo Vallecano B players
CDA Navalcarnero players
Rayo Vallecano players
CA Osasuna players
Sevilla FC players
Deportivo de La Coruña players
Real Oviedo players
Liga MX players
Club Universidad Nacional footballers
FC Juárez footballers
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Spanish football chairmen and investors