Asier Arranz Martín (born 28 March 1987), known simply as Asier, is a Spanish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

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Club career

Asier was born in

Cuéllar Cuéllar () is a municipality in the Province of Segovia, within the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. The municipality had a population of 9,730 inhabitants according to the municipal register of inhabitants (INE) as of 1 Jan ...

Province of Segovia Segovia () is a province of central/northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the province of Burgos in the north, Soria in the northeast, Guadalajara in the east, Madrid in the sou ...

, Castile and León. After emerging through

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

's youth ranks, he played 16 Segunda División games for the first team in the 2006–07 season as they returned to

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after a three-year hiatus. Subsequently, Asier served two more loan spells in the second division, appearing very little for

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...

and

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo, known simply as Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Xerez currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of Spanish football. Founded on 24 ...

(the latter also promoted, but the player only took the pitch on 12 occasions, one match complete). After having featured only once for Valladolid in the first half of the 2009–10 campaign, in a rare start, at RCD Mallorca – but in a 3–0 loss– he was finally released in late January 2010, returning to the second tier with

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

by signing until the end of the season and two more. From 2010 onwards, Asier resumed his career in the Segunda División B and

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 ...

, with Pontevedra CF,

CD Teruel Club Deportivo Teruel is a Spanish football team based in Teruel, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1954, the club plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, and holds home games at ''Estadio Pinilla'', with a capacity of ...

Sestao River Club Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadio Las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,905 ...

Gimnástica Segoviana CF Gimnástica Segoviana Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Segovia, the capital of the namesake province, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1928 as ''Sociedad Deportiva Gimnástica Segoviana'', it plays ...

(two spells),

Atlético Astorga FC Atlético Astorga Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Astorga in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1969, it plays in the Tercera División RFEF – Group 8. Its stadium is '' Estadio La Eragudina'' with a ca ...

and

CD Palencia Balompié Club Deportivo Palencia Balompié was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2011, it played in Segunda División B, holding home games at ''Estadio N ...

. He moved abroad at the age of 33, representing teams in Cyprus and Finland and achieving promotion to the

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with

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish football club based in Kotka, Finland, and currently competing in Finland's premier league, Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and white. Immediate ...

References

External links

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Cyprus Football Association profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arranz, Asier 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Segovia Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Castile and León Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players Deportivo Alavés players Xerez CD footballers CD Numancia players Pontevedra CF footballers CD Teruel footballers Sestao River Club footballers Atlético Astorga FC players Cypriot Second Division players Alki Oroklini players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland