Erik Morán Arribas (born 25 May 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for SD Amorebieta.

Club career

Born in Portugalete,

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, Morán joined

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

's youth setup in 2004, aged 13. On 28 November 2012 he made his debut with the first team, starting in a 2–0 away win against

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל עירוני קרית שמונה) known as Ironi Kiryat Shmona is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Shmona. The club is a current member of the Israeli Pr ...

in that season's

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. On 14 April of the following year he played his first game in

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, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Iker Muniain in a 0–3 home loss to

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. Morán was promoted to Athletic's first team in August 2013, signing a contract extension until 2016 and being handed the number 5 shirt. On 29 January 2015, after appearing rarely during the campaign, he was loaned to

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CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

until June. On 23 July 2015, Morán moved to

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in a one-year loan deal. On 1 July of the following year, he agreed to a permanent two-year contract with the club as Athletic opted to not recall him after the loan expired. On 31 January 2017, Morán returned to Leganés, who now competed in the top flight, after an agreement with Zaragoza was reached. Roughly one year later, in another winter transfer market move, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at

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club

AEK Athens F.C. AEK FC ( el, ΠΑΕ A.E.K. ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos'', meaning ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filade ...

for €130,000 and a resale rate of 10%, being brought in as a replacement for seriously injured

Jakob Johansson Jakob Valdemar Olsson Johansson (born 21 June 1990) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Becoming the first player born in the 1990s to play in Allsvenskan while at IFK Göteborg, he went on to repre ...

. He left in December 2019. Morán returned to Spain in January 2020, signing a short-term deal 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 ...

in the second division. On 28 August, after being relegated, he joined SD Ponferradina of the same league. On 4 July 2023, following his team's relegation, Morán remained in the second tier with SD Amorebieta.

Honours

AEK Athens *

: 2017–18Manolo Jiménez gana la Liga griega con el AEK de Atenas (Manolo Jiménez wins Greek League with AEK Athens)
Marca, 22 April 2018 (in Spanish)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Erik 1991 births Living people People from Portugalete Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Biscay Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers CD Leganés players Real Zaragoza players Málaga CF players CD Numancia players SD Ponferradina players SD Amorebieta footballers Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece