Jagoba Arrasate Elustondo (born 22 April 1978) is a Spanish former

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who played as a forward, currently

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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 ...

Playing career

Born in

Berriatua Berriatua is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. Its neighbors are Ondarroa and the Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay (), known in Spain as the G ...

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

, Arrasate only played for lower league clubs during his ten-year senior career, the majority 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 ...

and all in his native Basque Country. In Segunda División B he represented

SD Eibar B Sociedad Deportiva Eibar B, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1994 and dissolved in 2012 it was the reserve team of SD Eibar, and held home games at '' Unb ...

and

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, being relegated with the latter team at the end of the 2005–06 campaign. Arrasate retired in 2007 at only 29, after one season in the fourth tier with

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Urritxe'', which s ...

Coaching career

Arrasate became a coach immediately after retiring, his first two clubs being amateur. In 2010, he returned to Real Sociedad where he had been groomed, being appointed coach of the youth teams. In July 2012, Arrasate was promoted to Real's first team as assistant to

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. The following year, as the Frenchman left for

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, he was named his successor. He led the team in their 2013–14 UEFA Champions League campaign, in which they defeated Olympique Lyonnais to qualify for the group stage, but finished bottom of the section. In April 2014, Arrasate had his contract renewed until 2016. However, in November, he was relieved of his duties after a string of poor results. Arrasate was appointed at the helm of

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 ...

on 12 June 2015, replacing Juan Antonio Anquela. In the 2017–18 campaign, he led the

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ns to the finals of the play-offs, but missed out promotion after a 4–1 aggregate loss to

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 ...

; he stepped down on 18 June 2018. On 20 June 2018, Arrasate was named

manager after agreeing to a one-year contract. He renewed his contract until 2020 the following 5 March, and achieved promotion to

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as champions.

Personal life

On 12 August 2020, Arrasate tested positive for

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Osasuna * Segunda División: 2018–19 Individual *

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: December 2013

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrasate, Jagoba 1978 births Living people People from Lea-Artibai Sportspeople from Biscay Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players SD Eibar footballers SD Lemona footballers SD Beasain footballers Club Portugalete players SD Amorebieta footballers Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Tercera División managers Real Sociedad managers CD Numancia managers CA Osasuna managers Real Sociedad non-playing staff