Jokin Aranbarri Arrizabalaga (born 23 October 1984) is a Spanish retired
footballer who played as a
forward
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, and the
manager of
Bilbao Athletic.
Playing career
Born in
Azkoitia,
Gipuzkoa,
Basque Country
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, Aranbarri made his senior debut with
CD Anaitasuna in the
2001–02 season, suffering relegation from
Tercera División. In 2004, after scoring 20 goals for the side in the ''Regional Preferente'', he moved to
CD Aurrerá Ondarroa in the fourth division.
In 2005, Aranbarri signed for
Segunda División B
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side
Barakaldo CF. After one year back in the fourth level, where he scored a career-best 22 goals for
Gernika Club, he represented fellow third division sides
SD Lemona and
Sestao River Club; he would spent the entire
2009–10 campaign sidelined due to an injury with the latter, as they suffered relegation.
Aranbarri left Sestao in 2013, and joined
Arenas Club de Getxo
Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at Campo Mu ...
in division four on 25 July of that year. He helped the club to achieve promotion in
2015
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, before retiring in the following year, aged 31.
Managerial career
Shortly after retiring, Aranbarri was named manager of
SD Eibar's ''Cadete Honor'' squad. He took over the ''Juvenil'' squad in August 2019, before being named at the helm of the
farm team CD Vitoria on 2 June 2021.
On 8 May 2024, Aranbarri announced he would depart the ''Armeros'' at the end of
the season, in which Vitoria achieved promotion to
Segunda Federación. On 6 June, he joined the structure of
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 ...
, after being named in charge of
the reserves in
Primera Federación.
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1984 births
Living people
People from Azkoitia
Footballers from Gipuzkoa
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
Barakaldo CF footballers
Gernika Club footballers
SD Lemona footballers
Sestao River Club footballers
Arenas Club de Getxo footballers
Spanish football managers
Segunda Federación managers
Tercera Federación managers
CD Vitoria managers
Athletic Bilbao B managers