José Manuel Arnaiz Díaz (born 15 April 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

Club career

Valladolid

Arnaiz was born in

Talavera de la Reina Talavera de la Reina () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Its population of 83,303 makes it the second most populated municipality of the province of Toledo and the fourth largest in th ...

, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha. He made his senior debut with

UD Talavera Unión Deportiva Talavera is a football team based in Talavera de la Reina in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Founded in 1993, it plays in the Tercera División – Group 18. Its stadium is '' El Prado'' with a capacity of 2,000 ...

in 2013 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 Di ...

at the age of 18 and, on 6 May 2013, moved 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 colo ...

in a return to youth football. On 7 November 2015, after appearing regularly with the reserves, Arnaiz made his professional debut by coming on as a late substitute for Pedro Tiba in a 1–1 home draw against

in the

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. The following 8 June, after scoring 11 goals the previous season, he renewed his contract until 2019, and was definitely promoted to the first team. Arnaiz scored his first professional goal on 21 August 2016, the only in a home victory over

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

. On 8 October, he scored a brace in a 2–0 home defeat of

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

, and finished the campaign with 12 goals, being a key unit as his side failed to qualify for the play-offs.

Barcelona

On 25 August 2017,

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reached an agreement with Valladolid for the transfer of Arnaiz. He signed a three-year contract with the club three days later, being initially assigned to their

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also in the second division. Arnaiz made his first-team debut on 24 October 2017, starting the match and scoring the last goal in a 3–0 away win over

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

in the

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of the

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. The following 3 January, he opened the 1–1 away draw against

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), ...

also in the national cup; he went on score three times during that competition, only needing as many shots to achieve the feat. Arnaiz's maiden

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appearance took place on 7 January 2018, when he replaced

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late in a 3–0 home victory against

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Leganés

On 13 August 2018, Arnaiz agreed to a five-year contract with

. On 29 January 2020, he was loaned to fellow top-tier side

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 Sa ...

until June. On 11 July, he scored the winner as the hosts defeated Celta 2–1, and in another win by the same score he added another goal at Barcelona's

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five days later.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Barcelona *

: 2017–18 *

: 2017–18

References

External links

FC Barcelona official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaiz, Jose 1995 births Living people People from Talavera de la Reina Sportspeople from the Province of Toledo Spanish footballers Footballers from Castile and León Association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players CD Leganés players CA Osasuna players