Urko Arroyo Rivas (born 14 May 1987) is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays for
Atlético Mancha Real as a
right winger
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.
Club career
Arroyo was born in
Bilbao
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Biscay
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. After passing through the various youth ranks at local
Athletic Bilbao
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, he would make two appearances with the first team: the first arrived on 23 April 2006, as he played five minutes in a 0–3 home loss against
Valencia CF. The other only came two years later, also in
La Liga
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, in a 4–1 away defeat to
Sevilla FC
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.
Released by Athletic in the summer of 2009, Arroyo joined
Basque neighbours
Barakaldo CF in the
third division
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Association football
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. He continued competing in that tier the following years, in representation of a host of clubs.
Arroyo moved abroad for the first time in 2018, with the 31-year-old signing for
Europa
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from the
Gibraltar Premier Division
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1987 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Bilbao
Men's association football wingers
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CD Basconia footballers
Athletic Bilbao B footballers
Athletic Bilbao footballers
CD Atlético Baleares footballers
Barakaldo CF footballers
CD San Roque de Lepe footballers
SD Amorebieta footballers
CD Toledo players
Real Jaén footballers
Lleida CF players
Lorca FC players
UCAM Murcia CF players
Gibraltar Premier Division players
Europa F.C. players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar