Aridane Hernández Umpiérrez (born 23 March 1989), commonly known as just Aridane, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

club

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

Career

Born in

Tuineje, Las Palmas Tuineje is a town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 13,946 (2013),Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

, Aridane joined

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's youth setup in 2006, aged 17, after stints at UD Gran Tarajal and

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

. On 31 August 2007, he joined

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, but appearing with

UD Fuerteventura Unión Deportiva Fuerteventura was a Spanish football team based in Fuerteventura, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. Founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010, it played its last season ( 2009–10) in Tercera División, and held ho ...

. In July 2008 Aridane returned to Valladolid, being assigned to the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He was first summoned to a

match on 23 May 2009, but remained on the bench in a 2–1 home loss against

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

. On 5 August 2010, Aridane moved to

AD Ceuta Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at '' Estadio Alfonso Murube'', with a capacity of 6,500. ...

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; after appearing sparingly he moved to fellow league team

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually known as Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Basque ...

roughly a year later. In the 2012 summer he signed for CD Corralejo in the fourth tier, but moved to

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Segunda División, and holds home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which has a ...

in the same division on 27 December. On 9 July 2015, after nearly signing for

UE Olot Unió Esportiva Olot, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Olot, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1921, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal d'Olot'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. History The histo ...

, Aridane signed a two-year deal with

side

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

, and was loaned to

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

also in the third tier on 19 July. After contributing with 33 appearances in the latter's promotion campaign, he signed a permanent three-year deal with the club on 18 July 2016. Aridane made his professional debut on 19 August 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

. He scored his first professional goal on 23 October, netting the first in a 2–2 home draw against UCAM Murcia CF. On 17 July 2017, Aridane signed a four-year contract with fellow second tier club

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

, for a transfer fee of

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1.5 million. In his first season with the new club he played 29 matches in

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, among them 26 as a starter. He also scored one goal in the match against

in the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas when Osasuna won 3–0. It took place on 10 September 2017. On 5 July 2023, Aridane signed a two-year contract with Rayo also in the top tier.

Career statistics

Honours

Osasuna *

: 2018–19 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: runner-up 2022–23

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Aridane 1989 births Living people People from Fuerteventura Footballers from the Province of Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Valladolid Promesas players AD Ceuta footballers Deportivo Alavés players CD Eldense footballers Granada CF footballers Cádiz CF players CA Osasuna players Rayo Vallecano players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen