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

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who plays as a winger.

Career

Valladolid

Arnaiz was born in

Talavera de la Reina Talavera de la Reina () is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Its population of 83,303 makes it the second most populated municipalit ...

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

UD Talavera Unión Deportiva Talavera was a Spanish football team based in Talavera de la Reina in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Founded in 1993 and dissolved in 2014, it last played in the Primera Autonómica Preferente – Group 2. Its ...

in 2013 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 ...

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 (), 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 ...

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

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

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 ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. 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, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

, 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 , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

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 Vigo, 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), the club was fou ...

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

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 ...

appearance took place on 7 January 2018, when he replaced

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late in a 3–0 home victory against

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

Leganés

On 13 August 2018, Arnaiz agreed to a five-year deal 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 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 ...

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. Arnaiz was his team's top scorer in

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, his nine goals helping to a 14th-place finish in division two.

Osasuna

On 13 June 2023, as his link to Leganés was due to expire, Arnaiz returned to Osasuna on a two-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Barcelona *

: 2017–18 *

: 2017–18

References

External links

FC Barcelona official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaiz, Jose 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Talavera de la Reina 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Toledo Men's 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