Joseba Arriaga

Joseba Arriaga
	Arriaga in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Joseba Arriaga Dosantos
Date of birth	28 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Ermua, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1996–1997	Ermua
1997–2000	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Basconia
2001–2002	Bilbao Athletic
2002–2006	Athletic Bilbao
2005–2006	→ Eibar (loan)
2006–2007	Las Palmas
2007–2009	Jaén
2009–2010	Cádiz
2010	→ Alavés (loan)
2010–2011	Ceuta
2011–2012	Guadalajara
2012	Gimnàstic
2013–2014	Barakaldo
2014–2016	Amorebieta
2016–2017	Real Unión
2018	Amorebieta
Total
International career
2002–2003	Spain U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseba Arriaga Dosantos (born 28 July 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

Formed at Athletic Bilbao, he spent most of his 18-year senior career in Segunda División B, representing a host of clubs. His professional input consisted of 56 La Liga matches (three goals), and 83 appearances in Segunda División for four teams.

Club career

Born in Ermua, Biscay, Arriaga emerged through Athletic Bilbao's youth system at Lezama, and was promoted to the first team for the 2002–03 season. He made his debut in a friendly against farm team CD Basconia on 26 July 2002, coming on as a substitute for Julen Guerrero. He first appeared in La Liga roughly one month later, playing the full 90 minutes against Real Sociedad in a local derby (4–2 away loss).^[1]

Arriaga's importance would drastically diminish the following campaign, being only third or fourth-choice, and eventually had to resume his career in the second division, with SD Eibar and UD Las Palmas. After that, he had two steady years with Real Jaén – but in the third tier.

After a good second year, Arriaga stayed in Andalusia but moved to Cádiz CF, recently returned to division two.^[2] He was loaned to Deportivo Alavés one league below in the 2010 winter transfer window after receiving very few opportunities,^[3] and alternated between the second and third divisions of Spanish football the following years, with AD Ceuta, CD Guadalajara^[4] and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.^[5]

Arriaga was released by Catalonia's Gimnàstic in late December 2012.^[6] In mid-January 2013 he returned to his native region, signing for lowly Barakaldo CF.^[7]

On 22 May 2014, Arriaga moved to neighbouring SD Amorebieta also in the third tier.^[8] Four years later, after another spell with that club and also Real Unión, the 36-year-old announced his retirement.^[9]

References

^ Apuntes de genio (Glimpse of a genius); Mundo Deportivo, 2 September 2002 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba Arriaga ficha para reforzar la delantera cadista (Joseba Arriaga signs to strengthen cadista offence); Marca, 2 July 2009 (in Spanish)
^ El delantero Joseba Arriaga llega cedido al Alavés hasta final de temporada (Forward Joseba Arriaga arrives on loan to Alavés until the end of the season); ABC, 8 January 2010 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba Arriaga, segundo fichaje del Deportivo Guadalajara (Joseba Arriaga, second Deportivo Guadalajara signing) Archived 29 June 2012 at archive.today; Guadalajara Dos Mil, 15 July 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba Arriaga, el último retoque (Joseba Arriaga, last touch); Diari de Tarragona, 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Las tres primeras bajas en el Nàstic (Nàstic's first three releases) Archived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Diari de Tarragona, 21 December 2012 (in Spanish)
^ El exrojiblanco Arriaga, al Barakaldo (Former red-and-white Arriaga, to Barakaldo); El Correo, 22 January 2013 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba Arriaga ficha por la SD Amorebieta (Joseba Arriaga signs for SD Amorebieta); Vavel, 22 May 2014 (in Spanish)
^ Joseba Arriaga: “Me quedo con las personas que he conocido por el camino” (Joseba Arriaga: "I leave with the people I met along the way") Archived 5 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Deia, 30 May 2018 (in Spanish)

External links

Joseba Arriaga at BDFutbol
Joseba Arriaga at Athletic Bilbao
Joseba Arriaga at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Joseba Arriaga at Soccerway

[1] Apuntes de genio (Glimpse of a genius); Mundo Deportivo, 2 September 2002 (in Spanish)

[2] Joseba Arriaga ficha para reforzar la delantera cadista (Joseba Arriaga signs to strengthen cadista offence); Marca, 2 July 2009 (in Spanish)

[3] El delantero Joseba Arriaga llega cedido al Alavés hasta final de temporada (Forward Joseba Arriaga arrives on loan to Alavés until the end of the season); ABC, 8 January 2010 (in Spanish)

[4] Joseba Arriaga, segundo fichaje del Deportivo Guadalajara (Joseba Arriaga, second Deportivo Guadalajara signing) Archived 29 June 2012 at archive.today; Guadalajara Dos Mil, 15 July 2011 (in Spanish)

[5] Joseba Arriaga, el último retoque (Joseba Arriaga, last touch); Diari de Tarragona, 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)

[6] Las tres primeras bajas en el Nàstic (Nàstic's first three releases) Archived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Diari de Tarragona, 21 December 2012 (in Spanish)

[7] El exrojiblanco Arriaga, al Barakaldo (Former red-and-white Arriaga, to Barakaldo); El Correo, 22 January 2013 (in Spanish)

[8] Joseba Arriaga ficha por la SD Amorebieta (Joseba Arriaga signs for SD Amorebieta); Vavel, 22 May 2014 (in Spanish)

[9] Joseba Arriaga: “Me quedo con las personas que he conocido por el camino” (Joseba Arriaga: "I leave with the people I met along the way") Archived 5 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Deia, 30 May 2018 (in Spanish)

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