Alvaro Arbeloa Footballer Plays For Real Madrid

Alvaro Arbeloa Footballer Plays For Real Madrid

Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (born 17 January 1983) is a Spanish football player currently playing for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is predominantly a right back, although he can play as a central defender. During his return to Real Madrid, he has started most of the games as a left back.

Arbeloa trained with Real Madrid as a youth player, and worked his way up to the first team, making his debut in the 2004–05 season. However, he mostly played for the Real Madrid B team. He moved to Deportivo La Coruña to play first team football in La Liga in 2006, but moved to Liverpool after half a season. He cemented his place in the Liverpool first team and played in the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final, although the team lost to Milan. Arbeloa made 93 appearances in his three seasons at the club. He returned to Madrid in 2009 for a fee of €4 million.

Internationally, he made his senior debut in 2008 and has played for Spain at UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the former tournament.

Personal information
Full name Álvaro Arbeloa Coca
Date of birth 17 January 1983 (1983-01-17) (age 27)
Place of birth Salamanca, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Real Madrid
Number 2
Youth career
1995–2002 Zaragoza
2002–2003 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2006 Real Madrid B 50 (1)
2004–2005 Real Madrid 2 (0)
2006–2007 Deportivo La Coruña 20 (0)
2007–2009 Liverpool 66 (2)
2009– Real Madrid 23 (2)
National team‡
2001 Spain U17 1 (0)
2001 Spain U19 5 (0)
2005 Spain U21 1 (0)
2008– Spain 13 (0)