Álvaro Arbeloa

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Álvaro Arbeloa
Personal information
Full name:	Álvaro Arbeloa Coca
Date of birth:	17 January 1983 (1983-01-17)
Place of birth:	Salamanca, Spain
Height:	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1995–2001 2001–2002	Real Zaragoza Real Madrid
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2002–2003 2003–2006 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2016 2016–2017 Total	Real Madrid C Real Madrid B Real Madrid Deportivo La Coruña Liverpool Real Madrid West Ham United	016 00(0) 084 00(0) 002 00(0) 020 00(0) 066 00(2) 153 00(3) 003 00(0) 344 00(5)
National team
2001 2001 2005 2008–2013	Spain U-17 Spain U-19 Spain U-21 Spain	001 00(0) 005 00(0) 001 00(0) 056 00(0)
Teams managed
2020–	Real Madrid (youth)

Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (born 17 January 1983) is a retired Spanish professional footballer. He predominantly played as a right back, although he also occasionally played on the left side.

He started his career with Real Madrid, playing mostly with the reserves. In 2006 he moved to Deportivo, joining Liverpool after half a season and going on to appear in 98 official games over the course of three Premier League seasons. In 2009, he returned to Real Madrid for a fee of £5 million, spending seven years there and winning eight major titles, including the 2011–12 edition of La Liga and two Champions League.

Arbeloa earned 56 caps for Spain, representing the country at the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 and winning all tournaments.

External links

• Real Madrid official profile
• Álvaro Arbeloa profile at BDFutbol
• Álvaro Arbeloa profile at Soccerbase
• Liverpool historic profile
• National team data
• Álvaro Arbeloa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Álvaro Arbeloa FIFA competition record
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
• Official website

Spain – UEFA Euro 2008 - Winners (2nd Title)

1. Casillas (c) 2. Albiol 3. Navarro 4. Marchena 5. Puyol 6. Iniesta 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Capdevila 12. Cazorla 13. Palop 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. García 17. Güiza 18. Arbeloa 19. Senna 20. Juanito 21. Silva 22. De la Red 23. Reina Manager:   Luis Aragonés

Spain – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup – Third place

1. Casillas (c) 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Marchena 5. Puyol 6. Pablo 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Capdevila 12. Busquets 13. López 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Llorente 17. Güiza 18. Riera 19. Arbeloa 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Mata 23. Reina Manager:   Vicente del Bosque

Spain – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Winners (1st title)

1. Casillas 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Marchena 5. Puyol 6. Iniesta 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. F. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Capdevila 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Pedro 19. Llorente 20. Martínez 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:   Vicente del Bosque

Spain – UEFA Euro 2012 - Winners (3rd title)

1. Casillas (c) 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Martínez 5. Juanfran 6. Iniesta 7. Pedro 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Negredo 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Alonso 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Alba 19. Llorente 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:   Vicente del Bosque

Spain – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup - Runner-up

1. Casillas 2. Albiol 3. Piqué 4. Martínez 5. Azpilicueta 6. Iniesta 7. Villa 8. Xavi 9. Torres 10. Fàbregas 11. Pedro 12. Valdés 13. Mata 14. Soldado 15. Ramos 16. Busquets 17. Arbeloa 18. Alba 19. Monreal 20. Cazorla 21. Silva 22. Navas 23. Reina Manager:   Vicente del Bosque