Francesc Arnau
Arnau training with Málaga in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francesc Xavier Arnau Grabulosa | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Les Planes, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1995 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Barcelona B | 119 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Barcelona | 24 | (0) |
| 2001–2011 | Málaga | 131 | (0) |
| Total | 274 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–1998 | Spain U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 1997 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francesc Xavier Arnau Grabulosa (born 23 May 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In a 16-year professional career he only played for Barcelona and Málaga, appearing in 126 La Liga games over the course of 12 seasons.
Born in Les Planes d'Hostoles, Girona, Catalonia, Arnau was a youth graduate from La Liga powerhouse FC Barcelona. He made his first-team debut in 1996–97, in a 3–3 home draw against Atlético Madrid on 9 November 1996.
During five seasons, Arnau was second-choice to Ruud Hesp and Pepe Reina, while also registered with the B-side.
For the 2001–02 campaign, Arnau moved to Málaga CF for € 2.1 million, also playing second-fiddle until the departure of Pedro Contreras to Real Betis in 2003. He would eventually become club captain, but lost his job in 2007–08 in the second division, to Iñaki Goitia.
Goitia was sold also to Betis in the 2009 summer, but Málaga also acquired Gustavo Munúa and Roberto Santamaría, so Arnau was demoted to as low as third-choice in the 2009–10 season, eventually finishing backup to the Uruguayan but without making one single official appearance.
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