Rodolfo Arruabarrena
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Al Wasl (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1992 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2000 | Boca Juniors | 178 | (11) |
| 1996 | → Rosario Central (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2000–2007 | Villarreal | 219 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | AEK Athens | 16 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Tigre | 67 | (2) |
| 2010 | Universidad Católica | 13 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994–2006 | Argentina | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Tigre | ||
| 2013–2014 | Nacional | ||
| 2014–2016 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 2016– | Al Wasl | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:45, 17 May 2008 (UTC) |
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Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena (born 20 July 1975) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a left back. He spent most of his career with Boca Juniors, and also had a significant spell in Spain with Villarreal. He most recently served as manager of Boca Juniors.
"El Vasco" Arruabarrena (The Basque) debuted professionally in 1993 with Boca Juniors, where he played until 2000, except for the Apertura 1996, when he was lent to Rosario Central for 6 months. After returning to Boca, he gained a place in the regular squad.
Whilst with Boca, Rodolfo Arruabarrena won the Apertura in 1998 and the Clausura in 1999 Argentine first division tournaments, as well as the Copa Libertadores 2000. He played a total of 178 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 7 goals.
From Boca he moved to Spanish Villarreal in mid 2000. Because of his reliability while playing as the team's left-back, he has been the team's captain in several occasions. He holds Villarreal's record of appearances in La Liga, with 178 first division matches with El Submarino Amarillo (as of 9 December 2005).
Arruabarrena's goals in the 2005–2006 Champions League helped to eliminate Scottish giants Rangers FC and Italians Internazionale to reach the semi-finals in the club's first ever season in the competition.
With Villarreal CF he won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2003 and 2004, and played 200 league and international matches for the Spanish team (as of 10 September 2006).
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