Aridani Arbelo Santana (born 8 March 1980), known as Aridani, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aridani Arbelo Santana | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1980[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tenerife | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Tenerife B | ||
| 2000 | Tenerife | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Vecindario | 47 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Pájara Playas | 29 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Las Palmas | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Pájara Playas | 30 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Leganés | 21 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Orientación Marítima | 23 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Toledo | 32 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Linares | 13 | (2) |
| 2009 | Santa Brígida | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Conqense | 29 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Puertollano | 32 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Castellón | 17 | (0) |
| 2012 | Villarrubia | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Conquense | 53 | (6) |
| 2015 | Marino | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Unión Viera | ||
| 2016–2018 | Arucas | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Aridani graduated from local CD Tenerife's youth system, making his senior debuts with the reserves in the 1999–2000 season, in the Tercera División. On 14 May 2000 he made his professional debut, starting in a 0–0 home draw against CD Leganés in the Segunda División championship.[2]
After appearing with UD Vecindario and UD Pájara Playas de Jandía in the Segunda División B, Aridani signed with second-tier UD Las Palmas in August 2003.[3] However, after featuring sparingly with the Canarians, he returned to his previous club in the following summer.
In the following seasons Aridani competed in the third and fourth tiers, representing CD Leganés, CD Orientación Marítima,[4] CD Toledo,[5] CD Linares, UD Villa de Santa Brígida,[6] UB Conquense (two stints),[7][8] CD Puertollano,[9] CD Castellón[10] and Villarrubia CF.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Aridani". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Se merece algo más el Tenerife (Tenerife deserves something more); El Mundo Deportivo, 15 May 2000 (in Spanish)
- ^ Aridani estrena la nueva camiseta (Aridani releases new shirt); Diario AS, 2 August 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Orientación Marítima confirmó el fichaje del lateral zurdo Aridani (Orientación Marítima confirms signing of left back Aridani) Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; El Día, 26 July 2006 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Toledo presentó ayer a Tajamata, Ruiz, Aridani, Didi y Pablo Rodríguez (Toledo presented yesterday Tajamata, Ruiz, Aridani, Didi and Pablo Rodríguez); ABC, 27 July 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ione Puga y Aridani, altas; Marcos Cabrera se desliga de la entidad (Ione Puga and Aridani, siginings; Marcos Cabrera leaves the club); RTVC, 23 December 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Aridani, un ex del Toledo ahora en el Conquense, ve «un partido de Copa muy duro» (Aridani, a former Toledo now in Conquense, sees 'a very hard Copa match'); ABC, 24 August 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Aridani regresa al Conquense (Aridani returns to Conquense); Cuenca News, 29 June 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El CD Puertollano se refuerza con dos nuevos fichajes (CD Puertollano bolstered with two new signings); La Comarca de Puertollano, 16 July 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Aridani, nuevo lateral izquierdo albinegro (Aridani, new left back albinegro); El Periódico Mediterráneo, 24 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Villarrubia se refuerza con el lateral Aridani (Villarrubia reinforced with full back Aridani); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 31 January 2012 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Aridani Arbelo at BDFutbol
- Aridani Arbelo at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Aridani Arbelo at Soccerway