Rodolfo Arruabarrena

Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena ( born July 20, 1975 in Marcos Paz ) is an Argentine football coach and former football player. He owns the Argentine and Spanish nationality.

Club career

Early career

Arruabarrena had his first professional use in 1993 at the Boca Juniors, where he played with the exception of a break of 6 months at Rosario Central in 1996 until 2000. With Boca Juniors he won the 1998 Apertura and Clausura 1999 Primera División in Argentina and the 2000 Copa Libertadores. Overall, he ran 178 times for Boca Juniors on, scoring 11 goals.

Villarreal

For the season 2000/ 01 changed Arruabarrena for Spanish side Villarreal. Because of its reliability as a defensive player, he ran into some games on as team captain. Through his goals in the UEFA Champions League 2005 /06 at the Glasgow Rangers and Inter Milan, he secured Villarreal the first semi-finals in the club's history. With Villarreal he won the 2003 and the 2004 Intertoto Cup and played over 200 matches for the team.

AEK Athens

On 3 May 2007 Arruabarrena signed a 3-year contract with AEK Athens.

CA Tigre

After just one season in Athens, he returned to his home to Tigre. For Tigre Arruabarrena made ​​69 appearances and scored 2 goals.

CD Universidad Católica

The last stop in the career of Rodolfo Arruabarrena was CD Universidad Católica, where he signed a one year contract. With Católica he won the Chilean soccer championship.

National

Arruabarrena played from 1994 to 2000 4 games for the Argentine national soccer team. Previously, he played in several Argentine youth national teams. After a friendly match 2000 Arruabarrena was not appointed until September 2006 for the national team. In 2006 and 2007 he was employed in the friendlies against Spain and France.

Coaching career

For the 2010/11 season Arruabarrena was appointed coach of Tigre. As of March 28, 2013 he took over the sports management at large Uruguayan club Nacional Montevideo with the existing of Co - coach Diego Markic, Gustavo Roberti and goalkeeper coach Fernando Gayoso coaching staff as acting head coach. On 15 December 2013, resigned from his post at the Montevideanern.