lvaro Arbeloa is a fairly well-known Spanish defender, who today plays as part of the English club West Ham United. Although he began to play football in his homeland.
early years
Alvaro Arbeloa was born in Salamanca on January 17, 1983. He was fond of sports since childhood. And his first youth club was Real Zaragoza. The young defender came to the sports academy with this team at the age of 12 years. And for exactly six years he studied the art of football at Real Zaragoza. But then, at the age of 18, he was signed by one of the best clubs in the world. And that was Real Madrid. Alvaro immediately began to play for the youth team. At that time, her head coach was Rafael Benitez.
As time passed, Alvaro Arbeloa showed excellent success. And thanks to this, he became a regular reserve player. Even twice he was released on the field in the main team. But he failed to gain a foothold there.
In total, the Spaniard spent about five years in Real Madrid. And then it was bought by FC Deportivo La Coruna.
Way to success
Alvaro Arbeloa moved to the Galician club because he wanted to play regularly. That is how he commented on his transition. He did not want to sit on the bench.
He was released on the field. In total, the defender played about twenty matches during the season. And he was interested in Liverpool. The British made a good offer to the player, so that already in the winter of 2007 he became a part of the “Reds”. And the Spaniard played the first match 10 days after the conclusion of the contract. Then he was released to replace. But in the starting lineup, Alvaro came out in a game against Barcelona. It was a match held within the Champions League. And in it, Liverpool won with a score of 2: 1.
And the Spaniard scored the first goal for his team in April of that year, hitting the gates of Reading. By the way, initially Alvaro wore a T-shirt with a second number. Then, when Craig Bellamy left the club, he was given a T-shirt with the number “17”.
Further career
For two seasons spent in the “red”, the Spanish defender played 66 matches and scored two goals. This was a pretty good result. But Alvaro Arbeloa did not linger for a longer term in Liverpool. Real Madrid invited him back. And he agreed. Seven years, from 2009 to 2016, he spent in his almost native club. During this time, he played 154 matches and even scored three goals.
But on May 8 of this year, he held a farewell match at the Bernabeu Stadium. It was a game against Valencia. Then he left the club and became a free agent. But the Spaniard immediately began to receive various offers. They were even quite interesting. The Spanish team was interested in the defender, and negotiations with Milan were also planned. But Alvaro moved to West Ham United. The defender himself said that he chose this option for many reasons. But one of them is that he simply could not play for another team in Spain.
About performances in the national team and achievements
Alvaro Arbeloa is a soccer player who is known not only for playing for Real Madrid. For a long time he defended the colors of his national team. He made his debut in 2008, and finished in 2014. In total, Alvaro won 56 games for the national team. He decided to end his career in the national team after he was not included in the expanded list of players for participation in the 2014 World Cup.
But then, together with the national team, he twice became the champion of Europe. And once won the World Cup - in 2010. By the way, the defender has a lot of trophies. Two Spanish Cups and one Super Cup, a victory in the Club World Cup, and he also won the Champions League twice. In general, Alvaro has eight club trophies. And all were conquered with Real Madrid. Now it remains only to wait for success in the new English club.