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Personal information
Date of birth (1975-07-20) 20 July 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Left-back
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
1995–2006 Argentina 5 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Tigre
2013–2014 Nacional
2014–2016 Boca Juniors
2016–2018 Al Wasl
2018 Al-Rayyan
2018–2020 Shabab Al Ahli
2020–2021 Pyramids
2022–2023 United Arab Emirates
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's football
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 1995 Saudi Arabia
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rodolfo Martín Arruabarrena (born 20 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. A left-back, he spent most of his career with Boca Juniors, where he began his professional career, and Spanish club Villarreal.

Club career

Argentina

"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 six months. After returning to Boca, he gained a place in the regular squad.

While 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.

Villarreal

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 2005–06 UEFA Champions League helped to eliminate Scottish club Rangers F.C. and Italians Inter Milan 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).

AEK Athens

On 3 May 2007, El Vasco signed a three-year contract with Greek Super League runners-up AEK Athens for €800,000 per year for two years, extendable for a third. According to Arruabarrena, an important role for his decision to continue his career in Greece was played by Lorenzo Serra Ferrer (AEK manager) and Demis Nikolaidis (former star player and later president of his new club who played for Atlético Madrid in 2003–04).

In Rivaldo's debut with AEK Arruabarrena set up the Brazilian legend to score on a header. Arruabarrena also set up Ismael Blanco to score against Getafe in a UEFA Cup match. Arruabarrena managed to have 25 appearances for AEK in one season but halfway through the season he suffered a serious injury.

On 29 July 2008, AEK Athens manager Giorgos Donis announced to the press that Arruabarrena was no longer in the team's plans.

International career

El Vasco played five matches with the Argentina national team, as well as several with the youth team. Arruabarrena made his first cap against Chile in 1994. He also played some matches in 1995 and one against England on 23 February 2000. Arruabarrena was not called up again for national team duty until September 2006, when Alfio Basile called him for a friendly match against Spain, and then again in February 2007 for another friendly against France. Arruabarrena was also called up for another friendly match against Chile on 18 April 2007 but he was left on the substitutes' bench.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 1994 2 0
1995 1 0
1996 0 0
1997 0 0
1998 0 0
1999 0 0
2000 1 0
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 0 0
2005 0 0
2006 1 0
Total 5 0

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Tigre Argentina 5 January 2011 21 October 2012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&076.&&&&&076 &&&&&&&&&&&&&028.&&&&&028 &&&&&&&&&&&&&026.&&&&&026 &&&&&&&&&&&&&022.&&&&&022 &&&&&&&&&&&&&099.&&&&&099 &&&&&&&&&&&&&086.&&&&&086 +13 &&&&&&&&&&&&&036.84000036.84
Nacional Uruguay 26 March 2013 31 December 2013 &&&&&&&&&&&&&027.&&&&&027 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&&045.&&&&&045 &&&&&&&&&&&&&034.&&&&&034 +11 &&&&&&&&&&&&&059.26000059.26
Boca Juniors Argentina 29 August 2014 29 February 2016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&075.&&&&&075 &&&&&&&&&&&&&047.&&&&&047 &&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&0122.&&&&&0122 &&&&&&&&&&&&&057.&&&&&057 +65 &&&&&&&&&&&&&062.67000062.67
Al Wasl United Arab Emirates 1 July 2016 30 June 2018 &&&&&&&&&&&&&063.&&&&&063 &&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037 &&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&0130.&&&&&0130 &&&&&&&&&&&&&079.&&&&&079 +51 &&&&&&&&&&&&&058.73000058.73
Al-Rayyan Qatar 5 July 2018 8 October 2018 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 −1 &&&&&&&&&&&&&044.44000044.44
Shabab Al Ahli United Arab Emirates 11 October 2018 8 March 2020 &&&&&&&&&&&&&056.&&&&&056 &&&&&&&&&&&&&039.&&&&&039 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&0118.&&&&&0118 &&&&&&&&&&&&&048.&&&&&048 +70 &&&&&&&&&&&&&069.64000069.64
Pyramids FC Egypt 11 November 2020 29 June 2021 &&&&&&&&&&&&&036.&&&&&036 &&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06 &&&&&&&&&&&&&051.&&&&&051 &&&&&&&&&&&&&035.&&&&&035 +16 &&&&&&&&&&&&&047.22000047.22
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 13 February 2022 1 July 2023 &&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019 −9 &&&&&&&&&&&&&028.57000028.57
Total &&&&&&&&&&&&0356.&&&&&0356 &&&&&&&&&&&&0192.&&&&&0192 &&&&&&&&&&&&&082.&&&&&082 &&&&&&&&&&&&&082.&&&&&082 &&&&&&&&&&&&0583.&&&&&0583 &&&&&&&&&&&&0365.&&&&&0365 +218 &&&&&&&&&&&&&053.93000053.93

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors

Villarreal

  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004

Universidad Católica

Manager

Boca Juniors

Al-Rayyan

  • Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2018

Shabab Al Ahli

  • UAE President's Cup: 2018–19
  • UAE League Cup: 2018–19
  • UAE Pro League runner-up: 2018–19

See also

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