Aritz López Garai

Aritz López Garai

López Garai as a Celta player (2009)
Personal information
Full name	Aritz López Garai
Date of birth	6 November 1980
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Reus
Youth career
1997–1998	Indartsu
1998–1999	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2001	Baskonia	68	(5)
2001–2002	→ Gernika (loan)	33	(0)
2002–2005	Conquense	107	(2)
2005–2007	Salamanca	77	(4)
2007–2009	Castellón	75	(4)
2009–2011	Celta	78	(1)
2011–2013	Córdoba	82	(6)
2013–2014	Sporting Gijón	14	(0)
2014	→ Córdoba (loan)	9	(0)
2014	Córdoba	6	(0)
2015	Rapid București	17	(0)
2015	Doxa	13	(0)
2016–	Reus	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Aritz López Garai (born 6 November 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CF Reus Deportiu as a central midfielder.

Football career

López Garai was born in Barakaldo, Biscay. An unsuccessful youth graduate of Athletic Bilbao, he spent the vast majority of his professional career in second and third divisions.

López Garai represented CD Baskonia (Bilbao's farm team), Gernika Club, UB Conquense, UD Salamanca, CD Castellón, Celta de Vigo, Córdoba CF – two spells – and Sporting de Gijón, rarely settling with a team but being always first-choice. He signed with Andalusia's Córdoba for the second time in the 2014 summer, following a short loan spell with the same club from Gijón, and made his La Liga debut on 25 August 2014 at the age of 33, starting in a 0–2 away loss against Real Madrid.^[1]

On 28 January 2015, López Garai rescinded with the Blanquiverdes.^[2] Less than one month later he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Romania's FC Rapid București.^[3]

Club statistics

As of 29 September 2015

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gernika	2001–02[4]	Segunda División B	33	0	—		—		33	0
Conquense	2002–03[4]	Segunda División B	34	1	—		—		34	1
	2003–04[4]	Segunda División B	32	1	3	0	—		35	1
	2004–05[4]	Segunda División B	37	0	3	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	0
	Total		103	2	6	0	4	0	113	2
Salamanca	2005–06[4]	Segunda División B	36	2	1	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	2
	2006–07[4]	Segunda División	37	2	1	0	—		38	2
	Total		73	4	2	0	4	0	79	4
Castellón	2007–08[4]	Segunda División	39	4	0	0	—		39	2
	2008–09[4]	Segunda División	36	0	1	0	—		37	0
	Total		75	4	1	0	—		76	4
Celta	2009–10[4]	Segunda División	40	1	6	0	—		46	1
	2010–11[4]	Segunda División	36	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	39	0
	Total		76	1	7	0	2	0	85	1
Córdoba	2011–12[4]	Segunda División	39	0	4	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	45	0
	2012–13[4]	Segunda División	41	6	6	0	—		47	6
	Total		80	6	10	0	2	0	92	6
Sporting Gijón	2013–14[4]	Segunda División	14	0	0	0	—		14	0
Córdoba (loan)	2013–14[4]	Segunda División	6	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	9	0
Córdoba (loan)	2014–15[5]	La Liga	6	0	2	0	—		8	0
	Total		12	0	2	0	3	0	17	0
Rapid București	2014–15[5]	Liga I	17	0	0	0	—		17	0
Doxa	2015–16[5]	Cypriot First Division	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Career total			488	17	28	0	15	0	531	32

1. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

References

1. "Slow start from Real Madrid". ESPN FC. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. "López Garai se desvincula del Córdoba C.F." [López Garai cuts ties with Córdoba C.F.] (in Spanish). Córdoba's official website. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
3. "Artist nou în Teatrul Giuleşti. Cine e Aritz Lopez Garai, al patrulea spaniol de la Rapid" [New artist at Giuleşti Theater. Who is Aritz Lopez Garai, Rapid's fourth Spaniard] (in Romanian). ProSport. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
4. "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
5. "López Garai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

External links

• Aritz López Garai profile at BDFutbol
• Athletic Bilbao profile
• Aritz López Garai profile at Soccerway