Danilo Arrieta

Danilo Arrieta

Arrieta in September 2012 (Photo: Lars Schmidt)
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Esteban Arrieta Cerda
Date of birth	10 February 1987
Place of birth	Villa Alemana, Chile
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger Forward
Club information
Current team	Lyngby BK
Number	11
Youth career
1991–1997	Lystrup IF
1997–2002	AGF
2002–2004	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2004	Valencia B	9	(0)
2004–2006	AGF	34	(1)
2006–2007	Eldense	33	(9)
2007	Orihuela	19	(5)
2008	Vejle BK	10	(1)
2009–2012	Hobro IK	74	(58)
2012–2015	Viborg FF	33	(2)
2015	Skive IK	14	(5)
2015–	Lyngby BK	0	(0)
National team
2003–2004	Denmark U17	17	(9)
2004–2005	Denmark U18	3	(3)
2005–2006	Denmark U19	8	(5)
2006	Denmark U20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Danilo Esteban Arrieta Cerda (born 10 February 1987) is a Chilean-born Danish footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Lyngby BK in the Danish second tier.

Career

As a talented 10-year-old boy, Danilo moved to AGF Aarhus in 1997 and developed into one of the most promising talents in Danish football. His talent was rumoured widely and in 2002, at the age of only 15, he signed a contract with Spanish Valencia CF. He played 9 matches for the Valencia CF reserves with names like David Silva, Raul Albiol, Mohamed Sissoko and Jaime Gavilan. However, things didn't work out as expected when the reserves Valencia CF Mestalla suffered relegation to the Tercera División where young foreign talents were not allowed to play according to Spanish FA regulations. So he returned to Denmark and signed a contract with AGF. On the 12th of September 2004 (aged 17) he got his Danish Superliga debut for his childhood team AGF Aarhus in a home game against Viborg FF. But once again things did not quite work out as he had hoped and he was granted a free transfer by AGF. After 1½ years in Spain, playing Segunda División B for CD Eldense and Orihuela CF,he finally returned to Denmark on December 20, 2007 and signed a ½-year contract with Vejle BK,^[1] which in 2008 was extended for another six months.^[2] He left Vejle BK in January 2009 after the end of his contract and on 17 February 2009 he signed a deal with Danish 2nd Division side Hobro IK, helping them to win promotion to the Danish 1st Division in his very first season at the club.

Arrieta joined Lyngby BK in the summer 2015.^[3]

Honours

• Danish 2nd Division topscorer : 2009–10 (28 goals in 26 games, playing for Hobro IK)^[4]

References

1. "Vejle Boldklub skriver kontrakt med Danilo Arrieta" (in Danish). Official Vejle Boldklub home page. 2007-12-20.
2. "Vejle Boldklub forlænger et halvt år med Danilo Arrieta" (in Danish). Official Vejle Boldklub home page. 2008-06-10.
3. "LYNGBY HENTER DANILO ARRIETA" (in Danish). Official Lyngby Boldklub home page. 6 May 2015.
4. Topscorerliste at dbu.dk

External links

• (Danish) DBU profile
• (Danish) Official Danish Superliga stats