Aritz López Garai

Aritz López Garai
López Garai as a Celta player in 2009
Personal information
Full name Aritz López Garai
Date of birth (1980-11-06) 6 November 1980
Place of birth Barakaldo, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Numancia (manager)
Youth career
1997–1998 Indartsu
1998–1999 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Basconia 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)
2016–2017 Reus 56 (1)
Total 639 (22)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Reus
2018– Numancia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Aritz López Garai (born 6 November 1980) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as central midfielder, and is the manager of CD Numancia.

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 Basconia (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 summer 2014 following a short loan spell with the same club from Gijón,[1] 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.[2]

On 28 January 2015, López Garai terminated his contract with the Blanquiverdes.[3] Less than one month later he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Romania's FC Rapid București.[4]

For the 2015–16 campaign, López Garai represented Doxa Katokopias FC in Cyprus and CF Reus Deportiu, achieving promotion to the second level with the latter side. On 15 June 2017, they announced the 36-year-old would retire and become its head coach with immediate effect, replacing Real Zaragoza-bound Natxo González.[5]

On 24 June 2018, López Garai was appointed manager of CD Numancia after terminating his contract with Reus.[6]

Club statistics

As of 29 September 2015
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gernika 2001–02[7] Segunda División B 330——330
Conquense 2002–03[7] Segunda División B 341——341
2003–04[7] Segunda División B 32130—351
2004–05[7] Segunda División B 370304[lower-alpha 1]0440
Total 103260401132
Salamanca 2005–06[7] Segunda División B 362104[lower-alpha 1]0412
2006–07[7] Segunda División 37210—382
Total 7342040794
Castellón 2007–08[7] Segunda División 39400—392
2008–09[7] Segunda División 36010—370
Total 75410—764
Celta 2009–10[7] Segunda División 40160—461
2010–11[7] Segunda División 360102[lower-alpha 1]0390
Total 7617020851
Córdoba 2011–12[7] Segunda División 390402[lower-alpha 1]0450
2012–13[7] Segunda División 41660—476
Total 80610020926
Sporting Gijón 2013–14[7] Segunda División 14000—140
Córdoba (loan) 2013–14[7] Segunda División 60003[lower-alpha 1]090
Córdoba (loan) 2014–15[8] La Liga 6020—80
Total 1202030170
Rapid București 2014–15[8] Liga I 17000—170
Doxa 2015–16[8] Cypriot First Division 5000—50
Career total 4881728015053132
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of 18 August 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Reus Spain 15 June 2017 23 June 2018 42 12 16 14 31 40 −9 028.57 [9]
Numancia Spain 24 June 2018 Present 1 0 1 0 3 3 +0 000.00 [10]
Total 43 12 17 14 34 43 −9 027.91 —

References

  1. ↑ "Los héroes del ascenso" [The promotion heroes]. ABC (in Spanish). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Slow start from Real Madrid". ESPN FC. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "López Garai se desvincula del Córdoba C.F." [López Garai cuts ties with Córdoba C.F.] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Aritz López Garai serà el nou entrenador del CF Reus" [Aritz López Garai will be the new manager of CF Reus] (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "López Garai, nuevo entrenador del C. D. Numancia" [López Garai, new manager of C. D. Numancia] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "López Garai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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