Eudalio Arriaga Explained

Eudalio Arriaga
Fullname:Eudalio Eulises Arriaga Blandón
Birth Date:1975 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia
Position:Striker
Years1:1995–1998
Years2:1999–2003
Years3:2002
Years4:2003–2005
Years5:2006
Years6:2007
Years7:2007
Years8:2007
Years9:2008
Clubs1:Envigado
Clubs2:Junior
Clubs3:Barcelona
Clubs4:Puebla
Clubs5:Junior
Clubs6:Danubio
Clubs7:Bucaramanga
Clubs8:Universidad San Martín
Clubs9:Cúcuta Deportivo
Caps1:?
Caps2:129
Caps3:19
Caps4:72
Caps5:28
Caps6:9
Caps7:10
Caps8:5
Caps9:11
Goals1:?
Goals2:20
Goals3:5
Goals4:9
Goals5:4
Goals6:1
Goals7:1
Goals8:0
Goals9:1
Nationalyears1:2001–2004
Nationalteam1:Colombia
Nationalcaps1:14
Nationalgoals1:1
Pcupdate:1 August 2008

Eudalio Eulises Arriaga Blandón (born 19 September 1975) is a former Colombian footballer that played as a forward.

Career

Born in Turbo, Antioquia, Arriaga began playing professional football with Envigado. He made his league debut under manager Gabriel Jaime Gómez, appearing as a second-half substitute against Deportivo Cali on 23 March 1995. He would score his first league goal against América de Cali on 11 March 1996.[1]

Arriaga played for a number of clubs in Colombia including Junior where he played over 100 games. He has also played in Mexico with Puebla, Barcelona Sporting Club in Ecuador, Danubio of Uruguay and Universidad San Martín of Peru. He is famous for his particular running gait, as one of his legs is shorter than the other, akin to football legend Garrincha, which made several narrators call him "Bamboleo" (wobble).

Arriaga played 14 times for the Colombia national team between 2001 and 2004. In 2001 he was part of the Colombia squad that won their first ever Copa América.

International goals

Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arriaga goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
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scope=row117 July 2001 align=center 2–0 align=center 2–0 2001 Copa América

Titles

SeasonTeamTitle
ColombiaCopa América
Apertura 2005 Mexican 2nd division
Apertura 2006 Mexican 2nd division
Clausura 2007 DanubioPrimera División Uruguaya

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Tiempo. Meluk, Gabriel . Ascencio, Jose Orlando. PROHIBIDO METER LA PATA. Spanish. 12 November 1998.