Raúl Arribas Explained

Raúl Arribas
Fullname:Raúl Arribas Torre
Birth Date:23 June 1969
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Height:1.84 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:–1988
Youthclubs1:Español
Years1:1988–1998
Caps1:11
Goals1:0
Years2:1988–1990
Clubs2:L'Hospitalet (loan)
Caps2:68
Goals2:0
Years3:1991–1993
Clubs3:Palamós (loan)
Caps3:38
Goals3:0
Years4:1998–2005
Caps4:219
Goals4:0
Years5:2005–2009
Caps5:125
Goals5:0
Totalcaps:462
Totalgoals:135

Raúl Arribas Torre (born 23 June 1969), sometimes known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in La Liga for Espanyol, making a total of eleven top flight appearances. He also had long spells in the lower divisions with Leganés and Alcorcón, achieving over 100 appearances for each club.[1]

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Raúl started out playing in the youth teams of local club Español. He was loaned to Segunda División B side L'Hospitalet in 1988, and made 71 appearances for the club before returning to his parent club in 1990. He again went on loan in 1991, this time to Palamós in the Segunda División, where he spent two seasons. From the 1993 - 94 season, he was part of the Español first team, but made no appearances in his first season as the club earned promotion as Segunda División champions.[1]

Raúl stayed with Espanyol until 1998, but made just 36 appearances in all competitions across five seasons, including eleven in La Liga. He moved back to the second tier with Leganés in 1998, and was the club's first choice goalkeeper for seven seasons, playing a total of 221 matches. Leganés were relegated at the end of the 2003 - 04 season, and Raúl stayed for one more year before joining fellow third-tier side Alcorcón in 2005.[1]

Raúl played for the next four years with Alcorcón, including representing the club in the 2009 Segunda División B play-offs at the age of 40.[2] They made it the final round before losing to Real Unión,[3] which would be Raúl's final match as a professional.

Retirement

Since his retirement, Raúl runs a dental clinic called Dental Domenech in Leganés with his wife.

Honours

Palamós

1991 - 92

Espanyol

1993 - 94

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raúl Arribas Torre - Footballer . BDFutbol . 29 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Raül Arribas és el porter de l'Alcorcón, amb 40 anys . . 29 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Promoción a Segunda División A - Temporada 2008-09 . Futbolme.com . 29 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090302044046/http://www.futbolme.com/promocion/segunda_a/index.asp . 2 March 2009.