Aritz López Garai

Aritz López Garai

López Garai as a Celta player (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
 Reus
Number 22
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– Reus 19 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Garai.

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 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 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 terminated his contract 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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gernika 2001–02[4] Segunda División B 330——330
Conquense 2002–03[4] Segunda División B 341——341
2003–04[4] Segunda División B 32130—351
2004–05[4] Segunda División B 370304[lower-alpha 1]0440
Total 103260401132
Salamanca 2005–06[4] Segunda División B 362104[lower-alpha 1]0412
2006–07[4] Segunda División 37210—382
Total 7342040794
Castellón 2007–08[4] Segunda División 39400—392
2008–09[4] Segunda División 36010—370
Total 75410—764
Celta 2009–10[4] Segunda División 40160—461
2010–11[4] Segunda División 360102[lower-alpha 1]0390
Total 7617020851
Córdoba 2011–12[4] Segunda División 390402[lower-alpha 1]0450
2012–13[4] Segunda División 41660—476
Total 80610020926
Sporting Gijón 2013–14[4] Segunda División 14000—140
Córdoba (loan) 2013–14[4] Segunda División 60003[lower-alpha 1]090
Córdoba (loan) 2014–15[5] La Liga 6020—80
Total 1202030170
Rapid București 2014–15[5] Liga I 17000—170
Doxa 2015–16[5] Cypriot First Division 5000—50
Career total 4881728015053132
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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 CF. 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "López Garai: Aritz López Garai". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "López Garai". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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