Aridani Arbelo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arbelo and the second or maternal family name is Santana.

Aridani Arbelo Santana (born 8 March 1980), known as Aridani, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Aridani

Personal information
Full name	Aridani Arbelo Santana
Date of birth	(1980-03-08) 8 March 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth	Las Palmas, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Tenerife
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Tenerife B
2000	Tenerife	3	(0)
2000–2002	Vecindario	47	(2)
2002–2003	Pájara Playas	29	(0)
2003–2004	Las Palmas	3	(0)
2004–2005	Pájara Playas	30	(0)
2005–2006	Leganés	21	(0)
2006–2007	Orientación Marítima	23	(1)
2007–2008	Toledo	32	(5)
2008–2009	Linares	13	(2)
2009	Santa Brígida	9	(1)
2009–2010	Conqense	29	(0)
2010–2011	Puertollano	32	(0)
2011–2012	Castellón	17	(0)
2012	Villarrubia	6	(1)
2012–2014	Conquense	53	(6)
2015	Marino	8	(0)
2015–2016	Unión Viera
2016–2018	Arucas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Aridani graduated from local CD Tenerife's youth system, making his senior debuts with the reserves in the 1999–2000 season, in the Tercera División. On 14 May 2000 he made his professional debut, starting in a 0–0 home draw against CD Leganés in the Segunda División championship.^[2]

After appearing with UD Vecindario and UD Pájara Playas de Jandía in the Segunda División B, Aridani signed with second-tier UD Las Palmas in August 2003.^[3] However, after featuring sparingly with the Canarians, he returned to his previous club in the following summer.

In the following seasons Aridani competed in the third and fourth tiers, representing CD Leganés, CD Orientación Marítima,^[4] CD Toledo,^[5] CD Linares, UD Villa de Santa Brígida,^[6] UB Conquense (two stints),^[7][8] CD Puertollano,^[9] CD Castellón^[10] and Villarrubia CF.^[11]

References

1. "Aridani". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
2. Se merece algo más el Tenerife (Tenerife deserves something more); El Mundo Deportivo, 15 May 2000 (in Spanish)
3. Aridani estrena la nueva camiseta (Aridani releases new shirt); Diario AS, 2 August 2003 (in Spanish)
4. El Orientación Marítima confirmó el fichaje del lateral zurdo Aridani (Orientación Marítima confirms signing of left back Aridani) Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; El Día, 26 July 2006 (in Spanish)
5. El Toledo presentó ayer a Tajamata, Ruiz, Aridani, Didi y Pablo Rodríguez (Toledo presented yesterday Tajamata, Ruiz, Aridani, Didi and Pablo Rodríguez); ABC, 27 July 2007 (in Spanish)
6. Ione Puga y Aridani, altas; Marcos Cabrera se desliga de la entidad (Ione Puga and Aridani, siginings; Marcos Cabrera leaves the club); RTVC, 23 December 2008 (in Spanish)
7. Aridani, un ex del Toledo ahora en el Conquense, ve «un partido de Copa muy duro» (Aridani, a former Toledo now in Conquense, sees 'a very hard Copa match'); ABC, 24 August 2009 (in Spanish)
8. Aridani regresa al Conquense (Aridani returns to Conquense); Cuenca News, 29 June 2012 (in Spanish)
9. El CD Puertollano se refuerza con dos nuevos fichajes (CD Puertollano bolstered with two new signings); La Comarca de Puertollano, 16 July 2010 (in Spanish)
10. Aridani, nuevo lateral izquierdo albinegro (Aridani, new left back albinegro); El Periódico Mediterráneo, 24 August 2011 (in Spanish)
11. El Villarrubia se refuerza con el lateral Aridani (Villarrubia reinforced with full back Aridani); La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 31 January 2012 (in Spanish)

External links

• Aridani Arbelo at BDFutbol
• Aridani Arbelo at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Aridani Arbelo at Soccerway