Daniel "Dani" Aranzubia Aguado (born 18 September 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the goalkeeper coach of Athletic Bilbao B.
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| Full name | Daniel Aranzubia Aguado | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1979-09-18) 18 September 1979 (age 43) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Logroño, Spain | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
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Current team | Bilbao Athletic (goalkeeper coach) | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Loyola | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Bilbao Athletic | 70 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Basconia | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2000–2008 | Athletic Bilbao | 162 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Deportivo La Coruña | 178 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Atlético Madrid | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| Total | 442 | (1) | |||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Spain U21 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2000 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Spain | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||
He appeared in 303 La Liga matches during 13 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao – in whose youth system he grew – Deportivo and Atlético Madrid. With the second club, he scored one goal in the competition.
Aranzubia represented Spain at Euro 2004.
Born in Logroño, La Rioja, but nonetheless a product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth academy at Lezama, Aranzubia made his first-team debut on 10 June 2001 in a 1–3 home derby loss against Real Sociedad.[1] After two seasons as backup to Iñaki Lafuente, he emerged as the side's undisputed starter,[2] helping them qualify to the UEFA Cup in 2004 while extending his contract a further four years.[3]
After additional struggles for first-choice duties with Lafuente in the 2005–06 campaign,[2] Aranzubia was definitely deemed surplus to requirements by the Basques after the emergence of Gorka Iraizoz, not appearing even when the first-choice was severely injured during 2007–08 (Athletic received veteran Armando on loan from Cádiz CF, and he became the starter).[4]
On 13 July 2008, Aranzubia joined Deportivo de La Coruña on a three-year deal,[5] helping the Galicians to the UEFA Intertoto Cup and starting throughout the entire season, save one match due to suspension. On 2 October, he saved three penalties in a shootout against SK Brann in a UEFA Cup first round 2–0 home win, with Depor thus reaching the group stage.[6]
Aranzubia missed the first six games of the 2010–11 campaign due to injury,[7] but again finished as a starter for Deportivo. On 20 February 2011, he scored with his head after a 95th-minute corner kick as his team managed a 1–1 draw at UD Almería,[8] becoming the first goalkeeper in La Liga history to score from open play.[9]
In August 2013, Aranzubia signed for Atlético Madrid as a backup to Thibaut Courtois.[10] He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League on 11 December 2013 shortly after his 34th birthday, saving a penalty from FC Porto's Josué in a 2–0 group stage home victory.[11]
As the Belgian was unavailable due to injury, Aranzubia first played in the league with the Colchoneros on 8 February 2014, being sent off in the last minutes of a 0–2 loss at Almería after fouling Jonathan Zongo in the box.[12] He finished his spell at the Vicente Calderón Stadium with five competitive appearances.
Aranzubia made his only appearance for Spain on 5 June 2004, in a friendly match with Andorra at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. He came on as a substitute for Santiago Cañizares, who had already replaced Iker Casillas, at the hour-mark,[13] after having been selected as third-choice for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament.[14]
Previously, Aranzubia helped the nation win the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and finish runner-up at the 2000 Summer Olympics, starting in both finals.[15][16]
In the summer of 2016, Aranzubia was hired as a goalkeeper coach for SD Amorebieta under manager Aitor Larrazábal.[17] Three years later, in the same capacity, he joined his former teammate Joseba Etxeberria's staff at Athletic Bilbao B.[18]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 2000–01 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2005–26 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 162 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 0 | ||
| Deportivo | 2008–09 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | Segunda División | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | La Liga | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Total | 178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 188 | 1 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2013–14 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 341 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 382 | 1 | ||

Basconia
Deportivo
Atlético Madrid
Spain U20
Spain U23
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