Iñigo Arteaga

Iñigo Arteaga

Personal information
Full name	Iñigo Arteaga Nieto
Date of birth	(1972-12-16) 16 December 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	San Sebastián, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Espanyol (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1995	Real Sociedad B	80	(0)
1995–1996	Real Sociedad	0	(0)
1997–1998	Racing de Ferrol	48	(1)
1998–2000	Chaves	25+	(0+)
2000–2002	Burgos	42	(0)
2002–2004	Real Unión	42	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2008	Real Unión (goalkeepingr coach)
2008–2010	Cádiz (goalkeeping coach)
2010–2011	Villarreal B (goalkeeping coach)
2011	Olympiacos Volos (goalkeeping coach)
2011–2012	AO Kerkyra (goalkeeping coach)
2012–2013	Almería (goalkeeping coach)
2013–2014	Osasuna (goalkeeping coach)
2014–2016	Málaga (goalkeeping coach)
2016–2017	Rubin Kazan (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2019	Watford (goalkeeping coach)
2021–2022	Al Sadd (goalkeeping coach)
2023–	Espanyol (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iñigo Arteaga Nieto (born 16 December 1972) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of La Liga club RCD Espanyol.

Career

Club career

Arteaga started his career with Spanish La Liga side Real Sociedad.[1] Before the second half of 1996–97, Arteaga signed for Racing de Ferrol in the Spanish third division, where he became the first player to score from a goal kick during a 2–0 win over Moralo.[2]

In 1998, Arteaga signed for Portuguese top flight club Chaves, where he made over 25 league appearances and scored 0 goals and suffered relegation to the Portuguese second division.[3] In 2000, he signed for Burgos in the Spanish third division, helping them earn promotion to the Spanish second division.[3]

Managerial career

In 2014, Arteaga was appointed goalkeeper coach of Spanish La Liga team Málaga.[4] In 2016, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of Rubin in Russia.[5] In 2018, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of English Premier League outfit Watford.[6] In 2021, Arteaga was appointed goalkeeping coach of Al Sadd in Qatar.[7]

On 4 July 2023, Arteaga was appointed goalkeeping coach of Segunda División club RCD Espanyol.[8]

References

1. "Arteaga: "La oferta del Rubin Kazan era irrechazable"". diariovasco.com.
2. "Skorað úr markspyrnu INIGO". mbl.is.
3. Iñigo Arteaga at BDFutbol
4. "Los hombres de Javi Gracia". laopiniondemalaga.es.
5. "Arteaga: "En Rusia no hay problemas con los aficionados, pero cuando viajan..."". real-sociedad.diariovasco.com.
6. ""Si la Real no ficha al mejor, ficha a uno de los mejores"". cadenaser.com.
7. "Javi Gracia leads Al-Sadd training". al-saddclub.com.
8. "Arteaga becomes first team goalkeeping coach". RCD Espanyol. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

• Iñigo Arteaga at BDFutbol