Lalo Arantegui

Gonzalo Arantegui Peñafiel (born 12 June 1977), commonly known as Lalo, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right winger, and a director of football.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arantegui and the second or maternal family name is Peñafiel.
Lalo
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Arantegui Peñafiel
Date of birth (1977-06-12) 12 June 1977
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Zaragoza
Casetas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Casetas 24 (2)
1996–1998 Zaragoza B 56 (12)
1998–1999 Levante 10 (0)
1999–2000 Águilas 12 (0)
2000 Gandía 14 (1)
2000–2001 Jerez 32 (4)
2001–2002 Sevilla B 26 (3)
2002–2003 Binéfar 35 (13)
2003–2006 Conquense 91 (7)
2006–2007 Cultural Leonesa 33 (2)
2007–2009 Huesca 42 (10)
2009 Águilas 13 (2)
2009–2010 Estepona 19 (1)
2010–2011 Ejea 30 (5)
Total 407 (57)
National team
1998 Aragon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Lalo made his senior debut at the age of just 17 with UD Casetas, in Segunda División B. In 1996 he moved to Real Zaragoza, being assigned to the reserves also in the third division.

Lalo subsequently resumed his career mostly in the division three, representing Levante UD, Águilas CF (two stints),[1] CF Gandía, Jerez CF, Sevilla Atlético, CD Binéfar (where he scored a career-best 13 goals in 2002–03),[2] UB Conquense, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,[3] SD Huesca[4] and Unión Estepona CF. His professional inputs consisted of six Segunda División appearances with Huesca in the 2008–09 campaign, with his debut occurring on 31 August 2008 in a 2–2 home draw against CD Castellón.[5]

In 2011, after one season at Tercera División side SD Ejea,[6] Lalo retired at the age of 34.

Post-playing career

Immediately after retiring, Lalo started working as a director of football in his last club Ejea. He left the club in the following year to join another club he represented as a player, Zaragoza, as a scout.

In August 2015, after one year as a scout at Villarreal CF, Lalo joined Huesca, another former side, as a director of football.[7] On 28 February 2017, he returned to Zaragoza under the same role.[8]

References
  1. "Águilas: regresa Lalo" [Águilas: Lalo returns] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. "Lalo Arantegui, fútbol por las venas" [Lalo Arantegui, football in his veins] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. "El interior derecho del Conquense Lalo, cuarto fichaje de la Cultural" [The right winger of Conquense Lalo, fourth signing of Cultural] (in Spanish). Diario de León. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. "El Huesca se hace con los servicios de Lalo" [Huesca get the services of Lalo] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "Castellón y Huesca empatan en un choque igualado" [Castellón and Huesca draw in an even contest] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. "El Ejea cierra el fichaje de Lalo" [Ejea complete the signing of Lalo] (in Spanish). Ejea Digital. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. "Lalo Arantegui: "Iremos paso a paso, pero sin miedo a nada"" [Lalo Arantegui: "We will go step by step, but fearing nothing"] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. "Gonzalo Arantegui, una trayectoria dedicada al mundo del fútbol" [Gonzalo Arantegui, a path dedicated to the world of football] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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