Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Arzo
and the second or maternal family name is
Amposta
.
Cesar Arzo Amposta
(
Spanish pronunciation:
[?θesa?
?a?θo]
; born 21 January 1986) is a Spanish retired
footballer
who played as a
central defender
.
Club career
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Arzo was born in
Villarreal
,
Valencian Community
. He came through the ranks of hometown club
Villarreal CF
, making his debut for the first team on 23 March 2003 against
Real Sociedad
[1]
but never being able to consolidate himself in the starting XI, however.
[2]
In the
2006?07 season
, Arzo was loaned to
La Liga
newcomers
Recreativo de Huelva
alongside teammates
Javier Lopez Vallejo
and
Santi Cazorla
, moving on loan for
the following campaign
to
another promotee
,
Real Murcia
. Immediately after returning from his latter loan he was deemed surplus to requirements by Villarreal boss
Manuel Pellegrini
, rejoining, now definitely, Recreativo on a
free transfer
.
Arzo returned to Villarreal in July 2009, as the club retained an option to buy back from Huelva. However, he was immediately sold, signing a four-year contract with
Real Valladolid
as well as former Villarreal teammate
Marcos
.
[3]
In summer 2011, aged 25, Arzo moved abroad, going on to represent in the following years
K.A.A. Gent
(Belgium),
[2]
Beitar Jerusalem FC
(Israel) and
AEK Athens FC
(Greece).
[4]
[5]
This was interspersed with a five-month spell back in his country, with
Real Zaragoza
.
[6]
On 5 July 2016, Arzo signed a two-year contract with
Kazakhstan Premier League
side
FC Kairat
.
[7]
He left by mutual agreement on 21 November 2017
[8]
and, late into the following month, he returned to his country by joining
Gimnastic de Tarragona
.
[9]
Arzo suffered a
knee
injury in October 2018, and subsequently retired. The following March, he joined the political party
Citizens
, taking part of their candidacy for the
Congress of Deputies
.
[10]
Career statistics
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Club
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[11]
[12]
Honours
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Club
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Villarreal
AEK
Kairat
References
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El 'Submarino' hunde a la Real en un final explosivo (The 'Submarine' sinks Real in explosive finale)
;
Mundo Deportivo
, 24 March 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^
a
b
Cesar Arzo, de sus dos etapas en el Decano a ser un baluarte del Gent belga (Cesar Arzo, from his two spells with the Dean to become a stalwart of Belgium's Gent)
; Huelva 24, 21 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^
Marcos Garcia y Cesar Arzo, del Villarreal, al Valladolid (Marcos Garcia and Cesar Arzo, from Villarreal, to Valladolid)
;
Diario AS
, 24 July 2009 (in Spanish)
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≪Αρθο, η καλ?τερη επιλογ? για την ΑΕΚ≫ (≪Αrzo, the best choice for ΑΕΚ≫)
; Gazzetta, 26 June 2015 (in Greek)
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Ανακο?νωσε ?ρθο η ΑΕΚ (Arzo announced at AEK)
; Sport 24, 26 June 2015 (in Greek)
- ^
El Real Zaragoza ficha a Cesar Arzo hasta el 2016 (Real Zaragoza sign Cesar Arzo until 2016)
;
El Periodico de Aragon
, 22 December 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^
"Сесар Арсо ? игрок Кайрата"
[Сesаr Аrzо ? Kairat player] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 6 July 2016. Archived from
the original
on 15 August 2016
. Retrieved
6 July
2016
.
- ^
"Сесар Арзо покидает Кайрат"
[Cesar Arzo leaves Kairat] (in Russian). FC Kairat. 21 November 2017. Archived from
the original
on 23 November 2017
. Retrieved
21 November
2017
.
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"Acord amb el defensa Cesar Arzo"
[Agreement with defender Cesar Arzo] (in Catalan). Gimnastic Tarragona. 29 December 2017. Archived from
the original
on 30 December 2017
. Retrieved
30 December
2017
.
- ^
"Cesar Arzo tambien se apunta a lista de Ciudadanos por Vila-real"
[Cesar Arzo also joins Vila-real's Citizens list] (in Spanish).
Cadena COPE
. 21 March 2019
. Retrieved
16 April
2019
.
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"Cesar Arzo: Cesar Arzo Amposta"
. BDFutbol
. Retrieved
30 December
2017
.
- ^
"Cesar Arzo"
. Soccerway
. Retrieved
12 June
2014
.
External links
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