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Mikel Arteta

1982 - Today

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Mikel Arteta Amatriain (born 26 March 1982) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Arsenal. Arteta began his senior club career at Barcelona in 1999, but limited playing time led to a loan move to Paris Saint-Germain in 2001, where he won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in his second season. Arteta joined Rangers in 2002 for £6 million and won the league and league cup in his debut season, scoring a decisive 93rd-minute penalty on the final day. After a brief return to hometown club Real Sociedad, Arteta signed for Everton in 2005 and was named the club's Player of the Season twice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikel Arteta is the 537th most popular soccer player (up from 753rd in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Spain (up from 745th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mikel Arteta ranks 537 out of 21,273. Before him are Nevio Scala, Antonio Carbajal, Wim Suurbier, Fernando Redondo, Oliver Bierhoff, and Rajko Mitić. After him are Wojciech Szczęsny, Henri Michel, Duncan Edwards, Julen Lopetegui, Radamel Falcao, and Taizo Kawamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Mikel Arteta ranks 13. Before him are Lil Wayne, Adriano, Pepe Reina, Petr Čech, Eddie Redmayne, and Sultan Kösen. After him are Matt Smith, Víctor Valdés, Kirsten Dunst, Thiago Motta, Layal Abboud, and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mikel Arteta ranks 548 out of 3,355. Before him are Santiago Rusiñol (1861), João da Nova (1460), Joseph Karo (1488), Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), Luis Ocaña (1945), and Witteric (570). After him are Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068), María Zambrano (1904), Julen Lopetegui (1966), Santiago Carrillo (1915), Clara Campoamor (1888), and Federico Mompou (1893).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Mikel Arteta ranks 34. Before him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), José Antonio Camacho (1955), Santillana (1952), Pepe Reina (1982), Quique Setién (1958), and Jesús María Pereda (1938). After him are Julen Lopetegui (1966), Estanislau Basora (1926), Míchel (1963), Luis del Sol (1935), José Ángel Iribar (1943), and Cesc Fàbregas (1987).

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