Ricardo Arias

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Ricardo Arias
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Personnel
Surname Ricardo Penella Arias
birthday February 25, 1957
place of birth Catarroja ,  Spain
size 183 cm
position Libero
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1976-1992 Valencia CF 411 0(3)
1992-1993 CD Castellón 35 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1979 Spain 1 0(0)
1981 Spain B 2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Ricardo Penella Arias (born February 25, 1957 in Catarroja ) is a former Spanish football player who played as a libero . He appeared in 501 competitive games for Valencia CF and won three major titles with the club, including the 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup . In La Liga , he played 377 games and scored twice. In the list of record players of the Valencians he occupies second place behind Fernando Gómez Colomer .

Career

society

Arias spent 16 of his 17 professional seasons, including 15 in La Liga, at Valencia CF. He made his La Liga debut on November 7, 1976 as a late substitute in a 3-1 home win against CD Málaga and scored his first goal on March 5 1978 in a 3-0 win against Sevilla FC in the Mestalla Stadium . He won the Copa del Rey 1978/79 with the club . After that, he contributed eight games and one goal to the team's victory in the Cup Winners' Cup next year and converted a penalty in the final in a penalty shoot-out to the decisive 5-4 against Arsenal FC in Brussels .

For many seasons Arias was a regular player and an important pillar on the defensive. In 1985 he rose with the club from the Premiera division. The following year he was able to secure direct promotion with Valencia.

After only 16 appearances in the 1991/1992 season for Valencia, the then 35-year-old Arias signed with the neighboring CD Castellón in 1992 in the Segunda División and ended his career at the end of the season.

National team

Arias completed an international match for Spain . On September 26, 1979, he played the first half of a 1-1 draw against Portugal in a friendly.

successes

After the career

In November 2014, Arias stated in an interview that he was bankrupt and getting by with odd jobs. Shortly afterwards, the father of four returned to Valencia to work in the club's social department.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valencia CF - CD Málaga 3: 1 (Primera División 1976/1977, 9th matchday). Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Valencia CF - Sevilla FC 3-0 (Primera División 1977/1978, 24th matchday). Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 5: 4 (EC Cup winners 1979/1980, final). Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Spain - Portugal 1: 1 (friendship 1979, September). Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Vozpópuli: Arias, un histórico del Valencia, arruinado: "No tengo ni 5 euros para gasolina del coche". November 25, 2014, accessed January 19, 2020 (European Spanish).
  6. ^ Diario AS: El Valencia contrata a Ricardo Arias para su area social. November 27, 2014, accessed January 19, 2020 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Arias, Ricardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arias, Ricardo Penella
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1957