Mikel Arteta

Mikel Arteta

Arteta with Arsenal in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Mikel Arteta Amatriain[1]
Date of birth	(1982-03-26) 26 March 1982 (age 42)[2]
Place of birth	San Sebastián, Spain[2]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Arsenal (manager)
Youth career
1991–1997	Antiguoko
1997–1999	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Barcelona B	42	(3)
2001–2002	→ Paris Saint-Germain (loan)	31	(2)
2002–2004	Rangers	50	(12)
2004–2005	Real Sociedad	8	(1)
2005	→ Everton (loan)	17	(2)
2005–2011	Everton	162	(27)
2011–2016	Arsenal	110	(14)
Total		427	(62)
International career
1998–1999	Spain U16	10	(4)
1999	Spain U17	7	(0)
1999–2001	Spain U18	13	(1)
2002–2003	Spain U21	12	(2)
Managerial career
2019–	Arsenal
Medal record Representing  Spain UEFA European Under-16 Championship Winner 1999 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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, winning a league and cup double in his debut season, scoring a decisive 93rd-minute penalty on the final day to win the league on goal difference. 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. He joined Arsenal in 2011 for £10 million and won two FA Cups before retiring in 2016. Arteta represented Spain through several youth levels but never played for the senior national team.

Arteta was appointed as an assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City in 2016. He returned at Arsenal in a managerial capacity in 2019 and won the FA Cup in his debut season.