Alain Arroyo

{{family name hatnote|Arroyo|Martínez de la Cuadra|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alain Arroyo

| image =

| fullname = Alain Arroyo Martínez de la Cuadra

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bilbao, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Urduliz (manager)

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Arenas Getxo

| years1 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Arenas Getxo | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2002–2005 | clubs2 = Portugalete | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = Alavés B | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2006 | clubs4 = → Portugalete (loan) | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = Sestao | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2007–2009 | clubs6 = Lemona | caps6 = 60 | goals6 = 18

| years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 = Guadalajara | caps7 = 34 | goals7 = 10

| years8 = 2010–2013 | clubs8 = Mirandés | caps8 = 104 | goals8 = 20

| years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = Oviedo | caps9 = 27 | goals9 = 6

| years10 = 2014–2018 | clubs10 = Barakaldo | caps10 = 93 | goals10 = 20

| years11 = 2018–2019 | clubs11 = Zamudio | caps11 = 32 | goals11 = 9

| years12 = 2019–2020 | clubs12 = Somorrostro | caps12 = 12 | goals12 = 2

| totalcaps = 418 | totalgoals = 95

| nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = Basque Country Amateur| nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2013 | nationalteam2 = Biscay | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs1 = Somorrostro

| manageryears2 = 2021– | managerclubs2 = Urduliz

}}

Alain Arroyo Martínez de la Cuadra (born 5 July 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward, and the current manager of Urduliz FT.

Club career

Arroyo was born in Bilbao, Biscay. Starting out in amateur football in his native Basque Country, he scored the winning goal in the final of the 2005 UEFA Regions' Cup while playing for the Basque Country amateur team,{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/regionscup/news/kind=4/newsid=434319.html|title=2005: Arroyo sparks Basque celebrations|publisher=UEFA|date=1 July 2006|accessdate=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528063328/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/regionscup/news/kind=4/newsid=434319.html|archive-date=28 May 2008}} and subsequently signed for Deportivo Alavés B of Segunda División B, remaining in that tier the next six seasons representing Club Portugalete (a club he had already played for), Sestao River Club, SD Lemona, CD Guadalajara{{cite web|url=http://www.eldigitalcastillalamancha.es/version_anterior/deportes_articulos.asp?idarticulo=9596|title=El Deportivo incorpora al delantero vizcaíno del Lemona Alain Arroyo|trans-title=Deportivo add Biscayan forward Alain Arroyo from Lemona|publisher=El Digital Castilla La Mancha|language=Spanish|date=18 June 2009|accessdate=23 March 2013}} and CD Mirandés.{{cite news|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/v/20100715/deportes/miranda/mirandes-ficha-delantero-arroyo-20100715.html|title=El Mirandés ficha al delantero Arroyo|trans-title=Mirandés sign forward Arroyo|newspaper=El Correo|first=Ángel|last=Garraza|language=Spanish|date=15 July 2010|accessdate=19 April 2020}}

In his second season with Mirandés, Arroyo scored a career-best 13 goals to help the Castille and León side achieve promotion to Segunda División for the first time in their history.{{cite web|url=http://www.futbolbalear.es/2012/05/19/previa-promocion-ascenso-ascenso-a-2-division-a-cd-mirandes-atco-baleares/|title=Previa Promoción Ascenso ascenso a 2ª División A: CD.Mirandes – Atco. Baleares|trans-title=Promotion playoffs to 2nd Division A preview: CD.Mirandes – Atco. Baleares|publisher=Fútbol Balear|language=Spanish|date=19 May 2012|accessdate=19 April 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/2012/05/27/futbol/mas_futbol/1338114290.html|title=Mirandés es de Segunda|trans-title=Mirandés are from Segunda|newspaper=Marca|first=Sergio|last=Rapado|language=Spanish|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=19 April 2020}} He played his first match in the competition on 17 August 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca,{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2012/08/17/futbol/2adivision/1345232044.html|title=El Huesca amarga el estreno del Mirandés|trans-title=Huesca bitter Mirandés debut|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=23 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330010033/https://www.marca.com/2012/08/17/futbol/2adivision/1345232044.html|archive-date=30 March 2019}} and scored his first goal roughly one month later in a 2–2 draw at Real Murcia.{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2012/09/15/futbol/2adivision/1347740480.html|title=El Mirandés deja vivo al Murcia|trans-title=Mirandés leave Murcia alive|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=15 September 2012|accessdate=23 March 2013}}

On 5 June 2013, playing for a Biscay XI in a friendly against Athletic Bilbao, Arroyo scored the last ever goal at the San Mamés Stadium before it was torn down to make way for a new ground.{{cite news|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/06/05/primera/1370460335_838943.html|title=Broche de oro en San Mamés: Iribar jugó los últimos minutos|trans-title=Icing on the cake at San Mamés: Iribar played the last minutes|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Nika|last=Cuenca|language=Spanish|date=5 June 2013|accessdate=22 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://footballpink.net/2013/06/06/agur-san-mames-goodbye-san-mames/|title=¡Agur San Mamés!|trans-title=Goodbye San Mamés!|publisher=The Football Pink|first=Markus|last=Horn|date=6 June 2013|accessdate=1 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130701203118/http://footballpink.net/2013/06/06/agur-san-mames-goodbye-san-mames/|archivedate=1 July 2013}}