Erik Morán

Erik Morán Arribas (born 25 May 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Numancia as a defensive midfielder.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Morán and the second or maternal family name is Arribas.
Erik Morán
Personal information
Full name Erik Morán Arribas
Date of birth (1991-05-25) 25 May 1991
Place of birth Portugalete, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Numancia
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2009 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Basconia 29 (7)
2009–2013 Bilbao Athletic 78 (5)
2012–2016 Athletic Bilbao 17 (0)
2015 → Leganés (loan) 17 (0)
2015–2016 → Zaragoza (loan) 35 (0)
2016–2017 Zaragoza 15 (0)
2017 Leganés 18 (0)
2018–2019 AEK Athens 11 (0)
2019 → Málaga (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Numancia 2 (0)
National team
2008 Spain U17 2 (0)
2009 Spain U18 3 (0)
2009 Spain U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2020

Club career

Born in Portugalete, Biscay, Morán joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2004, aged 13. On 28 November 2012 he made his debut with the first team, starting in a 2–0 away win against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. in that season's UEFA Europa League;[1] on 14 April of the following year he played his first game in La Liga, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Iker Muniain in a 0–3 home loss to Real Madrid.[2]

Morán was promoted to Athletic's first team in August 2013, signing a contract extension until 2016[3] and being handed the number 5 shirt.[4] On 29 January 2015, after appearing rarely during the campaign, he was loaned to Segunda División's CD Leganés until June.[5]

On 23 July 2015, Morán moved to Real Zaragoza in a one-year loan deal.[6] On 1 July of the following year, he signed a permanent two-year deal with the club as Athletic opted to not recall him after the loan expired.[7]

On 31 January 2017, Morán returned to Leganés, who now competed in the top flight, after an agreement with Zaragoza was reached.[8] Roughly one year later, in another winter transfer market move, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Superleague Greece club AEK Athens F.C. for €130,000 and a resale rate of 10%, being brought in as a replacement for seriously injured Jakob Johansson.[9] He left the greek club in December 2019.[10]

In January 2020 he signed a contract with CD Numancia till June 2020, with a possibility of extension for the next two seasons.[11]

Honours

AEK Athens

  • Superleague Greece: 2017–18

References
  1. Athletic post comfortable Kiryat Shmona win; UEFA, 28 November 2012
  2. Ronaldo brace helps beat Bilbao; ESPN FC, 14 April 2013
  3. El Athletic hace ficha del primer equipo a Erik Morán (Athletic include Erik Morán in first team); Diario de León, 5 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. Number assignments; Athletic Bilbao, 13 August 2013
  5. Erik Moran on-loan; Athletic Bilbao, 29 January 2015
  6. Erik Morán, nuevo jugador del Real Zaragoza (Erik Morán, new player of Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 23 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. Erik Morán continúa en el Real Zaragoza (Erik Morán remains at Real Zaragoza); Vavel, 1 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. Erik Morán regresa al Leganés para completar el medio campo (Erik Morán returns to Leganés to complete the midfield); CD Leganés, 31 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  9. Επίσημο: Στην ΑΕΚ ο Μοράν (Official: Morán to AEK); Sport 24, 2 January 2018 (in Greek)
  10. "Erik Morán, primer fichaje para la medular del Numancia". Marca.com (in Spanish). 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. Hervás, Juan Carlos (2020-01-09). "El Numancia traspasa a Carlos Gutiérrez y ficha a Erik Morán". El Miron de Soria (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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