Raúl Arias (footballer, born 2003)

Raúl Arias
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Arias Arias
Date of birth	16 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Bembibre, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Ponferradina B
Number	10
Youth career
	Atlético Bembibre
	Ponferradina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–	Ponferradina B
2022–	Ponferradina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2022

Raúl Arias Arias (born 16 January 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for SD Ponferradina.

Club career[edit]

Arias was born in Bembibre, León, Castile and León,^[1] and represented CA Bembibre^[2] and SD Ponferradina as a youth. He started to feature with the latter's reserves during the 2020–21 season, and scored ten goals in the 2021–22 campaign as the B-side achieved promotion to Tercera Federación.

Arias made his first team debut on 3 September 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Derik Lacerda in a 3–1 Segunda División home loss against Sporting de Gijón.^[3]

^ "El cartel bajo el lema «La Ciudad de la Alegría», ganador del concurso para anunciar Cima 2003" [The poster under the slogan "The City of Joy", winner of the contest to announce Cima 2003] (in Spanish). Diario de León. 12 August 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "El berciano Raúl Arias defenderá a la selección autonómica sub 12 en el Nacional de la próxima semana" [The berciano Raúl Arias will play for the under-12 autonomic team in the National the following week] (in Spanish). El Bierzo Digital. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "El Sporting escala hasta la zona noble de la tabla" [Sporting climb to the noble area of the table] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.