Official Announcement: Arbeloa

Real Madrid C.F. announces that Álvaro Arbeloa will coach Castilla starting in the 2025-2026 season.

Arbeloa is a legend at Real Madrid and in Spanish football, and one of our club's most iconic home-grown players.

He came through our youth ranks in 2001 as a Juvenil A player, and in the 2004-2005 season, he was part of the Castilla side that won promotion to the Second Division.

He played 238 matches with our first team between 2009 and 2016. During these seven seasons, one of the most successful periods in our history began. He won two European Cups, one Club World Cup, one European Super Cup, one LaLiga title, two Copa del Rey titles, and one Spanish Super Cup.

He made 56 appearances for the Spanish national team. He won the unforgettable 2010 World Cup in South Africa and two European Championships, in 2008 and 2012.

He joined the Real Madrid first team from Liverpool, where he played 98 games in three seasons.

His entire coaching career has been with Real Madrid youth teams since 2020. He coached the Infantil A (U13) team in the 2020-2021 season, winning the league title, the Cadete A (U15) team in 2021-2022, and the Juvenil A (U19) team from 2022 to 2025.

As coach of the Juvenil A team, he won the treble in 2022-2023: LaLiga, Copa del Rey, and Copa de Campeones. He has also won LaLiga this season and is currently competing in the final four of the Copa de Campeones.

Arbeloa has always been an exemplary representative of our club's values and has passed these on during his time as coach of our youth teams.