After forging a golden generation within Juvenil A, Álvaro Arbeloa is ready to write a new chapter. The former right side of Real Madrid is preparing to take the reins of Castilla.
Raúl González will leave her post at the head of Castilla at the end of the season, as pointed out Mark. To succeed him, the club puts on a familiar, passionate as promising figure: Álvaro Arbeloa.
In three seasons at the head of Juvenil A, the former Madrid defender conquered two national championships, four titles in total, and may be preparing to add a COPA of campones. A dazzling trajectory for a man who, before his arrival, had inherited a team who had only won four liga in eleven years.
Real Madrid believes in Arbeloa
With 100 victories in 126 games, a historic hat -trick (Liga, Copa del Rey, Copa de Campeones) from its first season, and an average of more than 76 % of victories over all of its 173 games coached within the Fábrica, Arbeloa has not only straightened the bar: he established a standard.
Only shade on the board? A Youth League who continues to escape him. But even without this trophy, he has already become the most victorious coach in the history of Real Madrid in this Champions League league, with 16 successes in 24 games.
A golden generation builder
If the titles speak for him, it may be in his ability to reveal the talents that we best grasp the impact of Arbeloa. His first generation, that of the triple already has nine players called with the first team, including Nico Paz and Gonzalo. Today, it’s a whole new wave that strikes the door: Lamini Fati, Thiago Pitarch, Joan Martínez, Javi Navarro or Cestero.
Names that we could very soon see shine in A. His training work does not go unnoticed in the offices of Valdebebas, where he has long been considered a coach with “spectacular potential”, as indicated Mark.
The successor patient
Arbeloa has never shaken up the established order. He waited for his time, in the shadow of Raúl, by multiplying the evidence of his know-how. Five seasons spent at the Fábrica, from the post of coach of the youngest to the elite of the training, and always this same obsession with a job well done.
From now on, this is the upper step: directing Castilla, last springboard before the first team. A huge pressure, of course, but also a unique opportunity. And in this Real Madrid in search of a generational renewal, Arbeloa may well be the keystone.
LEO Jobert
