Eudalio Eulises Arriaga Blandón (born 19 September 1975) is a former

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

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that played as a forward.

Career

Born in

Turbo, Antioquia Turbo is a port city in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region, it is located on the coast of Gulf of Urabá, 340 km north of Medellín (the department capital and second largest city). This port city is the ...

, Arriaga began playing professional football with

Envigado Envigado () is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta, An ...

. He made his league debut under manager Gabriel Jaime Gómez, appearing as a second-half substitute against

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football t ...

on 23 March 1995. He would score his first league goal against

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

on 11 March 1996. Arriaga played for a number of clubs in Colombia including Junior where he played over 100 games. He has also played in

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with

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Danubio Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...

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and Universidad San Martín of

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. He is famous for his particular running gait, as one of his legs is shorter than the other, akin to football legend

Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, righ ...

, which made several narrators call him "Bamboleo" (wobble). Arriaga played 14 times for the Colombia national team between 2001 and 2004. In

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he was part of the Colombia squad that won their first ever

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

International goals

''Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arriaga goal.''

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* * 1975 births Living people Footballers from Barranquilla Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Colombia men's international footballers 2001 Copa América players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players Categoría Primera A players Uruguayan Primera División players Liga MX players Envigado F.C. players Atlético Junior footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers Once Caldas footballers Club Puebla players Danubio F.C. players Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Copa América–winning players 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub