Jairo Arrieta Obando (born 25 August 1983) is a

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professional

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, who plays as a

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for A.D.R. Jicaral.

Club career

Costa Rica

Arrieta was born in

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, Costa Rica. Before moving to

Deportivo Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its Association football, football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, Costa Rica, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aym ...

, he played for Guanacasteca and their successors Brujas. While with Saprissa, Arrieta scored 48 goals in 178 league matches. He also played an important part in Saprissa's Costa Rican league titles in 2006–07, 2007-08 Apertura, 2007-08 Clausura, 2008-09 Apertura, and 2010 Clausura.

Columbus Crew

In April 2012, Arrieta signed a -year agreement with

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, moving to play outside of Costa Rica for the first time in his career. Arrieta made his MLS debut for the Crew on 14 July 2012, playing 62 minutes in a loss to Sporting Kansas City at home. This came just 17 days after 27 June transfer window opened. Two weeks later, in a rematch at Kansas City, Arrieta scored his first MLS goal in the 17th minute of the match, following with the game winner in the 34th minute. After only his third game in MLS, Arrieta was named League Player of the Week with a 2-goal performance in a Columbus win against

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D.C. United

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selected Arrieta in the 6th round of the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft. He was later traded to D.C. United ahead of the 2015 season in exchange for an international roster spot. In his debut for D.C. United, he scored in the 58th minute to secure a 1-0 win against the Montreal Impact. Arrieta's option for the 2016 season was declined by D.C. United. He scored 5 goals and recorded 2 assists in his 27 appearances for D.C.

New York Cosmos

Arrieta signed with

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of the

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on January 14, 2016.

International career

Arrieta played with the Costa Rica under-23 team at the

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. He made his senior debut for

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in a December 2011

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against

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and has, as of January 2014, earned a total of 15 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 1

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match and played at the

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. His two goals in the tournament, his first two for his country, were enough to earn him the Golden Boot award as the tournament's top scorer. Because of his performance at the Copa Centroamericana, Arrieta was called up by Costa Rica for their World Cup qualifying match against

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on 6 February 2013. He also played at the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Arrieta holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

Honors

Individual

*Golden Boot Winner –

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrieta, Jairo 1983 births Living people Footballers from Guanacaste Province Men's association football forwards Costa Rican men's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Costa Rica Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Brujas F.C. players Deportivo Saprissa players C.S. Herediano footballers A.D. San Carlos footballers Columbus Crew players D.C. United players New York Cosmos (2010) players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Liga FPD players Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala