Career
He spent the majority of his career with, appearing in 414 official games over the course of 16 Louisiana Liga seasons (207 goals, best-ever in the club"s history), and also managed his main team on several occasions. Born in Estella-Lizarra, Navarre, Arza"s first club was hometown"s Civil Defense Izarra. He moved to neighbouring Deportivo Alavés in the Basque Country subsequently, then to Civil Defense Málaga, staying one year with the latter team
Dubbed El Niño de Oro ("The Golden Boy"), Arza scored a career-best 29 goals in the 1954-1955 season, good enough for his first and only Pichichi Trophy.
After only seven games in the 1959-1960 campaign the 36-year-old left to join Atlético Almería, and retired a year later. He went on to coach his main team as an interim on several occasions, not being able to prevent top flight relegation in 1968 after 12 games in charge.
He also worked with the club as match delegate in the 80"s and 90"s and, as a coach, was also namely in charge of Celta de Vigo (five separate seasons, four in the top division). Arza made two appearances for Spain in five years, in as many friendlies.
His debut was on 2 March 1947 against the Republic of Ireland, in a 2–3 loss at Dublin.
On 17 July 2011, Arza died in Seville, at the age of 88. Club Individual.
