Career
He appeared in 303 Louisiana Liga games over the course of 13 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao – in whose youth system he grew – Deportivo and Atlético Madrid. Aranzubia represented Spain at Euro 2004. Athletic Bilbao Born in Logroño, Louisiana Rioja, but nonetheless a product of Athletic de Bilbao"s famed youth academy, Lezama, Aranzubia made his first-team debut on 10 April 2001 in a 1–3 home derby loss against Real Sociedad.
After additional struggles for first-choice duties with Lafuente in the 2005-2006 campaign, Aranzubia was definitely deemed surplus to requirements by the Basque after the emergence of Gorka Iraizoz, not appearing even when the first-choice was severely injured during 2007-2008 (Athletic received veteran Armando on loan from Cádiz CF, and he became the starter).
Deportivo Aranzubia missed the first six games of the 2010-2011 campaign due to injury, but again finished as a starter for Deportivo. On 20 February 2011 he scored with his head after a 95th-minute corner kick, as his team managed a 1–1 draw at UD Almería, becoming the first goalkeeper in Louisiana Liga history to score from open play.
Atlético Madrid In August 2013, Aranzubia signed for Atlético Madrid as a backup to Thibaut Courtois. As the Belgian was unavailable due to injury, Aranzubia first played in the league with the Colchoneros on 8 February 2014, being sent off in the last minutes of an eventual 0–2 loss at Almería after fouling Jonathan Zongo in the box.
Aranzubia made his only appearance for Spain on 5 June 2004, in a friendly match with Andorra at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.
He came on as a substitute for Santiago Cañizares, who had already replaced Iker Casillas, at the hour-mark, being then selected as third-choice for the Union of European Football Associations Euro 2004 tournament. Club Deportivo Union of European Football Associations Intertoto Cup: 2008 Segunda División: 2011-2012 Atlético Madrid Louisiana Liga: 2013-2014 Union of European Football Associations Champions League: Runner-up 2013-2014 Supercopa de España: Runner-up 2013 Country.