An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those. Over the centuries, this has included every variant of such a place, whether privately or publicly owned (with the latter in older royal and modern state-owned versions).

Armories and arsenals are both places where arms or ammunition may be made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued. The usage differences between the names is mainly a matter of historical linguistic development. It is a common principle in natural language that synonyms have subtle connotative boundaries (albeit ones that may be somewhat permeable over time and distance).

Etymology

The word ''arsenal'' appears in various forms in Romance languages (from which it has been adopted into the Germanic languages), i.e. Italian ''arsenale'', Spanish ''arsenal'' etc.; Italian also has ''arzana'' and ''darsena'', and Spanish a longer form ''atarazana''. The word is of Arabic origin, being a corruption of ''dar as-sina'ah'', "house of manufacturing" or "manufacture". Alternative derivations, such as ''arx navalis'', "naval citadel", ''arx senatus'' (i.e. of Venice, etc.), have been discounted. For early modern Europe, ''the'' arsenal was the Venetian Arsenal.

Types

A first-class arsenal, which can furnish the material and equipment of a large army, contains a laboratory, gun and carriage factories, small-arms ammunition, small-arms, harness, saddlery tent and powder factories, and a powder factory; in addition it must possess great store-houses. In a second-class arsenal the factories would be replaced by workshops. The situation of an arsenal should be governed by strategic considerations. If of the first class, it should be situated at the base of operations and supply, secure from attack, not too near a frontier, and placed so as to draw in readily the resources of the country. The importance of a large arsenal is such that its defences would be on the scale of those of a large fortress.

Operational subdivision

The usual subdivision of branches in a great arsenal is into ''storekeeping'', ''construction'' and ''administration''. Under ''storekeeping'' we should have the following departments and stores: Departments of issue and receipt, pattern room, armoury department, ordnance or park, harness, saddlery and accoutrements, camp equipment, tools and instruments, engineer store, timber yard, breaking-up store, unserviceable store. Under ''construction'': Gun factory, carriage factory, laboratory, small-arms factory, harness and tent factory, powder factory, etc. In a second-class arsenal there would be workshops instead of these factories. ''Administration'': Under the head of administration would be classed as the chief director of the arsenal, officials military and civil, non-commissioned officers and military artificers, civilian foremen, workmen and laborers, with the clerks and writers necessary for the office work of the establishments.

In the manufacturing branches are required skill, and efficient and economical work, both executive and administrative; in the storekeeping part, good arrangement, great care, thorough knowledge of all warlike stores, both in their active and passive state, and scrupulous exactness in the custody, issue and receipt of stores. Frederick Taylor introduced command and control techniques to arsenals, including the U.S.'s Watertown Arsenal (a principal center for artillery design and manufacture) and Frankford Arsenal (a principal center for small arms ammunition design and manufacture).

See also

Armory (military)

Category:Arsenals Category:Arabic words and phrases

References

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playername	Jack Wilshere
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nationalyears2	2007–2009
nationalyears3	2009–2012
nationalyears4	2009–
nationalyears5	2010–
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Jack Andrew Garry Wilshere (born 1 January 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arsenal and the England national team.

Wilshere came up through Arsenal's youth academy and impressed from an early age. He made his first team debut in 2008, at the age of 16, and was Arsenal's youngest ever league debutant. In his short career thus far Wilshere has earned a number of accolades including the PFA Young Player of the Year, PFA Team of the Year, and Arsenal's Player of the Season as voted on by the fans for his performances in his first full campaign for Arsenal during the 2010–11 season.

Early life

Wilshere was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and currently lives in Hitchin, where he grew up, attending Whitehill Junior School and The Priory School. He captained The Priory School Football team to County Cup and District Cup glory from Year 7 through to Year 10, and also added the Under 15s National Cup to his list in Year 8, playing alongside Leyton Orient's Jake Argent-Martin and Jack Reeves.

Club career

Youth and Reserves

Wilshere joined the Arsenal Academy in October 2001 at the age of nine, after a short spell in the Luton Town youth programme. He rose through the ranks, and at the age of 15 was named the captain of the under-16s; he also made a few appearances for the Under-18s. In the summer of 2007 Wilshere featured in the Champions Youth Cup and upon his return to England, Arsenal Academy coach Steve Bould gave him a start for the Under-18s first game against the Chelsea Under-18 team. He scored his first goal against Aston Villa Under-18s in a 4–1 win. He then scored a hat-trick against Watford Under-18s, helping his side to an Academy Group A title. He finished his first full season with the Under-18s with 13 goals in 18 appearances, most of which coming at age 15.

In February 2008, he made his debut for Arsenal Reserves aged 16 against Reading, and scored Arsenal's only goal of the match, which ended in a draw. He scored a memorable goal against West Ham reserves in March, picking the ball up and curling a shot into the top left corner under the watching eye of Arsène Wenger. He managed to record 2 goals and 2 assists in just 3 appearances for the reserves at the end of the 2007–08 season. He played in the Under-16s victory in the Atalanta Cup, being named as player of the tournament. He played an important role in Arsenal's 2009 FA Youth Cup win, scoring goals in the semi final and producing a man-of-the-match display in the first leg of the final against Liverpool, assisting two goals and scoring himself.

2008–09 season

In July 2008, Wilshere was selected in the first team for the pre-season friendlies. He made his first team debut against Barnet as a half-time substitute for Henri Lansbury, setting up a goal for Jay Simpson. Wilshere scored his first two goals for Arsenal in a 10–2 win against a Burgenland XI, and again two days later in a friendly against Stuttgart.

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger gave Wilshere a place in Arsenal's first team squad for the 2008–09 season, and he was given the number 19 shirt which he has retained to this day. He made his competitive debut in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park in September 2008, as an 84th-minute substitute for Robin van Persie. At the age of 16 years and 256 days, he was Arsenal's youngest-ever league debutante, a record previously held by Cesc Fàbregas. Ten days later, on 23 September, Wilshere scored his first competitive Arsenal goal in a 6–0 victory against Sheffield United in the Football League Cup. On 25 November 2008, Wilshere came on as a substitute in a UEFA Champions League match against Dynamo Kyiv, becoming the fifth sixteen-year-old to ever play in the Champions League. In January 2009 Wilshere signed his first professional contract, extending it in July the same year.

2009–10 season

In the preparation for the 2009–10 season, Wilshere scored twice and was twice awarded Man of the Match as Arsenal regained the friendly tournament, the Emirates Cup. On 22 September 2009, he started for Arsenal in their 2–0 Football League Cup win over West Bromwich Albion. In the 37th minute of the match, he was involved in a controversial incident with Jerome Thomas as Thomas pushed Wilshere's face and was shown a red card.

Loan to Bolton Wanderers

On 29 January 2010, Wilshere joined Premier League side Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the 2009–10 season. He made his first league start in the away game at Manchester City on 9 February, and scored his first Bolton goal, his first in the Premier League, on 6 March 2010 in the 2–1 victory at West Ham United. He impressed at Bolton and they tried, unsuccessfully, to sign him on loan for another season.

2010–11 season

The 2010–11 football season was a year of breakthrough for Wilshere. On 15 August 2010, he made his first start in the Premier League for Arsenal against Liverpool at Anfield. He followed that up with another start the next weekend against Blackpool contributing with an assist. On 15 September, Wilshere started his first Champions League game of the season providing an assist. Wilshere was named Arsenal's Player of The Month for September 2010. On 16 October, Wilshere received his first straight red card in first-team football in a Premier League match against Birmingham City for a challenge on Nikola Žigić. On 19 October, Wilshere scored his first Champions League goal with a chip over Andriy Pyatov at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal in a 5–1 thrashing of Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage. On 1 November, it was announced that Wilshere had signed a new long-term contract. On 27 November, Wilshere scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal in a 4–2 win at Aston Villa. Wilshere was praised for his highly influential display against Barcelona in Arsenal's 2–1 victory, he completed 93.5% of his passes overall and 91% of his passes in the final third of the pitch. Manager Arsene Wenger described his performance as "outstanding". In April 2011, Wilshere won the PFA Young Player of the Year award, and was also named in the PFA Team of the Year for the 2010–11 season, along with Arsenal team-mates Samir Nasri and Bacary Sagna. In his breakthrough season he was also voted Arsenal's Player of the Season, ahead of the likes of Fàbregas, van Persie and Nasri.

2011–12 season

During the summer leading into the 2011-12 season, Wilshere suffered a stress fracture ankle injury during a pre-season friendly. The injury proved a persistent problem throughout Arsenal's pre-season and on 26 September, Wilshere underwent successful surgery, and was to be ruled out for four to five months. However, on 27 January, he suffered a recurrence of the ankle injury, and in April 2012, he was ruled out for the remainder of the Premier League season, as well as England's UEFA Euro 2012 campaign.

Style of play

Wilshere is a player known for his movement, aggression, dribbling, vision, passing and combination play. More recently, Owen Coyle, manager of Bolton during Wilshere's loan spell, praised his ability to "tackle and take a knock", despite his lack of height. He has been compared to Paul Gascoigne for his attributes as an all-round midfielder. However, Arsenal head of youth development Liam Brady noted that Wilshere had problems with his temper early on in his career.

Wilshere has been used in a number of positions, including attacking midfielder, winger, and most recently deep-lying central midfielder, where he has played in all but one of Arsenal's matches during the 2010–11 season. In Wenger's words: 'He's a box-to-box player, more than just a holding midfielder.

International career

Since 2006, the England national football team have decided to play Wilshere in an age group above his age. Wilshere was just 14 when he played for the England national under-16 football team at the Victory Shield in 2006. At the age of 15, he began playing for the England national under-17 football team. He was then named in the squad for the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in May, starting the first two games, particularly impressing in the 2nd game against Germany before going off with an injury which kept him out of the final game. After the tournament, he was named among the 10 future stars from the tournament.

He has also been praised by England manager Fabio Capello, who indicated there was a chance that he would include the young midfielder in his 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, though this did not happen. He also came on as substitute for his England U-21 debut against the Netherlands.

On 7 August 2010, Wilshere was called up to the Senior squad for the first time for their friendly against Hungary on 11 August. He made his England debut on 11 August 2010, coming on as a 83rd minute substitute for Steven Gerrard against Hungary. This made him the 10th youngest player ever to play for the English national team.

On 9 February 2011 he made his full England debut when he started in a friendly against Denmark. He impressed despite playing in an unfamiliar role just in front of the defence and was praised by Fabio Capello.

Career statistics

Club

0 0 1 1 0

Club	Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total
!Apps	!Goals	!Assists	!Apps	!Goals	!Assists	!Apps	!Goals	!Assists	!Apps	!Goals	!Assists	!Apps	!Goals	!Assists
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Arsenal		1	|	0	2	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	8	1	1
2009-10 Arsenal F.C. season	2009–10	1	|	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0
rowspan="1" valign="center"	Bolton Wanderers (loan)		14	|	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	3
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Arsenal		35	|	3	2	0	0	5	0	3	7	2	3	49	3	9
2011-12 Arsenal F.C. season	2011–12	0	|	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arsenal total	! 37 !! 1 !! 3 !! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 9 !! 1 !! 4 !! 12 !! 2 !! 3 !! 64 !! 4 !! 10
Career total	! 51 !! 2 !! 4 !! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 9 !! 1 !! 4 !! 12 !! 2 !! 3 !! 78 !! 5 !! 13

National team

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Personal life

Wilshere was arrested in the early hours of the morning on 29 August 2010 in connection with a "fracas". However, it appeared Wilshere played the role of peacemaker and so did not face charges but received a caution. In March 2011, Wilshere received a police warning for spitting on a taxi driver, who happened to be wearing a hat of Arsenal's rivals Tottenham, after the driver refused to drive him home because he was too drunk. On 29 September 2011, Wilshere's girlfriend Lauren Neal gave birth to their son, Archie Jack Wilshere. Wilshere appeared on the UK and Ireland cover of FIFA 12 alongside Wayne Rooney. In November 2011, Jack Wilshere became an ambassador for St John Ambulance.

Honours

Arsenal

Winner:

Premier Academy League: 2008–09

FA Youth Cup: 2008–09

International

Winner:

Victory Shield: 2006, 2007

Individual

PFA Young Player of the Year: 2010–11

PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11

Arsenal Player of the Season (2010–11)

References

External links

Jack Wilshere profile at Arsenal.com

ESPNsoccernet profile

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name	Mikel Arteta
fullname	Mikel Arteta Amatriain
birth date	March 26, 1982
birth place	San Sebastián, Spain
height
position	Midfielder
currentclub	Arsenal
clubnumber	8
youthyears1	1994–1997 |youthclubs1 Antiguoko
youthyears2	1997–1999 |youthclubs2 Barcelona
years1	1999–2002 |clubs1 Barcelona B |caps1 42 |goals1 3
years2	2000–2002 |clubs2 → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) |caps2 31 |goals2 2
years3	2002–2004 |clubs3 Rangers |caps3 50 |goals3 12
years4	2004–2005 |clubs4 Real Sociedad |caps4 15 |goals4 1
years5	2005–2011 |clubs5 Everton |caps5 174 |goals5 28
years6	2011– |clubs6 Arsenal |caps6 29 |goals6 6
nationalyears1	1998–1999 |nationalteam1 Spain U16 |nationalcaps1 10 |nationalgoals1 4
nationalyears2	1999 |nationalteam2 Spain U17 |nationalcaps2 7 |nationalgoals2 0
nationalyears3	1999–2001 |nationalteam3 Spain U18 |nationalcaps3 13 |nationalgoals3 1
nationalyears4	2002–2003 |nationalteam4 Spain U21 |nationalcaps4 12 |nationalgoals4 2
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Mikel Arteta Amatriain (born 26 March 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Arsenal as a midfielder.

Arteta started out as a trainee with FC Barcelona but could not break his way into the first team and was eventually loaned to Paris Saint-Germain in the French league. He was then signed by Scottish Premier League club Rangers with whom he would win the domestic treble of the league, Scottish Cup and League Cup in the season of 2002–03. After success in Scotland, Arteta moved back to Spain to play for Real Sociedad but failed to establish himself within the first team and was loaned to Everton for the remainder of the 2004–05 season, prior to signing permanently in July 2005. He then made a permanent transfer to Arsenal in 2011.

Arteta has represented Spain at under-21 level, but he has not played for the senior national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Arteta began his football career at the Bihari side Antiguoko and befriended fellow midfielder Xabi Alonso as they would play together every weekend. The two would often play along the beaches and gutters of San Sebastián and dreamed of playing together at Real Sociedad. Arteta left for the FC Barcelona B squad at 15 years of age while Alonso signed for Real Sociedad later. Despite his potential Arteta failed to break into the first team, and went out on loan to French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2000.

Rangers

Arteta joined Scottish club Rangers in 2002, winning the 2003 Scottish Premier League title as well as the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Arteta enjoyed a successful first season at Rangers and quickly established himself as a first team regular and a fans' favourite. He returned to Spain after two seasons in Glasgow. Arteta's good form extended into 2006–07. As well as retaining his starting place, he frequently turned in man-of-the-match displays, and finished the season with nine goals from the 35 league games he played. Arteta was awarded the ''Player of the Season Award'' for the second consecutive year. He was also voted the Premiership's 'Midfielder of the Year' by the readers of Sky Sports, beating PFA Players' Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.

Arteta's creativity was an essential part of Everton's attacking play the following season, and he had scored six goals by the end of January. That improved further a season later, scoring nine times in the 2006–07 season and once again ending the season as the Player of the Year. He helped Everton secure a place in the UEFA Cup and was ranked by the ACTIM Index as the sixth best player in the Premiership but it did not earn him a call-up into the full Spain squad. During the summer of 2007, he signed a new five-year contract.

Arteta added another accolade to his growing collection during the 2007–08 season, when he picked up North West Footballer of the Year award. He then became the first Everton player in five years to receive the Liverpool Echo's Sports Personality of the Year award in January 2008.

Arteta suffered a stomach injury in the second half of the season, and shortly before the final game of the campaign, he underwent surgery to rectify the problem. He scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season in the Premier League opener versus with a free kick. He was named captain for a 2–2 draw with , scoring a penalty in the game. In February, Arteta was carried off on a stretcher in a 0–0 draw with Newcastle having injured a ligament in his knee, days after his first inclusion in the Spanish national team squad. The injury kept him out for the rest of the 2008–09 season and the first five months of 2009–10.

Arteta made his return from injury in January 2010 as a substitute in an FA Cup tie against Birmingham City, before starting in a 2–1 home Premier League win against Chelsea. His first two goals of the season were scored in a 5–1 win over in March 2010. In August that year he signed a five-year contract extension with Everton.

Upon departing Everton, Arteta said “I am 29 years old so I haven’t got much time left to take a chance like this one. I have done my best for Everton." A few weeks later he revealed to the Liverpool Echo that the spirit in Everton's dressing room is the 'best in football'.

Arsenal

Arteta signed with Arsenal on 31 August 2011 on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £10 million. He made his debut on 10 September in a 1–0 home win against Swansea City. Arteta scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal in a 4–3 loss against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. He scored his second goal for the club in a 3–0 home win against West Bromwich Albion as he began to comfortably settle into his playmaking role at Arsenal. He also opened the scoring with a 25 yard "swerving long range shot" in a 4–0 away win against Wigan Athletic.

Arteta was able to have his first chance to captain the Gunners in the third round FA Cup victory over Leeds United, mostly notably remembered by the second debut of Thierry Henry. His fourth Premier League goal of the season came on 4 February as Arsenal thrashed Blackburn 7–1 at the Emirates, scoring from the edge of the area as a clearance from a corner reached him. He then scored a brilliant 30 yard free-kick on the 24 March in a 3–0 win over Aston Villa, helping his team go a further three points ahead of North London rivals Spurs in the race to secure Champions League football. On 8 April, he scored the winning goal in a 1-0 win against Manchester City at the Emirates, playing a crucial role in the title race as the defeat for City left them eight points behind rivals Manchester United.

Arteta suffered an ankle sprain in his side's 2-1 loss to Wigan on 16 April, which sidelined him for the remainder of the season.

International career

Mikel Arteta is eligible for the Basque Country and the Spanish national football teams. The Basque team are not affiliated to FIFA or a regional confederation but play exhibition games. Arteta has played for Spain at Under 16, Under 17, Under 18 and Under 21 levels but has not played for the full international team. He represented Spain in the U16 European Championships, UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup and captained Spain in the U21 European Championships qualifying campaign.

In August 2010, several British news organisations erroneously reported that Arteta would be eligible to play for the England national football team due to his eligibility for a British passport. The player is not eligible for England because FIFA Statutes stipulate that the player needs to have held a British passport at the time when he represented Spain at the U16 European Championships and in addition he would have required five years of education in Britain before turning 18.

In November 2011, Arteta reiterated his desire to one day represent his country at international level. "It’s one of my targets and I won’t stop going for it because I really want to represent my country". He went on to praise the current Spanish midfield as "the best midfield the world has ever seen".

Style of play

While initially thought of as a "pivot" or defensive midfielder in the mould of his hero Josep Guardiola, it is only since being moved to a more attacking role by David Moyes that Arteta's career has truly begun to flourish. Although he achieved moderate success from central midfield with PSG and Rangers, his move to a more attacking role saw him rated as the sixth most effective player in the Premier League in 2006–07 by the official player ratings system the Actim Index.

His style of play is characterised by excellent close control and dribbling, which coupled with short bursts of acceleration allows him to eliminate defenders with relative ease.

With 100 fouls committed against him in the 2006/07 season he was the most fouled player in the Premier League.

Additionally, he has proved an extremely potent creative force thanks mainly to his pinpoint crossing ability and propensity for the killer pass, with his total of 12 league assists in the 2006–07 season being third to Cesc Fàbregas and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Since his move to Arsenal, Arteta, has taken a step back into his childhood position of "pivote" alongside Alex Song allowing for the liberation of the other Arsenal midfield players by covering the gaps that appear with intelligent movement and passing.

Career statistics

Club

0 1 0 8 0 2 1 9 1 6 6 3 1 3

Club	Season	League	!colspan="3"	Europe	Total
	!Apps!!Goals!!Assists!!Apps!!Goals!!Assists!!Apps!!Goals!!Assists!!Apps!!Goals!!Assists
rowspan="3" valign="center"	Barcelona B			|
2000–01 Segunda División B	2000-01		|
Total !42#2	2!!32!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!422!!32!!–
rowspan="3" valign="center"	Paris Saint-Germain		6	1	|	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	1	0
2001–02 French Division 1	2001–02	25	|	0	7	2	0	10	1	0	42	4	0
colspan="1">Total
rowspan="3" valign="center"	Rangers		27	4	|	7	1	0	1	0	0	35	5	0
2003-04 Scottish Premier League	2003–04	23	|	0	4	0	0	6	1	0	33	9	0
colspan="1">Total
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Real Sociedad		15	1	|	0	0	0	—			15	1	0
colspan="1">Total	—!!15!!1!!0
rowspan="9" valign="center"	Everton		12	1	|	1	0	0	—			13	1	2
2005-06 FA Premier League	2005–06	29	|	7	5	1	0	3	1	0	37	3	7
2006-07 FA Premier League	2006–07	35	|	12	4	0	0	—			39	9	12
2007-08 Premier League	2007–08	28	|	7	2	0	0	7	3	0	37	4	7
2008-09 Premier League	2008–09	26	|	7	3	1	0	2	0	0	31	7	7
2009-10 Premier League	2009–10	13	|	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	16	6	2
2010-11 Premier League	2010–11	29	|	4	4	0	0	—			33	3	4
2011-12 Premier League	2011–12	2	|	0	1	1	0	—			3	2	0
colspan="1">Total	!174!!28!!41!!21!!3!!0!!14!!4!!0!!209!!35!!41
rowspan="2" valign="center"	Arsenal		28	6	|	3	0	0	6	0	0	37	6	3
Total	!28!!6!!3!!3!!0!!0!!6!!0!!0!!37!!6!!3
Career total	!340!!52!!44!!43!!6!!0!!41!!6!!0!!424!!64!!44

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Honours

Club

;Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2001

;Rangers

Scottish Premier League (1): 2002–03

Scottish Cup (1): 2002–03

Scottish League Cup (1): 2002–03

International

;Spain

UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship: 1999

UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup: 1999

Individual

Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month (2): September 2002, August 2003

Everton Player of the Season (2): 2005–06, 2006–07

Everton Players' Player of the Season (1): 2005–06

Sky Sports Midfielder of the Year (1): 2006–07

North West Player of the Year (1): 2006–07

Personal life

Arteta's wife is the former Miss Spain Lorena Bernal. with whom he has a son. He is close friends with Xabi Alonso, who plays for Real Madrid. The two used to be neighbours at Liverpool's Albert Dock apartment complex.

Arteta is multilingual, speaking fluent Spanish, Basque and Catalan and English. He speaks some French and Italian. He is also learning Portuguese.

References

External links

Profile at Transfermarkt.co.uk

Profile at evertonfc.com

Profile at Yahoo! Sports

Profile at 4thegame.com

Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net

Mikel Arteta's Premier League profile

Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:People from San Sebastián Category:Spanish footballers Category:Spain youth international footballers Category:Spain under-21 international footballers Category:Basque footballers Category:Association football midfielders Category:La Liga footballers Category:FC Barcelona Atlètic footballers Category:Real Sociedad footballers Category:Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Category:Rangers F.C. players Category:Everton F.C. players Category:Arsenal F.C. players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:Scottish Premier League young player of the month awards Category:Premier League players Category:Spanish expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in France Category:Expatriate footballers in Scotland Category:Expatriate footballers in England Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom

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