Asier Arranz Martín (born 28 March 1987), known simply as Asier, is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Palencia Cristo Atlético as a left midfielder. Club career Asier was born in Cuéllar, Segovia, Castile and León. After emerging through Real Valladolid's youth ranks, he played 16 Segunda División games for the first team in the 2006–07 season as they returned to La Liga after a three-year hiatus. Subsequently, Asier served two more loan spells in the second division, appearing very little for Deportivo Alavés and Xerez CD (the latter also promoted, but the player only took the pitch on 12 occasions, one match complete). After having featured only once for Valladolid in the first half of the 2009–10 campaign, in a rare start, at RCD Mallorca – but in a 3–0 loss– he was finally released in late January 2010, returning to the second tier with CD Numancia by signing until the end of the season and two more. From 2010 onwards, Asier resumed his career in the Segunda División B and Tercera División, with Pontevedra CF, CD Teruel, Sestao River Club, Gimnástica Segoviana CF (two spells), Atlético Astorga FC and CD Palencia Balompié. He moved abroad at the age of 33, representing teams in Cyprus and Finland and achieving promotion to the Veikkausliiga with Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat. References External links Cyprus Football Association profile 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Segovia Spanish footballers Footballers from Castile and León Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players Deportivo Alavés players Xerez CD footballers CD Numancia players Pontevedra CF footballers CD Teruel footballers Sestao River footballers Atlético Astorga FC players Cypriot Second Division players Alki Oroklini players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland