Manuel Jesús Arana Rodríguez (born 3 December 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
He appeared in 75 La Liga matches over four seasons, totalling seven goals for Racing de Santander and Rayo Vallecano. He added 164 appearances and 33 goals in the Segunda División, and also played in Australia, India and Gibraltar.
Club career Arana was born in Seville, Andalusia. Not having been able to reach the first team at Real Betis in his hometown, he signed with CD Castellón where he would first appear professionally in 2006–07's Segunda División, playing one game; in the following two seasons, also at that level, he proceeded to be regularly utilised.
On 29 June 2009, Arana moved to La Liga with Racing de Santander, on a four-year contract. He made his debut in the competition on 30 August in a 1–4 home loss against Getafe CF, and scored in his third match for a 2–1 away win over Málaga CF; he added three more goals until the end of the campaign (totalling 1,749 minutes) as the side from Cantabria managed to retain their status.
Arana terminated his contract with Racing in late August 2012, following the club's top-flight relegation. Subsequently, he joined Rayo Vallecano of the same league.
On 7 July 2014, Arana left Recreativo de Huelva and agreed to a two-year deal at RCD Mallorca also in the second tier. On 30 September 2016, the 31-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career after being confirmed as the third visa player signing by Brisbane Roar FC for the 2016–17 season.
On 12 July 2017, Arana switched clubs and countries again, joining FC Goa. He scored his first goal for them on 25 November, but in a 2–1 away defeat to Mumbai City FC. On 31 January 2018, he was loaned to fellow Indian Super League team Delhi Dynamos FC until March.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCastellón 2006–07Segunda División1020—302007–08Segunda División28600—2862008–09Segunda División41830—448Total701450—7514Racing Santander2009–10La Liga31430—3442010–11La Liga14110—1512011–12La Liga28210—292Total73750—787Rayo Vallecano2012–13La Liga2010—30Recreativo2012–13Segunda División18100—1812013–14Segunda División24820—268Total42920—449Mallorca2014–15Segunda División32800—3282015–16Segunda División20200—202Total521000—5210Brisbane Roar2016–17A-League1800062242Goa2017–18Indian Super League103——103Delhi Dynamos2017–18Indian Super League61——61Career total273441306229246
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