Mikel Arteta Amatriain is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of the Premier League club Arsenal.
Gatekeepers News reports that Arteta was born on 26 March 1982 in San Sebastián, in northern Spain’s mountainous Basque Country.
The Gunners Coach who is multilingual, and is fluent in Spanish, Basque, Catalan, and English, also speaks French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Arteta is married to Argentine-Spanish actress, television host, and model Lorena Bernal. They have three children: Gabriel (born in 2009), Daniel (born in 2012), and Oliver (born in 2015).
He began his senior club career at Barcelona in 1999 but was later loaned to Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 at aged 18. After winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup during his second season in France, he then signed for Scottish club Rangers for a fee of £6 million.
During his debut season, Arteta won the Scottish Premier League and Scottish League Cup double, where he notably scored a 93rd-minute penalty against Dunfermline Athletic which secured the league title over rivals Celtic on goal difference.
After a brief return to Real Sociedad, Arteta joined English club Everton on loan in 2005; he later signed permanently. Arteta grew into a pivotal and influential player in Merseyside under David Moyes, becoming one of the best Premier League midfielders during the 2000s.
He won Everton Player of the Season twice and helped the club qualify for European competitions regularly.
In 2011, Arteta joined Arsenal for a reported fee of £10 million, winning two FA Cups under Arsène Wenger and served as captain from 2014 until his retirement in 2016.
He represented Spain through several youth levels, but never played for the senior national team. Arteta is often noted as one of the best players in modern times to be omitted a senior international cap.
After retiring, he was appointed as an assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
He returned to Arsenal as head coach in 2019 and won the FA Cup in his first year; his title was later changed to manager in September 2020, reflecting his broader remit at the club.
Net Worth
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has a net worth of over $25 million.
