caption fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place image_size height position totalcaps birth_date totalgoals image article_title name
almunia with west ham united in 2011 manuel almunia rivero oberena 1999 2001 -- 2004 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- 2003 2003 -- -- 2004 2004 -- 2012 2011 2012 -- 2014 2000 1999 -- 2000 2000 -- 2001 oberena → eibar -lrb- loan -rrb- → recreativo -lrb- loan -rrb- osasuna → albacete -lrb- loan -rrb- arsenal → west ham united → -lrb- loan -rrb- watford cartagonova -lrb- loan -rrb- sabadell celta 46 4 76 0 3 29 0 35 2 24 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 pamplona , spain 175 1.92 m ftin on goalkeeper 328 19 may 1977 0 almuniawhu.jpg manuel almunia
 manuel almunia
manuel almunia

manuel almunia rivero -lrb- born 19 may 1977 -rrb- is a spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper .
he competed mainly in the spanish lower leagues in his early years , only appearing in 26 la liga games over the course of two seasons with recreativo and albacete , after starting out at osasuna .
most of his professional career was spent with arsenal , for which he signed in 2004 , going on to play 175 official matches and winning the 2005 fa cup .
he also had a short loan spell at west ham united .
in 2012 , after his contract expired , almunia joined watford and played there for two years , following which he retired .
