Jairo Arrieta

Jairo Arrieta Obando (born 25 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward for A.D.R. Jicaral.

Club career Costa Rica Arrieta was born in Nicoya, Costa Rica. Before moving to Deportivo Saprissa, he played for Guanacasteca and their successors Brujas. Arrieta made his MLS debut for the Crew on 14 July 2012, playing 62 minutes in a loss to Sporting Kansas City at home. This came just 17 days after 27 June transfer window opened. Two weeks later, in a rematch at Kansas City, Arrieta scored his first MLS goal in the 17th minute of the match, following with the game winner in the 34th minute. After only his third game in MLS, Arrieta was named League Player of the Week with a 2-goal performance in a Columbus win against Sporting Kansas City.

D.C. United Orlando City SC selected Arrieta in the 6th round of the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft. He was later traded to D.C. United ahead of the 2015 season in exchange for an international roster spot. In his debut for D.C. United, he scored in the 58th minute to secure a 1-0 win against the Montreal Impact. Arrieta's option for the 2016 season was declined by D.C. United.

He scored 5 goals and recorded 2 assists in his 27 appearances for D.C.

New York Cosmos Arrieta signed with New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League on January 14, 2016.

International career Arrieta played with the Costa Rica under-23 team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a December 2011 friendly match against Cuba and has, as of January 2014, earned a total of 15 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match His two goals in the tournament, his first two for his country, were enough to earn him the Golden Boot award as the tournament's top scorer. Because of his performance at the Copa Centroamericana, Arrieta was called up by Costa Rica for their World Cup qualifying match against Panama on 6 February 2013.

He also played at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

International goals Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first. Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 18 January 2013 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica 1–0 1–0 2013 Copa Centroamericana 2. 22 January 2013 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica 1–0 1–1 2013 Copa Centroamericana 3. 28 March 2013 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada 1–0 1–0 Friendly 4. 9 July 2013 Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, United States 2–0 3–0 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Personal life Arrieta holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

Honors Individual Golden Boot Winner – 2013 Copa Centroamericana