Ignacio de Arruabarrena Fernández

Ignacio de Arruabarrena came through the Montevideo Wanderers academy and made his senior debut for the club in 2017, spending a loan spell at Tacuarembó the following season. Across his five years at Wanderers he made 135 appearances, conceding 169 goals, before leaving Uruguay for the first time in May 2022, when he signed for Arouca on a free transfer.

That move proved the making of him. Over two seasons at the Portuguese club he made 61 Primeira Liga appearances, conceded just 17 league goals, and was named the competition's Best Goalkeeper of the Month for April 2023.

In February 2025 he joined Barcelona SC in Ecuador on a two-year deal, playing 29 matches in the Liga Pro and two in the Copa Libertadores. He left the club in January 2026, citing unpaid wages. Within days, on 13 January 2026, he returned to Arouca on a contract running to the end of the season, with an option for a further year.

Internationally, Arruabarrena represented Uruguay at youth level, earning one cap for the under-20s in 2015 and eight for the under-23s in 2020, including a place in the squad for that year's CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, though not as the starting goalkeeper. He has not featured for the senior national team, but was included in a preliminary squad in September 2026.