On 17 August 2019, at Butarque, Aridane Hernández Umpiérrez played his first match in La Liga. He started at centre-back for Osasuna, who were back in the top flight and won 1-0 at Leganés through a Chimy Ávila goal. Ten years earlier, on 23 May 2009, he had been named in a La Liga squad by Real Valladolid without getting on the pitch. In between came the Spanish third, fourth and second tiers. He was born on 23 March 1989 in Tuineje, on the island of Fuerteventura, and has always played as a central defender.
From Fuerteventura to Valladolid
He started out at UD Gran Tarajal, in the south of the island, and left the Canary Islands at a young age to join Real Valladolid's academy. He also spent time in Real Madrid's youth ranks. In July 2008 he moved up to Valladolid's reserve side, then in the Tercera División, and played two seasons there, making 48 appearances and scoring once. During that spell he was an unused substitute for the first team in a 2-1 defeat to Sporting de Gijón in May 2009. He never made a first-team appearance for Valladolid.
Years in the third tier
On 5 August 2010 he signed for AD Ceuta, in the North African city of the same name, who were then in Segunda División B. He agreed a two-year deal but terminated it after one season, and in 2011 he joined Deportivo Alavés in the same division, scoring twice. He then went home to play for Corralejo, a club from the north of Fuerteventura, and at the end of 2012 he arrived at CD Eldense. In Elda he became a regular starter, making close to a hundred appearances and scoring five goals by 2015.
On 9 July 2015 Granada signed him on a two-year contract and loaned him to Cádiz ten days later. He made 33 appearances in 2015-16, the season of Cádiz's promotion to the Spanish second division, sealed in June 2016 with wins in both legs of the playoff final against Hércules. The promotion took the club back into professional football, and on 18 July 2016 Cádiz signed him permanently. He made his professional debut on 19 August 2016 in a 1-1 draw at Almería, and scored his first Segunda goal on 23 October that year, the opener in a 2-2 home draw with UCAM Murcia. That season Cádiz reached the promotion playoffs for La Liga and were knocked out by Tenerife.
Six seasons at Osasuna
On 17 July 2017 Osasuna paid €1.5 million for him and gave him a four-year contract. The move took him to Pamplona, where he would spend six seasons at El Sadar. On 10 September that year he scored in a 3-0 win away to Rayo Vallecano. In 2018-19 the Navarrese side won the Spanish second division and went up to La Liga. There Aridane started alongside David García, and he played in the Copa del Rey final on 6 May 2023 at La Cartuja, which Osasuna lost 2-1 to Real Madrid. He started that night wearing number 23. In total he made 152 official appearances for Osasuna, with four goals, across the second and top tiers.
Rayo Vallecano and later moves
When his Osasuna contract ran out he joined Rayo Vallecano as a free agent on 5 July 2023, on a two-year deal, ending six seasons in Pamplona. He made 39 appearances in Vallecas, and the club did not renew his contract when it expired in 2025. After two months without a club, he signed for second-tier UD Almería on 10 September 2025. He played seven matches before the two parties agreed to end the contract on 2 February 2026. On 6 March 2026 he joined FC Cartagena, in the Primera Federación, for the rest of the season, making eight appearances and scoring once. In late August 2026 he signed for CD Atlético Paso, of the Segunda Federación, which took him back to Canary Islands football.
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