He amassed La Liga totals of 169 games and 28 goals over 11 seasons after emerging from Real Madrid's youth academy, representing in the competition Villarreal, Albacete, Sevilla, Numancia, Osasuna, Levante, Zaragoza and Granada.
[5] He was relatively used during the campaign, but was deemed surplus to requirements after the arrivals of Luís Fabiano, Frédéric Kanouté and Javier Saviola, and left for Albacete Balompié on loan – he had already represented the Castile-La Mancha team the previous season.
[7] After being instrumental in Real Murcia's return to the top flight in 2007 by netting 11 goals, squad second-best behind Iván Alonso,[8] Aranda had an unassuming spell with Granada 74 CF.
[9][10] After spending the first months of 2008–09 training with lowly CF Gavà,[11] in December 2008 he signed with Numancia for a third stint,[12] appearing and scoring regularly but suffering top-division relegation.
In his second year with the Navarrese, he scored four times but also struggled with injuries and loss of form,[13][14] and Sola also returned to the starting XI, eventually finishing as top scorer.