Luis Arana Urigüen (4 February 1874 – 7 June 1951[1]) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper who won the 1902 Copa de la Coronación with Club Bizcaya.

[7][8] Arana then played several friendly matches for them against city rivals Athletic Club in the Hippodrome of Lamiako.

[9] In 1902, the two rivals agreed to join the best players of each club to face the Bordeaux-based side Burdigala at Burdeos, France, which marked the first time a Bilbao team played on foreign territory.

[11] At the end of 1902, Bilbao FC began to show signs of financial exhaustion due to the non-payment of the appropriate fees by some of its partners who thus compromised the future of the entity.

[8] This moment of crisis caused Arana to be elected as the new president of the club, hence replacing Carlos Castellanos, but a loss of both interest and members in early 1903 worsened the situation.

[8] Once the negotiations had begun, the sudden death of Castellanos precipitated the outcome in a few days, concluding the final agreement on March 29 when both presidents signed the merger in which Bilbao FC was dissolved and all its partners became part of it.

[12] In 1920, he replaced Julio Arteche as the president of Real Club Marítimo del Abra, a position he held for four years, until 1924, when Rogelio Renovales took over.