The 31-year-old Spain international has turned his attentions to winning another Champions League and the Club World Cup with his boyhood team
Real Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa has expressed his disbelief at reaching 200 matches for the club, and is already targeting another Champions League title.
Arbeloa came through the youth ranks at Madrid but failed to break into the first team and left for Deportivo La Coruna in 2006 before finding his way back to Santiago Bernabeu three years later, via Liverpool.
The 31-year-old has another two years on his current contract and is now targeting his first Club World Cup title and the club’s 11th Champions League title after realising their Decima dream last season.
“For a youth academy player like me to have played 200 games for Real Madrid is unimaginable,” he told the club website.
“We hope to win the Club World Cup in December so we can then say we have won everything with Real Madrid. This is my sixth season here and there is nothing greater in the world of football than winning with Real Madrid.”
Arbeloa was a substitute in May when los Blancos ended their 12-year wait for their tenth European crown, which he said was a dream come true.
“The Decima and that 93rd minute [when Sergio Ramos equalised] will always live in the memory of every Real Madrid fan. The year I came, [Zinedine] Zidane scored that wonder goal for the ninth and 12 years later I was part of the Decima-winning side.
“It is hard for people to understand how important it was to win for a team you have watched since you were a kid and witnessed your heroes win the European Cup.”
Real Madrid will face competition from the likes of Mexico’s Cruz Azul and Argentina’s San Lorenzo when they head to Morocco in December for the 2014 Fifa Club World Cup.