David Prieto Gálvez (born 2 January 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

David Prieto
Personal information
Full name David Prieto Gálvez[1]
Date of birth (1983-01-02) 2 January 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Seville, Spain[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 Sevilla B 121 (5)
2002–2003Jerez (loan) 28 (1)
2005–2011 Sevilla 30 (0)
2006–2007Xerez (loan) 39 (1)
2009–2010Xerez (loan) 21 (0)
2010–2011Tenerife (loan) 20 (0)
2011–2012 Córdoba 22 (1)
2012–2013 Xerez 26 (3)
2014 Lugo 4 (0)
2014–2015 Murcia 31 (1)
2015–2017 Atlético Baleares 55 (1)
2017–2019 Mirandés 35 (2)
2019–2020 Fuenlabrada 34 (1)
Total 466 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Formed at Sevilla, he also represented Xerez in La Liga, making 51 total top-flight appearances. He played 163 Segunda División matches for seven clubs, as well as 252 games in Segunda División B at both ends of his career.

Club career

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Sevilla

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Born in Seville, Andalusia, Prieto was a product of Sevilla FC's youth system, and made his first-team debut on 6 February 2005, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away win against Levante UD.[2] Appearing in four La Liga games that season and adding another four the following, he would alternate between the first and the second teams in the next years.[3]

In the 2006–07 campaign, as Sevilla Atlético reached the Segunda División for the first time ever, Prieto served a loan in another team from Andalusia and that level, Xerez CD. The following season he appeared in eight league matches with the main squad and started in seven of those, due to the absences of Javi Navarro (knee, entire season missed) and Julien Escudé (pubis, less than half of possible games),[4] as the team finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

After the death of Antonio Puerta in the fall of 2007, Sevilla wanted to retire the player's number 16 shirt.[5] Due to the Spanish League's strict rules on squad registration a retirement was impossible, and Puerta's shirt number was handed to Prieto, something he took great pride in.[6]

On 18 August 2009, after having made 13 appearances in 2008–09, Prieto was once again loaned to recently promoted Xerez in a season-long move, without any buying option at the end.[7] He contributed relatively as the club was immediately relegated, and moved in August 2010 to CD Tenerife – also dropped from the top flight – in the same situation.[8][9]

Later career

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In July 2011, Prieto left Sevilla, signing for one year at neighbours Córdoba CF in division two.[10] He was sent off twice during the season, including a sixth-minute red card on 14 January in a 2–1 loss at Real Murcia CF for fouling Cristian García in the penalty box.[11]

At the end of his contract in Córdoba, Prieto returned to Xerez on a two-year deal with the option of a third in July 2012.[12] The following 14 April, he received his marching orders late on in a 2–1 away defeat to Elche CF and kicked a dugout, breaking it;[13] the campaign ended with relegation again.

In February 2014, Prieto joined CD Lugo on a free transfer to replace the late departure of Miguel Ángel Tena to Cádiz CF.[14] Seven months later, he dropped back to the third tier for the first time since his Sevilla reserve days, at Murcia.[15]

Having reached the play-offs in his one season at the Estadio Nueva Condomina, Prieto joined Atlético Baleares in July 2015.[16] He signed a one-year deal with the club from Palma de Mallorca but stayed for two, qualifying for the post-season again in 2017 and scoring a late own goal in the second round against Albacete Balompié 11 June which qualified the opposition 3–2 on aggregate.[17]

Remaining in the third division, Prieto signed to CD Mirandés for one year in July 2017.[18] The team won their group before losing in the play-off semi-finals to Extremadura UD,[19] and in February 2019 he moved to CF Fuenlabrada a month after severing his link.[20]

After playing 12 games to help the Madrid outskirts side gain their first ever promotion to the second division, 36-year-old Prieto was given a new one-year contract in July.[21] Three months later, he suffered a fractured jaw in a collision with the elbow of Sporting de Gijón's Nacho Méndez, sidelining him for at least a month.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "DAVID PRIETO Gálvez". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ^ "El Sevilla derrota a un desordenado Levante" [Sevilla beat disorganised Levante]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 6 February 2005. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ^ "¿Qué fue de los integrantes del Sevilla Atlético de Segunda división?" [What happened to members of Sevilla Atlético of Segunda división?] (in Spanish). Sevillismo en Vena. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Escudé y Javi Navarro, la cara y la cruz" [Escudé and Javi Navarro, heads and tails]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 16 July 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Del Nido anuncia que el Sevilla retirará el dorsal '16'" [Del Nido announces Sevilla will retire number 16]. Marca (in Spanish). 1 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  6. ^ "David Prieto llevará el "16" de Puerta" [David Prieto will wear Puerta's "16"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 July 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Xerez CD. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  8. ^ "Una cara y varias cruces en los cedidos" [One head and several tails in loanees]. ABC (in Spanish). 27 May 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  9. ^ "El defensa David Prieto se va cedido al Tenerife" [Defender David Prieto goes to Tenerife on loan]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 July 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  10. ^ Luque, Ignacio; Pedrajas, Juan Jesús (21 July 2011). "David Prieto firma el precontrato para llegar al equipo de Paco Jémez" [David Prieto signs the pre-contract to arrive at Paco Jémez' team]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  11. ^ "El Córdoba acaricia el empate y el Murcia sufre" [Córdoba caress draw and Murcia suffer]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  12. ^ "El Xerez se refuerza con David Prieto" [Xerez strengthen with David Prieto]. Marca (in Spanish). 24 July 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  13. ^ Marín, David (14 April 2013). "Agónico triunfo de Primera del Elche ante el Xerez" [Agonising Primera triumph for Elche against Xerez]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  14. ^ "El Lugo contrata a David Prieto" [Lugo hire David Prieto]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 February 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  15. ^ Otón, José (2 September 2014). "Cuatro refuerzos sobre la bocina" [Four last-moment additions]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  16. ^ Muñoz Palma, Juan (8 July 2015). "El Baleares presenta a su fichaje estrella David Prieto" [Baleares present their star signing David Prieto]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  17. ^ Sevilla, Juan Manuel (11 June 2017). "Un gol en propia de David da el pase al Albacete en el 117" [David own goal sends Albacete through on 117]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  18. ^ "David Prieto defenderá la camiseta del C.D. Mirandés la próxima temporada" [David Prieto will defend the jersey of C.D. Mirandés next season] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  19. ^ Peña, Raúl (10 June 2018). "El Extremadura está en la final" [Extremadura are in the final]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  20. ^ "El CF Fuenlabrada ficha a David Prieto" [CF Fuenlabrada sign David Prieto] (in Spanish). CF Fuenlabrada. 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  21. ^ Fuentes, Antonio (11 July 2019). "El veterano central David Prieto se queda en Fuenlabrada" [Veteran stopper David Prieto stays in Fuenlabrada]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  22. ^ "La fractura de mandíbula dejará k.o. a David Prieto al menos un mes" [Fractured jaw will leave David Prieto k.o. for at least a month] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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