David Cobeño
Spanish footballer
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David Cobeño Iglesias (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið koˈβeɲojˈɣlesjas]; born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently director of football of La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.
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Cobeño with Rayo Vallecano in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Cobeño Iglesias[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1982[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Rayo Vallecano B | ||
| 2002–2003 | Ponferradina | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Real Madrid C | ||
| 2005–2006 | Real Madrid B | 29 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Sevilla | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Almería (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2008–2016 | Rayo Vallecano | 130 | (1) |
| Total | 184 | (1) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Born in Madrid, Cobeño graduated from the youth academy of local Rayo Vallecano. After one season with lowly SD Ponferradina he signed for Real Madrid, spending the 2005–06 campaign in the Segunda División with their reserves.[2]
Cobeño joined Sevilla FC in summer 2006.[3] Initially backing up Andrés Palop,[4][5] he benefited from injury to his teammate during a 2–0 home win over RC Celta de Vigo on 18 March 2007[6] and went on to make four full additional appearances, adding three in the Andalusians' victorious run in the UEFA Cup.[7][8][9]
For 2007–08, Cobeño was loaned to neighbouring – and La Liga newcomers – UD Almería.[10] After starting the season as first-choice, he lost the job to Brazilian Diego Alves, only reappearing for two of the side's last three games;[11][12] subsequently, he was released by Sevilla and returned to Rayo on a three-year deal, as the Madrid club promoted again to the second tier.[13]
On 24 May 2009, Cobeño scored from his own goal to open an eventual 1–2 home loss against Elche CF.[14][15] During the first season in his second spell, he was the team's undisputed starter as they retained their league status, and won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy at 38 goals conceded.[16]
Cobeño remained the starter for Rayo in 2010–11, contributing 34 appearances to help the club to return to the top division following an eight-year absence.[17] In June 2012, having failed to renew his contract, he moved abroad and signed for FC Vaslui from Romania but, unsettled, returned to the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas two months later.[18]
Post-retirement
On 1 June 2016, aged 34, Cobeño retired and was immediately appointed as Rayo's director of football.[19][20][2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid B | 2005–06 | Segunda División | 29 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Real Madrid | 2005–06 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Sevilla | 2006–07 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Almería (loan) | 2007–08 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 2008–09 | Segunda División | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 130 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 137 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 181 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 1 | ||
Honours
Sevilla
Individual