David Cortés (Spanish footballer)
Spanish footballer (born 1979)
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David Cortés Caballero (born 29 August 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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Cortés in action for Hércules in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Cortés Caballero[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1979[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Llerena, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Extremadura | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Extremadura B | ||
| 1999–2002 | Extremadura | 83 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Baeza (loan) | ||
| 2002–2006 | Mallorca | 123 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Getafe | 106 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Hércules | 34 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Granada | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Hércules | 19 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Zaragoza | 24 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Aarhus | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 420 | (1) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He appeared in 273 La Liga matches in ten seasons, mainly with Mallorca and Getafe (four years apiece). He won the 2002–03 Copa del Rey with the former club.[1]
Club career
Born in Llerena, Badajoz, Cortés made his professional debut with local CF Extremadura in the Segunda División.[1] He then moved to RCD Mallorca in La Liga (alongside teammate Poli), where he was first-choice for three full seasons,[2] helping the Balearic Islands team to the 2002–03 edition of the Copa del Rey.[3]
In summer 2006, Cortés signed with Madrid's Getafe CF.[4] After splitting duties with Romanian Cosmin Contra in 2006–07,[5] he started the following campaign[6] as the side reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.[7]
In 2009–10, with Contra already gone, Cortés was greatly overshadowed by new signing Miguel Torres,[8] but still contributed 20 league matches as Getafe qualified for the second time in the club's history to the Europa League.[9] In July 2010, at almost 31, he signed a one-year contract with Hércules CF, returned to the top flight after a 13-year absence.[10]
Cortés was the undisputed first-choice right-back during his only season with the Valencians,[11] who finished 19th and were immediately relegated.[12] In mid-July 2011, he joined Granada CF also from the top division on a two-year deal.[13]
From 2012 to 2014, Cortés competed in the second tier with Hércules[14] and Real Zaragoza.[15] On 15 September 2014, at already 35, he moved abroad for the first time, signing with Danish 1st Division side Aarhus Gymnastikforening for one year[16] and retiring after helping them to win promotion.[17]
Honours
Mallorca