David de Paula

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is De Paula and the second or maternal family name is Gallardo.
David de Paula

De Paula (right) playing for Wolfsberger in 2013
Personal information
Full name David de Paula Gallardo
Date of birth (1984-05-31) 31 May 1984
Place of birth Durango, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Austria Wien
Number 23
Youth career
Cultural Durango
2002–2003 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Basconia 36 (9)
2004–2006 Bilbao Athletic 71 (12)
2005 Athletic Bilbao 0 (0)
2006–2007 Alicante 16 (0)
2007–2008 Lemona 33 (6)
2008–2009 Ponferradina 15 (1)
2009–2011 Palencia 69 (11)
2011–2012 Logroñés 35 (11)
2012–2014 Wolfsberger 51 (2)
2014– Austria Wien 58 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:57, 1 August 2016 (UTC).


David de Paula Gallardo (born 31 May 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FK Austria Wien as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Durango, Biscay, de Paula finished his formation at Athletic Bilbao after joining the club at the age of 18. His only competitive appearances for the first team occurred during the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, as he started in both legs of the tie against FC Ecomax, lost after a penalty shootout.[1][2]

De Paula only played lower league football in his home country, amassing Segunda División B totals of 239 games and 41 goals for Bilbao Athletic, Alicante CF, SD Lemona, SD Ponferradina, CF Palencia[3] and UD Logroñés,[4] during eight seasons. With the latter, he scored a career-best 11 goals in 2011–12, helping to a final fifth position.[5]

Aged 28, de Paula moved to Austria, signing with Wolfsberger AC. His Bundesliga debut took place on 25 July 2012, when he came on as a 69th-minute substitute for compatriot Jacobo in a 0–1 home defeat to FK Austria Wien.[6]

In the 2014 January transfer window, de Paula moved to Austria Wien.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "El Athletic acusa la falta de preparación y deberá remontar" [Athletic pays for lack of preparation and must come from behind] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 July 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "El Athletic se olvida de Europa por la vía rápida" [Athletic forget about Europe through the fast lane] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "David de Paula: "El Palencia no es un paso atrás, es un trampolín"" [David de Paula: "Palencia is not a step back, it's a trampoline"] (in Spanish). Diario Palentino. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "David de Paula acompañará a Rui y a Castilla en el Logroñés" [David de Paula to accompany Rui and Castilla in Logroñés] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "La Unión Deportiva Logroñes finaliza la liga en quinto puesto y clasificada para la Copa del Rey, tras derrotar 4–1 al Palencia" [Unión Deportiva Logroñes ends league in fifth place and with qualification to the King's Cup, after defeating Palencia 4–1] (in Spanish). Radio Rioja. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Austria erkämpft drei Punkte beim WAC" [Austria secures threes points at WAC] (in German). Der Standard. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Meister Austria verpflichtete De Paula vom WAC" [Champions Austria acquire De Paula from WAC] (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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