 Albelda as a Valencia player (2010) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Albelda Aliqués[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1977[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Pobla Llarga, Spain[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Alzira | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Valencia B | 31 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1995–2013 | Valencia | 351 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | → Villarreal (loan) | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | → Villarreal (loan) | 35 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 451 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Spain U18 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Spain U21 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Spain | 51 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Atzeneta | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
David Albelda Aliqués (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið alˈβelda aliˈkes]; born 1 September 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.[3] He is currently a manager.
He played mainly for local Valencia during his extensive professional career, being team captain for over a decade and appearing in 480 competitive matches.[4]
A Spanish international in the 2000s, Albelda won 51 caps for the country, representing it in two World Cups and at Euro 2004.
- ^ a b c "David ALBELDA Aliqués". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Casado, Edu (6 September 2019). "Qué fue de… David Albelda: leyenda del Valencia con fama de leñero en Madrid" [What happened to… David Albelda: Valencia legend with a hacker reputation in Madrid]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "David Albelda". BBC Sport. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ Valle, Conrado (26 May 2013). "La noche del dorsal '6': de Puchades a David Albelda" [The night of the number '6': from Puchades to David Albelda]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2013.