David Villabona

David Villabona
Personal information
Full name David Villabona Echalecu
Date of birth (1969-12-05) 5 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Irun, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Real Sociedad B 30 (3)
1987–1990 Real Sociedad 42 (1)
1990–1993 Athletic Bilbao 59 (1)
1993–2001 Racing Santander 120 (11)
Total 251 (16)
International career
1987 Spain U17 1 (0)
1986–1988 Spain U18 10 (1)
1988–1989 Spain U19 3 (0)
1989–1990 Spain U20 5 (1)
1990–1991 Spain U21 5 (0)
1991–1992 Spain U23 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

David Villabona Echalecu (born 5 December 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a central midfielder.

He represented both Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao in his professional career, amassing La Liga totals of 221 matches and 13 goals over 15 seasons.

Villabona was a member of the Spain side that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1]

  1. ^ "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.