David de Coz

David de Coz
Personal information
Full name David Gutiérrez de Coz
Date of birth (1980-02-06) 6 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Betis B 80 (0)
2003–2005 Ceuta 55 (0)
2005–2007 Xerez 55 (2)
2007–2010 Murcia 80 (1)
2010–2011 Córdoba 30 (1)
2011–2013 Granada 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Cádiz (loan) 30 (1)
2012–2013 → Lugo (loan) 33 (1)
2013–2016 Lugo 60 (0)
Total 423 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Gutiérrez de Coz (born 6 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right back.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 238 matches and five goals over ten seasons, with Xerez, Murcia, Córdoba and Lugo. In La Liga, he represented the second club.

Club career

De Coz was born in Seville. After starting professionally with Real Betis' reserves he represented AD Ceuta, spending a total of six seasons in the Segunda División B with those clubs. He then moved to Betis' Andalusian neighbours of Xerez CD, scoring two goals in 30 Segunda División games in his first year.

As a special dispensation by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, de Coz was able to join La Liga's Real Murcia in late 2007 even though the summer transfer market had already closed, as veteran Curro Torres was lost for the season with a serious injury.[1] He made his debut in the competition on 24 November by playing the entire match against Real Madrid (1–1 at home),[2] and retained his status throughout the vast majority of the campaign, but the team were eventually relegated as second from bottom.

From 2008 to 2011, de Coz competed in the second tier, starting for both Murcia and Córdoba CF and being relegated in the second season. In August 2011 he signed with Granada CF for two years, being immediately loaned to neighbouring Cádiz CF.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fernández, Borja (18 November 2007). "David de Coz: "Estar en Primera División es todo un sueño para cualquier jugador"" [David de Coz: "To be in Primera División is a dream for every player"] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ^ Melero, Delfín (24 November 2007). "El Madrid resbala en suelo pimentonero" [Madrid slip in pimentonero ground]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ^ "De Coz también llega cedido por el Granada" [De Coz also arrives from Granada on loan] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.