David Dóniga
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Dóniga Lara | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | San Miguelito (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Torrejón | |||
Real Madrid | |||
Guadalajara | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Guadalajara | ||
Managerial career | |||
2004 | Alcalá (youth) | ||
2004–2005 | Complutense (youth) | ||
2005–2007 | Soto Alcobendas (assistant) | ||
2007–2008 | San Fernando (assistant) | ||
2009–2010 | Talavera (assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | Toledo (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Deportivo La Coruña (assistant) | ||
2016 | Olympiacos (assistant) | ||
2016–2017 | Betis (assistant) | ||
2019–2020 | Málaga (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Qadsia (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | Panama (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | Panama U23 | ||
2022 | 9 de Octubre | ||
2023– | San Miguelito | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Dóniga Lara (born 7 September 1981) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Panamanian club Sporting San Miguelito.
Career
Born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Community of Madrid, Dóniga represented AD Torrejón CF before joining the youth categories of Real Madrid.[1] He made his debut as a senior with CD Guadalajara, while being in charge of a youth school in Daganzo de Arriba.[2]
Dóniga was a manager of the Alevín squads of local sides RSD Alcalá and AD Complutense before joining Soto de Alcobendas CF as an assistant.[2] After leaving the club in 2007, he worked as Manolo Alfaro's assistant at CD San Fernando de Henares, Talavera CF and CD Toledo.[3][4]
Dóniga worked as a fitness coach in Alfaro's staff at Bolivian side CD Jorge Wilstermann[5] and Emirati club Al Wasl SC before being named Víctor Sánchez's assistant at Deportivo de La Coruña in 2015.[6] He continued to work with Sánchez in the following years, at Olympiacos FC, Real Betis and Málaga CF.[7]
In 2020, Dóniga joined Pablo Franco's staff at Qadsia SC in Kuwait.[8] On 13 September 2021, he was named Thomas Christiansen's assistant in the Panama national team, while also being in charge of the under-23 team.[9]
On 31 August 2022, Dóniga was appointed manager of Ecuadorian Serie A club 9 de Octubre FC.[10]
References
- ^ "Así es David Dóniga, sombra y sustituto interino de Víctor" [This is David Dóniga, shadow and interim substitute of Víctor] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Entrevista a David Dóniga Lara" [Interview to David Dóniga Lara] (in Spanish). Efficient Football. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Las Transiciones en Fútbol, por David Dóniga" [The Transitions in Football, by David Dóniga] (in Spanish). Fútbol Ofensivo. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Alfaro y Dóniga percibirán mes a mes la integridad de su contrato" [Alfaro and Dóniga will receive monthly the entirety of their contract] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "David Dóniga será preparador físico de Wilstermann" [David Dóniga will be the fitness coach of Wilstermann] (in Spanish). Erbol. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "El Deportivo y Víctor Sánchez del Amo amplían su proyecto profesional común hasta 2017" [Deportivo and Víctor Sánchez del Amo extend their common professional project until 2017] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "'Team Víctor'". Málaga CF. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Pablo Franco: "El Al Qadsia es el Real Madrid de Kuwait"" [Pablo Franco: "Al Qadsia is the Real Madrid of Kuwait"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Christiansen refuerza su equipo de trabajo con el español David Dóniga Lara" [Christian bolsters his staff with the Spaniard David Dóniga Lara] (in Spanish). La Verdad Panamá. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "9 de Octubre da marcha atrás y confirma nuevo DT hasta final de temporada" [9 de Octubre backtrack and confirm new manager until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Ecuagol. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- David Dóniga coach profile at Soccerway
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Torrejón de Ardoz
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Community of Madrid
- Men's association football forwards
- Spanish football managers
- CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers
- 9 de Octubre F.C. managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Panama
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador