David Cañas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Cañas Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Castilleja de la Cuesta, Spain | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Sevilla | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Sevilla B | 42 | (1) |
1998–2000 | Sevilla | 13 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Getafe (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Ceuta | 27 | (1) |
2001–2003 | Poli Ejido | 60 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Salamanca | 59 | (3) |
2005–2008 | Albacete | 60 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Girona | 57 | (5) |
2010–2011 | Ceuta | 26 | (4) |
Total | 371 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1995 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Template:Spanish name 2 David Cañas Fernández (born 26 August 1978) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender but also as a defensive midfielder.
Football career
Cañas was born in Castilleja de la Cuesta, Province of Seville. He played 13 games for hometown's Sevilla FC during the 1998–99 season, with the Andalusians in Segunda División.
During his career Cañas also represented Getafe CF, AD Ceuta (two spells, both in Segunda División B), Polideportivo Ejido, UD Salamanca, Albacete Balompié and Girona FC,[1] appearing in 276 games in the second level of Spanish football over the course of 11 seasons and scoring 12 goals. In early 2011 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, being sidelined for 50 days for treatment but eventually returning to finish the campaign with Ceuta,[2] following which he retired at the age of nearly 33.
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Seville (comarca)
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football utility players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Sevilla Atlético players
- Sevilla FC players
- Getafe CF footballers
- AD Ceuta footballers
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers
- UD Salamanca players
- Albacete Balompié players
- Girona FC players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Testicular cancer survivors