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 | El Salvador (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 | ||
2024– | El Salvador | ||
*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 the El Salvador national football team.
Career
[edit]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] On 11 November of the same year, he resigned.[11]
On 12 June 2023, Dóniga was appointed as head coach of Liga Panameña de Fútbol club Sporting San Miguelito.[12] The following 2 January, he was named manager of the El Salvador national football team, succeeding his compatriot Rubén de la Barrera, who had left for Primeira Liga club Vizela.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "¡Dóniga se despide del 9 de Octubre!" [Dóniga resigns from 9 de Octubre!]. Meketrefes del Deporte. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "David Dóniga, nuevo entrenador del Sporting San Miguelito" [David Dóniga, Sporting San Miguelito's new manager]. MARCA (in Spanish). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Spaniard David Dóniga new coach of El Salvador football team". The Tico Times. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- 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
- CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers
- Spanish football coaches
- Olympiacos F.C. non-playing staff
- Real Betis non-playing staff
- Málaga CF non-playing staff
- Spanish football managers
- Liga Panameña de Fútbol managers
- 9 de Octubre F.C. managers
- El Salvador national football team 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
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in Panama
- Expatriate football managers in El Salvador
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen