Dani Mallo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Mallo Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Cambre, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hospitalet | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Sporting Cambre | ||
| 1995–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2001 | Deportivo B | 82 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Elche (loan) | 38 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Braga | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Falkirk | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Girona | 81 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Lugo | 30 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Albacete | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Atlético Kolkata | 2 | (0) |
| 2017– | Hospitalet | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1996–1998 | Spain U18 | 12 | (0) |
| 2000 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | Galicia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2017. |
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Daniel 'Dani' Mallo Castro (born 25 January 1979) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CE L'Hospitalet as a goalkeeper.
The better part of his senior career was played at Deportivo, where he served almost exclusively as third-choice in the first team, and Girona. During eight seasons, he appeared in 152 games in Segunda División.
Born in Cambre, Galicia, Mallo spent most of his career as third-string goalkeeper with local Deportivo de La Coruña, having a loan stint at second division side Elche CF in the 2003–04 season. He first appeared with the main squad of the former on 4 May 2003, playing 20 minutes in a 5–0 home triumph over Recreativo de Huelva.
Released by Deportivo, Mallo joined Portugal's S.C. Braga for 2006–07: because of injury to first-choice Paulo Santos, he started the first half of the following campaign, also featuring for the club in the Portuguese and UEFA Cups.
In late January 2009, after having spent the first months of the new season training separately, Mallo joined Falkirk until the end of the season. He played in the Scottish Cup final, also helping the side to the semi-finals in the domestic League Cup and a final maintenance in the Scottish Premier League; despite these achievements, he did not sign a new contract and left the club on June 27, stating he needed to move on.
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