David Albelda
Albelda as a Valencia player (2010)
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| Full name | David Albelda Aliqués | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1977 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Pobla Llarga, Spain | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Alzira | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Valencia B | 31 | (4) | |||||||||
| 1996–2013 | Valencia | 351 | (6) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | → Villarreal (loan) | 34 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | → Villarreal (loan) | 35 | (2) | |||||||||
| Total | 451 | (12) | ||||||||||
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| 1996 | Spain U18 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Spain U21 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Spain | 51 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Albelda Aliqués (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið alˈβelda aliˈkes]; born 1 September 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
He played mainly for local Valencia during his extensive professional career, being team captain for over a decade and appearing in 480 official games.
A Spanish international in the 2000s, Albelda gained 51 caps for the country, representing it in two World Cups and at Euro 2004.
Born in La Pobla Llarga, Valencian Community, Albelda started his career as a central defender with local UD Alzira and, after having served two separate loans with Villarreal CF, also in the region, returned for good to first professional club Valencia CF in the 1999–2000 season, playing a major role in a squad that was crowned La Liga champions in 2002 and 2004, adding to that the 2004 UEFA Cup; since the 2001 summer, with Gaizka Mendieta's departure, he was also awarded team captaincy.
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