Daniel 'Dani' Carril Freire (born 28 July 1980) is a Spanish

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who plays for UD Santa Mariña as a left back.

Football career

Carril was born in

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, Galicia. He was brought up at local RC Celta de Vigo's youth ranks, but never received any playing time with its main squad, signing in 2001 with amateurs Club Deportivo Grove (

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) and joining fourth division club CD Lugo six years later. After being instrumental in helping Lugo to a

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return in 2006, Carril eventually moved to division two after signing for Hércules CF. In his first and only season, he featured rarely as the team fell just three points short of a

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return, being mainly restricted to matches in the

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; he scored his first league goal as a professional on 26 October 2008, in a 3–0 home win against

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which also marked his debut. In mid-July 2009, Carril joined another side in the second tier, Levante UD, agreeing to a two-year contract with the

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. He changed clubs again only one year later, however, signing with

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at t ...

in the same level.Daniel Carril firma con Las Palmas (Daniel Carril signs with Las Palmas)
Marca, 31 July 2010 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carril, Dani 1980 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Vigo Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Celta de Vigo B players CD Lugo players Hércules CF players Levante UD footballers UD Las Palmas players SD Ponferradina players