David Cobeño Iglesias (; born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish football executive who is the

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club

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

and a former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Cobeño graduated from the youth academy of local

. After one season with lowly

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

he was bought by

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, spending the 2005–06 campaign in

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with its

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. After good performances, Cobeño moved to

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

. Initially backing up

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, he benefited from an injury to the first-choice during a March 2007 home win over

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and went on to make four full additional appearances, adding three in the

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ns' victorious run in the

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. In 2007–08, Cobeño was loaned to neighbouring – and

newcomers –

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

. After starting the season as the starting goalkeeper, he lost the job to Brazilian

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, only reappearing for two of the side's last three games; subsequently, he was released by Sevilla and returned to Rayo on a three-year deal, as the

club promoted again to the second level. On 24 May 2009, Cobeño scored from his own goal, opening the score in an eventual 1–2 home loss against

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. During his first season in his second spell he was the team's undisputed starter as they eventually retained their league status, and won the

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for the campaign (38 goals conceded).Cobeño se hizo con el Zamora (Cobeño got Zamora)
Rayo Herald, 22 June 2009 (in Spanish) In

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, Cobeño continued as Rayo's first choice, only missing four league matches in 42 and helping the club return to the top division after eight years. In the summer of 2012, after not renewing his contract, he moved abroad and signed for

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...

in Romania, but returned to ''

Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas (originally Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas and previously Estadio Teresa Rivero) is a football stadium in the Madrid district of Puente de Vallecas, Spain. It currently hosts football matches and is the home of Primera ...

'' after only two months having failed to adjust.

Post-retirement

On 1 June 2016, aged 34, Cobeño retired and was immediately appointed as Rayo's

.Cobeño será el nuevo director deportivo del Rayo (Cobeño will be the new director of football of Rayo)
Marca, 1 June 2016 (in Spanish)

Honours

Club

Sevilla *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 2006–07 *

: 2006–07

Individual

(

): 2008–09

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobeno, David 1982 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Vallecano B players SD Ponferradina players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers Sevilla FC players UEFA Cup winning players UD Almería players Rayo Vallecano players