David Júnior Lopes (born 19 July 1982, in

Maringá Maringá () is a municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 764,906 in the metropolitan area (IBGE 2013). ...

) is a Brazilian former

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Career

David Júnior Lopes began his career in the youth ranks of Adap Galo Maringá Football Club and

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

. He made his professional debut with Atlético Paranaense during the 2002/03 season. At mid season he signed with

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F.C. Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

and was assigned to the B team. After two years in Portugal, he returned to Brazil signing with Iraty SC. During the winter transfer period he returned to Europe signing with Croatian club

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

. He was a regular for Osijek appearing in 35 league matches in his eighteen months at the club. In 2008, he joined Russian league club

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

, participating in 14 matches with the club. During the winter transfer period he was again on the move, this time joining Spanish Second Division side

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

. He made his debut against

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Ciudad Deporti ...

scoring a goal in the match. At the end of the season he left the club and signed with Universitatea Craiova in Romania. After one season in Romania the Brazilian defender signed with

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guada ...

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during the latter part of the 2011 season. He was traded to

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on 10 April 2012 in exchange for

Paolo Cardozo Paolo Daniel Cardozo (born June 9, 1989) is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Olympians FC in the United Premier Soccer League. Career Argentina Cardozo started his career with the youth ranks of Argentine power Club Atlético Riv ...

. Lopes was released by Los Angeles at the end of the 2013 MLS season.

Honours

;Los Angeles Galaxy *

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References

External links

Profile at Sportbox.ru
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, David 1982 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Iraty Sport Club players NK Osijek players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Porto players Chivas USA players LA Galaxy players Córdoba CF players Russian Premier League players Major League Soccer players Croatian Football League players Primeira Liga players Liga I players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate soccer players in the United States People from Maringá Segunda División players Association football defenders União Esporte Clube players Sportspeople from Paraná (state)