David Prieto Gálvez (born 2 January 1983) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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. Formed at

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, he also represented Xerez in

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, making 51 total top-flight appearances. He played 163 Segunda División matches for seven clubs, as well as 252 games in Segunda División B at both ends of his career.

Club career

Sevilla

Born in

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, Prieto was a product of

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's youth system, and made his first-team debut on 6 February 2005, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away win against Levante UD. Appearing in four

games that season and adding another four

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, he would alternate between the first and the second teams in the next years. In the 2006–07 campaign, as Sevilla Atlético reached the Segunda División for the first time ever, Prieto served a loan in another team from

and that level,

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo, known simply as Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Xerez currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of Spanish football. Founded on 24 ...

. The following season he appeared in eight league matches with the main squad and started in seven of those, due to the absences of Javi Navarro ( knee, entire season missed) and

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( pubis, less than half of possible games), as the team finished fifth and qualified for the

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. After the death of

Antonio Puerta Antonio José Puerta Pérez (; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla. Mainly a left midfielder who could also operate as an attacking left-back, he died on 28 August 2007 affec ...

in the fall of 2007, Sevilla wanted to

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the player's number 16 shirt. Due to the Spanish League's strict rules on squad registration a retirement was impossible, and Puerta's shirt number was handed to Prieto, something he took great pride in. On 18 August 2009, after having made 13 appearances in 2008–09, Prieto was once again loaned to recently promoted Xerez in a

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-long move, without any buying option at the end. He contributed relatively as the club was immediately relegated, and moved in August 2010 to

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

– also dropped from the top flight – in the same situation.

Later career

In July 2011, Prieto left Sevilla, signing for one year at neighbours Córdoba CF in division two. He was

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twice during the season, including a sixth-minute red card on 14 January in a 2–1 loss at

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for fouling Cristian García in the penalty box. At the end of his contract in Córdoba, Prieto returned to Xerez on a two-year deal with the option of a third in July 2012. The following 14 April, he received his marching orders late on in a 2–1 away defeat to

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and kicked a dugout, breaking it; the campaign ended with relegation again. In February 2014, Prieto joined CD Lugo on a free transfer to replace the late departure of Miguel Ángel Tena to Cádiz CF. Seven months later, he dropped back to the third tier for the first time since his Sevilla reserve days, at Murcia. Having reached the

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in his one season at the

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, Prieto joined Atlético Baleares in July 2015. He signed a one-year deal with the club from Palma de Mallorca but stayed for two, qualifying for the post-season again in 2017 and scoring a late

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in the second round against

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11 June which qualified the opposition 3–2 on aggregate. Remaining in the third division, Prieto signed to

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Es ...

for one year in July 2017. The team won their group before losing in the play-off semi-finals to

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, and in February 2019 he moved to

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

a month after severing his link. After playing 12 games to help the

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outskirts side gain their first ever promotion to the second division, 36-year-old Prieto was given a new one-year contract in July. Three months later, he suffered a fractured jaw in a collision with the elbow of

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's Nacho Méndez, sidelining him for at least a month.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prieto, David 1983 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Seville Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players Xerez CD footballers CD Tenerife players Córdoba CF players CD Lugo players Real Murcia CF players CD Atlético Baleares footballers CD Mirandés footballers CF Fuenlabrada footballers UEFA Europa League winning players