David Andújar Jiménez (born 21 August 1991) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for Primera Federación club Ponferradina.

Club career

Born in

Torrejón de Ardoz Torrejón de Ardoz () is a municipality of Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), an agency of the European Union, is located in Torrejón de Ardoz. It is also the location of the headquarters of ...

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, Andújar was an

AD Torrejón CF Agrupación Deportiva Torrejón Club de Fútbol is a team of football in Spain, in the town of Torrejon de Ardoz in Community of Madrid. It was founded in 2002 after the merger between AD Torrejón and Torrejón CF. The club has two sections: a m ...

youth graduate, making his senior debut for the club in 2009, in the regional leagues. In 2012 he signed for CD Coslada, remaining in the lower levels. A regular starter and

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for Coslada, Andújar returned to the fourth division after signing for CD Móstoles URJC on 2 July 2016. The following 17 June, he agreed to a contract with

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side

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. An immediate first-choice, Andújar contributed with three goals in 34 appearances during the campaign as his side achieved promotion to

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for the first time ever. After sustaining an injury, he made his professional debut on 11 November, starting in a 2–0 home defeat of

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, 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 ...

. On 11 July 2019, after suffering relegation, Andújar signed a two-year deal with

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

in the third division. He helped the club in their promotion to the second division in

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, being a regular starter. On 20 March 2022, Andújar left the ''Efesé'' after the club announced his transfer to an unnamed foreign club, eventually joining Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. On 15 January 2024, Andújar returned to his home country to join Ponferradina.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andujar, David 1991 births Living people People from Torrejón de Ardoz Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players CD Móstoles URJC players CF Rayo Majadahonda players FC Cartagena footballers SD Ponferradina players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century Spanish sportsmen