David Badía Cequier (born 4 September 1974) is a Spanish professional

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and former player who played as a defender. He was most recently in charge of the Cypriot club

Ethnikos Achna Ethnikos Achna Football Club (), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional Association football, football club based in the village of Dasaki Achnas. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the ...

Career

Badía began his career playing for football teams in the

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region of Spain, featuring for each of

CF Gavà Club de Futbol Gavà is a Spanish football team based in Gavà, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1922, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi La Bòbila'', with a capacity of 2,550 seats. History The club was founded ...

CE Europa Club Esportiu Europa () is a Catalan football team based in the city of Barcelona, with close links to the Vila de Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1907, its first men's team plays in the , the fourth category ...

, and CE Premià. He then spent two seasons playing in Austria with

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, before returning to Spain to play with CE Europa. Badía began coaching with

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

, holding managerial and directorial roles within the

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youth department from 2012 to 2016. His first senior management role came with the Turkish side

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, when Badía, who was the assistant manager, took over as the club's interim manager for five games between 2017 and 2018. After serving as an assistant in Fenerbahçe and

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 ...

, he took up managerial roles in

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, leading

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition (ancient state), Kition of Larnaca") is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional association football, football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EP ...

, and

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas () is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971 and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play their home games at the Chloraka M ...

in short spells between 2021 and 2022. On 21 March 2023, Badía became the manager of Polish side

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

, replacing Marcin Kaczmarek. Placed 17th at the time of Badía's appointment, Lechia was not able to avoid relegation from

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

after recording just one win and two draws in nine games. On 29 May 2023, it was announced that Badía would leave the club at the end of June.

References

External links

David Badía player profile
at BDFutbol {{DEFAULTSORT:Badia, David 1974 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Tercera División players CF Gavà players CE Premià players SK Sturm Graz players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Spanish football managers Antalyaspor managers Ethnikos Achna FC managers AEK Larnaca FC managers Akritas Chlorakas managers Lechia Gdańsk managers Süper Lig managers Cypriot First Division managers Ekstraklasa managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Turkey Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland