David Campaña Piquer (born 23 May 1974) is a Spanish

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, currently in charge of Gibraltarian club Lincoln Red Imps FC.

Career

Born in

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the re ...

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

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, Campaña was a

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player who notably represented Benalmádena FS. After retiring, he worked as an assistant of

José Luis Montes José Luis Montes Vicente (10 August 1956 – 18 August 2013) was a Spanish professional football player and manager. Career Born in Segovia, Montes played as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid Castilla, Getafe Deportivo, Real Valladolid, Deportivo ...

Marbella FC Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a Spanish football team based in Marbella, the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Dama de Noche football groun ...

before being appointed manager of UD Tesorillo on 31 October 2013, after a brief period at CD Atlético Marbella. He was sacked by the club on 25 February 2014. On 15 May 2017, after two years working in China, Campaña moved abroad and was appointed manager of Lithuanian club

FK Utenis Utena FK Utenis Utena was a professional football club, based in Utena, Lithuania. Name history * 1933 – Utenis Utena * 1946 – Žalgiris Utena * 1948 – Vienybė Utena * 1948 – Žalgiris Utena * 1955 – Spartakas Utena * 1957 – Nemunas Ut ...

. In November, after avoiding relegation, he left. On 23 July 2018, Campaña returned to Spain after being named in charge of

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in , and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá'', with a capacity of 2,261 seaters ...

in the División de Honor. He resigned on 29 December, and switched teams and countries again after being appointed manager of

Lori FC Lori FC () was an Armenian association football, football club based in Vanadzor, Lori Province. Originally founded in 1936, Lori has participated in the domestic football competition of Soviet Armenia. After retiring from professional football i ...

in the

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the following 19 June. Campaña left Lori on 2 June 2020, due to the effects of the

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, but moved to fellow league team

FC Ararat-Armenia FC Ararat-Armenia () is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017. History It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of the young players of the Yerevan Football Academy gradua ...

on 22 July. He left the latter by mutual consent on 5 March 2021. On 26 June 2021, Campaña took over Tercera División RFEF side

Atlético Porcuna CF Atlético de Porcuna Club de Fútbol, known as Atlético Porcuna, is a Spanish football team based in Porcuna, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1975 it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal San Benit ...

. He left the club the following 26 April, after achieving the club's best-ever campaign in a national competition, and signed for fellow league team

El Palo FC El Palo Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio San Ignacio'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. History The club w ...

on 19 May 2022. On 27 June 2023, after leading El Palo to a

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, Campaña took over Sevilla FC C in the fifth tier. On 29 November, he replaced Óscar Fernández at the helm of

Linares Deportivo Linares Deportivo () is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Segunda Federación – Group 4. The team's stadium is '' Estadio ...

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until the end of the season. On 16 April 2024, Campaña was sacked from Linares, after only five wins in 19 matches in charge. After a spell in Ghana with International Allies, he was appointed head coach of Lincoln Red Imps in September 2024, on an initial one year contract.Campaña appointed new head coach
Lincoln Red Imps FC. 12 September 2024. Retrievved 12 September 2024

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