David Omar Rodríguez Barrera (born 27 January 1989), commonly known as Deivid, is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

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, Deivid came through the youth ranks at his hometown club

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

, but made his professional debut with neighbouring

Universidad de Las Palmas CF Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad, it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic pr ...

, playing two seasons in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. In July 2010 he joined

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

, being assigned to the reserves in the same league. Deivid played his first match in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

on 2 April 2012, coming off the bench for

Álvaro Negredo Álvaro Negredo Sánchez (; born 20 August 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed ''La fiera de Vallecas'' (The beast of Vallecas), he amassed totals of 361 matches and 128 goals over 12 La Liga s ...

in the dying minutes of a 3–1 home win against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

. He added a further four first-team appearances, being released by the

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ns at the end of the campaign as his contract was not renewed. On 4 July 2012, Deivid signed a two-year contract with

, returning to his native region. On 28 June 2014 he moved to

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

, newly promoted to the top tier. On 12 July 2017, Deivid agreed to a two-year deal with

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

in the

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. The following 1 July, after achieving promotion to the top flight (appearing in all but two matches early into the season but also missing several months in the final stretch due to a

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injury), he returned to Las Palmas on a three-year contract. Deivid was loaned to

Nea Salamis Famagusta FC Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (alternatively Nea Salamina, ) is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Ammochostos (also known by its Romanization of Greek, romanized name, Famagusta). It has been a r ...

of the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

on 29 January 2020, for five months. He was subsequently released by his parent club. In August 2020, Deivid signed with amateurs

CD Atlético Paso Club Deportivo Atlético Paso is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in El Paso, La Palma, El Paso, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 17 June 1952, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Campo Mu ...

. In late September 2021, following a street brawl involving himself and several of his teammates, the 32-year-old was fired.Echan a Deivid del Atlético Paso tras una pelea callejera (Deivid fired from Atlético Paso following street brawl)

Canarias7 ''Canarias7'' is a Spanish language daily newspaper headquartered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Sp ...

, 15 September 2021 (in Spanish)

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