David Cobeño

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cobeño and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.

David Cobeño
Cobeño with Rayo Vallecano in 2009
Personal information
Full name David Cobeño Iglesias[1]
Date of birth (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–2000 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Rayo Vallecano B
2002–2003 Ponferradina 3 (0)
2003–2005 Real Madrid C
2005–2006 Real Madrid B 29 (0)
2006–2008 Sevilla 5 (0)
2007–2008 → Almería (loan) 17 (0)
2008–2016 Rayo Vallecano 130 (1)
Total 184 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Cobeño Iglesias (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið koˈβeɲojˈɣlesjas]; born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently director of football of La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, Cobeño graduated from the youth academy of local Rayo Vallecano. After one season with lowly SD Ponferradina he signed for Real Madrid, spending the 2005–06 campaign in the Segunda División with their reserves.[2]

Cobeño joined Sevilla FC in summer 2006.[3] Initially backing up Andrés Palop,[4][5] he benefited from injury to his teammate during a 2–0 home win over RC Celta de Vigo on 18 March 2007[6] and went on to make four full additional appearances, adding three in the Andalusians' victorious run in the UEFA Cup.[7][8][9]

For 2007–08, Cobeño was loaned to neighbouring – and La Liga newcomers – UD Almería.[10] After starting the season as first-choice, he lost the job to Brazilian Diego Alves, only reappearing for two of the side's last three games;[11][12] subsequently, he was released by Sevilla and returned to Rayo on a three-year deal, as the Madrid club promoted again to the second tier.[13]

On 24 May 2009, Cobeño scored from his own goal to open an eventual 1–2 home loss against Elche CF.[14][15] During the first season in his second spell, he was the team's undisputed starter as they retained their league status, and won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy at 38 goals conceded.[16]

Cobeño remained the starter for Rayo in 2010–11, contributing 34 appearances to help the club to return to the top division following an eight-year absence.[17] In June 2012, having failed to renew his contract, he moved abroad and signed for FC Vaslui from Romania but, unsettled, returned to the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas two months later.[18]

Post-retirement

On 1 June 2016, aged 34, Cobeño retired and was immediately appointed as Rayo's director of football.[19][20][2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[21][22]
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Madrid B 2005–06 Segunda División 29 0 — — — 29 0
Real Madrid 2005–06 La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Sevilla 2006–07 La Liga 5 0 6 0 3[a] 0 0 0 14 0
Almería (loan) 2007–08 La Liga 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Rayo Vallecano 2008–09 Segunda División 40 1 1 0 — — 41 1
2009–10 25 0 0 0 — — 25 0
2010–11 34 0 0 0 — — 34 0
2011–12 La Liga 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
2012–13 8 0 2 0 — — 10 0
2013–14 5 0 3 0 — — 8 0
2014–15 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 130 1 7 0 — — 137 1
Career total 181 1 13 0 3 0 0 0 197 1
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup

Honours

Sevilla

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c David Cobeño at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b David Cobeño: de proteger la portería a proteger la identidad del Rayo (David Cobeño: from protecting the goal to protecting Rayo's identity); Vavel, 20 January 2026 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Sevilla strengthen with two recruits; UEFA, 3 July 2006
  4. ^ El Larguero (1ª Parte / 18-03-07) (The Crossbar (1st Part / 18-03-07)); Cadena SER, 19 March 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Sustituir en White Hart Lane a Palop es todo un reto" ("Replacing Palop at White Hart Lane is quite the challenge"); Diario AS, 11 April 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Sevilla sufre, pero no falla (Sevilla suffer, but do not fail); Sport, 19 March 2007 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ a b Arveladze steals Sevilla's thunder; UEFA, 14 December 2006
  8. ^ a b Sevilla survive scare to progress; UEFA, 12 April 2007
  9. ^ a b Soldado gives Sevilla the edge; UEFA, 26 April 2007
  10. ^ El Sevilla confirma el pase de Ocio al Athletic y la cesión del meta Cobeño al Almería (Sevilla confirm transfer of Ocio to Athletic and loan of goalie Cobeño to Almería); Diario AS, 13 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ La mala pata de Corchia (Corchia's jinx); Estadio Deportivo, 23 August 2018 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Alves-Mariño, las vidas cruzadas de los dos porteros suplentes (Alves-Mariño, the intertwined lives of the two backup goalkeepers); La Voz de Galicia, 31 March 2023 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Mercado: Cobeño regresa al Rayo Vallecano (Market: Cobeño returns to Rayo Vallecano) Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Goal, 11 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Cobeño marcó el gol del Rayo ¡de portería a portería! (Cobeño scored for Rayo from goal to goal!); Marca, 24 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ El Elche despierta al Rayo del sueño de Primera (Elche awaken Rayo from Primera dream); Marca, 24 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  16. ^ a b Cobeño se hizo con el Zamora (Cobeño got Zamora) Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Rayo Herald, 22 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  17. ^ El Rayo Vallecano de la temporada 2010/2011 en la actualidad (The Rayo Vallecano of the 2010/2011 season nowadays); Matagigantes, March 2020 (in Spanish)
  18. ^ Cobeño regresa al Rayo dos meses después de marcharse (Cobeño returns to Rayo two months after leaving); Diario AS, 29 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  19. ^ Cobeño será el nuevo director deportivo del Rayo (Cobeño will be the new director of football of Rayo); Marca, 1 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  20. ^ Al director deportivo del Rayo Vallecano, David Cobeño, le caen dos partidos (Rayo Vallecano's sporting director, David Cobeño, gets two-match ban); Mundo Deportivo, 11 December 2025 (in Spanish)
  21. ^ David Cobeño at BDFutbol
  22. ^ David Cobeño at Soccerway
  23. ^ El Sevilla culmina su año del siglo (Sevilla cap off their year of the century); El Mundo, 23 June 2007 (in Spanish)
  24. ^ Espanyol 2–2 Sevilla; BBC Sport, 16 May 2007
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