David Amaral (footballer)

David Amaral
Personal information
Full name	David Amaral Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1958-10-12) 12 October 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth	Arico, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Toscal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–1980	Toscal
1980–1990	Tenerife	254	(43)
1985–1986	→ Binéfar (loan)	29	(3)
Total		283	(46)
Managerial career
	Güímar (youth)
	Güímar
	San Andrés
	Arona
1995–1996	Realejos
1997–1998	Corralejo
1998–1999	Gáldar
1999–2000	Universidad LP
2001–2002	Lanzarote
2002–2003	Universidad LP
2003–2004	Tenerife
2004	Las Palmas
2006	Tenerife
2006–2007	Cartagena
2007–2008	Ponferradina
2008–2009	Salamanca
2009	Castellón
2011	Tenerife
2013–2014	Huesca
2019	Granadilla (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Amaral Rodríguez (born 12 October 1958) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.

He spent all of his senior playing career contracted to Tenerife, a club who he managed in three brief spells in Segunda División. He also led Universidad de Las Palmas, Salamanca and Castellón at that level.

Playing career

Amaral was born in Arico, on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. He spent his entire professional career with local CD Tenerife, apart from the 1985–86 season on loan to CD Binéfar in the Segunda División B – who were relegated.^[1]

Over four seasons, Amaral amassed Segunda División totals of 113 matches and 13 goals. He scored his first in the competition on 2 October 1983 in a 2–2 home draw against RC Celta de Vigo, after a blunder from the opposition's goalkeeper.^[2]

Coaching career

After managing several other clubs in the archipelago, Amaral was hired at Tenerife in January 2003, and resigned a year later with the team one point off the second-tier relegation zone.^[3] After a few months with rivals UD Las Palmas in the third division, he returned to the second with Tenerife briefly in 2006.^[4]

Amaral took his first job outside his native islands in July 2006, with FC Cartagena.^[5] He left his position the following January, in protest at roles such as transfer business being assigned to Paco Gómez instead.^[6]

In 2007–08, Amaral's SD Ponferradina won their group in division three, but lost the play-off final 2–1 on aggregate to Alicante CF.^[7] He missed the first leg of that tie, having been sent off in the semi-final against Mérida UD.^[8] In July 2008, he returned to the second tier with UD Salamanca,^[9] whom he led to ninth place in his only campaign.

Amaral was appointed by CD Castellón in the same league in June 2009.^[10] He was sacked on 13 October with the team in last place, having earned one point from seven games and lost the six others consecutively.^[11]

In April 2011, Amaral returned to a Tenerife side seven points into the relegation zone with ten matches left in the second division.^[12] Despite having a year left on his contract, he was dismissed in June following their descent.^[13]

Amaral returned to football in late September 2013, taking over an SD Huesca side in the zone of relegation to the Tercera División.^[14] The following March, he was shown the door.^[15]

In May 2019, Amaral ended a five-year hiatus by taking the place of Pier Luigi Cherubino at women's football team UD Granadilla Tenerife.^[16]

References

^ Paricio, José Luis (23 October 2013). "Amaral vuelve a Binéfar" [Amaral returns to Binéfar]. Diario del AltoAragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ Labrador, A. (3 October 1983). "2–2: Tenerife y Celta, fútbol de ataque" [2–2: Tenerife and Celta, attacking football]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "David Amaral presenta su dimisión" [David Amaral resigns]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 January 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ Castañeda, Álvaro (10 January 2006). "David Amaral confía en sacar la situación a flote" [David Amaral trusts in turning things around]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "David Amaral, nuevo técnico del Cartagena" [David Amaral, new manager of Cartagena]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 18 July 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ Moya, Francisco J. (13 January 2007). "Amaral no consiente que Paco Gómez se convierta en el 'Piterman' del FC Cartagena y deja el club" [Amaral does not let Paco Goméz become FC Cartagena's 'Piterman' and leaves the club]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "La Ponferradina y el Zamora se quedan a un gol del ascenso a Segunda División" [Ponferradina and Zamora one goal short of promoting to Segunda División]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 June 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ Díez, Ramón (5 June 2008). "Amaral es baja para Alicante" [Amaral is out for Alicante]. Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "David Amaral es el nuevo entrenador del Salamanca" [David Amaral is the new manager of Salamanca]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 3 July 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "David Amaral será el nuevo entrenador del Castellón" [David Amaral will be the new manager of Castellón]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 June 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "El Castellón destituye al técnico David Amaral" [Castellón dismiss manager David Amaral]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 October 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "David Amaral es el nuevo entrenador del Tenerife" [David Amaral is the new manager of Tenerife]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 April 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "El Tenerife no cuenta con David Amaral" [Tenerife no longer need David Amaral]. Marca (in Spanish). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "David Amaral, nuevo entrenador del Huesca" [David Amaral, new manager of Huesca]. La Gaceta de Salamanca (in Spanish). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "Amaral respeta el cese pero se muestra "triste"" [Amaral respects the termination but is "sad"]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 18 March 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "David Amaral, nuevo entrenador del Granadilla" [David Amaral, new manager of Granadilla]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.