Dani Mallo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Mallo Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Cambre, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Albacete | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Sporting Cambre | ||
| 1995–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Deportivo B | 82 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Elche (loan) | 38 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Braga | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Falkirk | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Girona | 81 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Lugo | 30 | (0) |
| 2015– | Albacete | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1996–1998 | Spain U18 | 12 | (0) |
| 2000 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | Galicia | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2015. | |||
Daniel 'Dani' Mallo Castro (born 25 January 1979) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Albacete Balompié as a goalkeeper.
The better part of his senior career was played at Deportivo de La Coruña, where he served almost exclusively as third-choice in the first team.
Football career
Born in Cambre, Galicia, Mallo spent most of his career as third-string goalkeeper with local Deportivo de La Coruña, having a loan stint at second division side Elche CF in the 2003–04 season. He first appeared with the main squad of the former on 5 May 2003, playing 20 minutes in a 5–0 home triumph over Recreativo de Huelva.
Released by Deportivo, Mallo joined Portugal's S.C. Braga for 2006–07: because of injury to first-choice Paulo Santos, he started the first half of the following campaign, also featuring for the club in the Portuguese and UEFA Cups.
In mid-January 2009, after having spent the first months of the new season training separately, Mallo joined Falkirk until the end of the 2008–09 campaign.[1] He played in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final, also helping the side to the semifinals in the domestic League Cup and a final maintenance in the Scottish Premier League; despite these achievements, he did not sign a new contract and left the club on June 27, stating he needed to move on.
In July 2009, Mallo turned down a move to join former manager John Hughes at Hibernian FC, opting to return to Spain and sign with Girona FC in the country's second division. In his first year he deputised for former FC Barcelona's Albert Jorquera, and he played understudy to Roberto Santamaría in the following season, becoming first-choice subsequently.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Mallo Falkirk bound; Falkirk's official website, 16 January 2009
- ↑ Dani Mallo: El muro continua (Dani Mallo: The wall continues); Vavel, 29 June 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ El portero del Girona, Dani Mallo, imbatido en Montilivi (Girona's goalkeeper, Dani Mallo, unbeaten at Montilivi); La Nueva España, 29 September 2012 (Spanish)
External links
- Dani Mallo profile at BDFutbol
- Dani Mallo profile at ForaDeJogo
- Dani Mallo career statistics at Soccerbase
- Dani Mallo profile at Soccerway
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