David Dóniga

David Dóniga
Dóniga in 2024
Personal information
Full name David Dóniga Lara
Date of birth (1981-09-07) 7 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
El Salvador (manager)
Youth career
Torrejón
Real Madrid
Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Guadalajara
Managerial career
2004 Alcalá (youth)
2004–2005 Complutense (youth)
2005–2007 Soto Alcobendas (assistant)
2007–2008 San Fernando (assistant)
2009–2010 Talavera (assistant)
2010–2012 Toledo (assistant)
2015–2016 Deportivo La Coruña (assistant)
2016 Olympiacos (assistant)
2016–2017 Betis (assistant)
2019–2020 Málaga (assistant)
2020–2021 Qadsia (assistant)
2021–2022 Panama (assistant)
2021–2022 Panama U23
2022 9 de Octubre
2023 San Miguelito
2024– El Salvador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Dóniga Lara (born 7 September 1981) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of the El Salvador national football team.

Career

Born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Community of Madrid, Dóniga represented AD Torrejón CF before joining the youth categories of Real Madrid.[1] He made his debut as a senior with CD Guadalajara, while being in charge of a youth school in Daganzo de Arriba.[2]

Dóniga was a manager of the Alevín squads of local sides RSD Alcalá and AD Complutense before joining Soto de Alcobendas CF as an assistant.[2] After leaving the club in 2007, he worked as Manolo Alfaro's assistant at CD San Fernando de Henares, Talavera CF and CD Toledo.[3][4]

Dóniga worked as a fitness coach in Alfaro's staff at Bolivian side CD Jorge Wilstermann[5] and Emirati club Al Wasl SC before being named Víctor Sánchez's assistant at Deportivo de La Coruña in 2015.[6] He continued to work with Sánchez in the following years, at Olympiacos FC, Real Betis and Málaga CF.[7]

In 2020, Dóniga joined Pablo Franco's staff at Qadsia SC in Kuwait.[8] On 13 September 2021, he was named Thomas Christiansen's assistant in the Panama national team, while also being in charge of the under-23 team.[9]

On 31 August 2022, Dóniga was appointed manager of Ecuadorian Serie A club 9 de Octubre FC.[10] On 11 November of the same year, he resigned.[11]

On 12 June 2023, Dóniga was appointed as head coach of Liga Panameña de Fútbol club Sporting San Miguelito.[12] The following 2 January, he was named manager of the El Salvador national football team, succeeding his compatriot Rubén de la Barrera, who had left for Primeira Liga club Vizela.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Así es David Dóniga, sombra y sustituto interino de Víctor" [This is David Dóniga, shadow and interim substitute of Víctor] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Entrevista a David Dóniga Lara" [Interview to David Dóniga Lara] (in Spanish). Efficient Football. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Las Transiciones en Fútbol, por David Dóniga" [The Transitions in Football, by David Dóniga] (in Spanish). Fútbol Ofensivo. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Alfaro y Dóniga percibirán mes a mes la integridad de su contrato" [Alfaro and Dóniga will receive monthly the entirety of their contract] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "David Dóniga será preparador físico de Wilstermann" [David Dóniga will be the fitness coach of Wilstermann] (in Spanish). Erbol. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ "El Deportivo y Víctor Sánchez del Amo amplían su proyecto profesional común hasta 2017" [Deportivo and Víctor Sánchez del Amo extend their common professional project until 2017] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. ^ "'Team Víctor'". Málaga CF. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Pablo Franco: "El Al Qadsia es el Real Madrid de Kuwait"" [Pablo Franco: "Al Qadsia is the Real Madrid of Kuwait"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Christiansen refuerza su equipo de trabajo con el español David Dóniga Lara" [Christian bolsters his staff with the Spaniard David Dóniga Lara] (in Spanish). La Verdad Panamá. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  10. ^ "9 de Octubre da marcha atrás y confirma nuevo DT hasta final de temporada" [9 de Octubre backtrack and confirm new manager until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Ecuagol. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  11. ^ "¡Dóniga se despide del 9 de Octubre!" [Dóniga resigns from 9 de Octubre!]. Meketrefes del Deporte. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  12. ^ "David Dóniga, nuevo entrenador del Sporting San Miguelito" [David Dóniga, Sporting San Miguelito's new manager]. MARCA (in Spanish). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Spaniard David Dóniga new coach of El Salvador football team". The Tico Times. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

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