David Badía

David Badía

Personal information
Full name	David Badía Cequier
Date of birth	(1974-09-04) 4 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Gavà, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Ethnikos Achna (manager)
Youth career
	Gavà
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Gavà
1995–1999	Europa
1999–2000	Gavà
2000–2001	Premià
2001–2003	Sturm Graz	0	(0)
2003	Sturm Graz II	1	(1)
2004	Europa
Managerial career
2012–2016	Barcelona (youth)
2016–2018	Antalyaspor (assistant)
2017	Antalyaspor (caretaker)
2017–2018	Antalyaspor (caretaker)
2018–2019	Fenerbahçe (assistant)
2019–2021	Almería (assistant)
2021–2022	Ethnikos Achna
2022	AEK Larnaca
2022	Akritas Chlorakas
2023	Lechia Gdańsk
2024–	Ethnikos Achna
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Badía Cequier (born 4 September 1974) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was most recently in charge of the Polish club Lechia Gdańsk.

Career

Badía began his career playing for football teams in the Catalonia region of Spain, featuring for each of CF Gavà, CE Europa, and CE Premià. He then spent two seasons playing in Austria with Sturm Graz, before returning to Spain to play with CE Europa.

Badía began coaching with FC Barcelona, holding managerial and directorial roles within the Barcelona youth department from 2012 to 2016.^[1][2] His first senior management role came with the Turkish side Antalyaspor, when Badía, who was the assistant manager, took over as the club's interim manager for five games between 2017 and 2018. After serving as an assistant in Fenerbahçe and UD Almería, he took up managerial roles in Cyprus, leading Ethnikos Achna, AEK Larnaca, and Akritas Chlorakas in short spells between 2021 and 2022.^[3]

On 21 March 2023, Badía became the manager of Polish side Lechia Gdańsk, replacing Marcin Kaczmarek.^[4] Placed 17th at the time of Badía's appointment, Lechia was not able to avoid relegation from Ekstraklasa after recording just one win and two draws in nine games. On 29 May 2023, it was announced that Badía would leave the club at the end of June.^[5]

References

1. "David Badia Cequier". badiacequier.wixsite.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
2. "PKO Ekstraklasa. Pracował w Barcelonie, teraz będzie w Gdańsku. Zaskakujący wybór Lechii na stanowisko trenera". sport.tvp.pl.
3. "David Badia został nowym trenerem Lechii Gdańsk". lechia.net.
4. "David Badia trenerem Lechii Gdańsk!". lechia.pl.
5. "David Badia nie pozostanie na stanowisku trenera Lechii Gdańsk KOMUNIKAT" (in Polish). Lechia Gdańsk. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

External links

• David Badía player profile at BDFutbol