David de Paula Gallardo

David de Paula Gallardo ( born May 31, 1984 in Durango ) is a Spanish football player. The midfielder plays in the Austrian Bundesliga club FK Austria Wien.

Sports career

De Paula began his career with his hometown club, SD Durango in the Basque Country. In 2002 he moved to the youth department of Athletic Bilbao, where he División in the Tercera in 2003 moved to the CD Baskonia. After just one season, the midfielder returned to Bilbao and played in the local B- team, which División in the third- highest division of the Segunda B played. Then he was bound by the FC Alicante, where de Paula was active for two seasons and in the second season champion Segunda División B was. In 2007 came the move to SD Lemena, after which he was a season when SD Ponferradina active, which he left in the FC Palencia 2009. After a subsequent season at UD Logroñés he was in 2012 by a first division committed after he played a total of eight years in the third Spanish league. The midfielder moved to Austria to the newly promoted Bundesliga Wolfberger AC.

His Bundesliga debut in the Basque July 25, 2012 against FK Austria Wien, as he came on in the 68th minute for his Spanish compatriot Jacobo. The game in the Lavant Valley Arena was lost 0:1. His first Bundesliga succeeded on December 8, 2012 again against Austria Vienna, when he scored the meantime it 2-2 in the 3:6 defeat. 2014 he moved within the Austrian Bundesliga champions FK Austria Wien. He signed a contract for one and a half years until the summer of 2015, with the option of a further year. About the transfer fee was not disclosed.

At European level club de Paula made ​​his debut on 2 July 2005 in the 2nd round of the Intertoto Cup against the representative from Romania CFR Cluj. He was replaced in the 83rd minute for David Lizoain. The match in Cluj was lost 1-0. Athletic retired after a 4:5 in the second leg.