| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Amaral Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-10-12)12 October 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Arico,Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Toscal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1980 | 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 formerfootballer who played as aleft winger, currently amanager.
He spent all of his senior playing career contracted toTenerife, a club who he managed in three brief spells inSegunda División. He also ledUniversidad de Las Palmas,Salamanca andCastellón at that level.
Amaral was born inArico, onTenerife in theCanary Islands. He spent his entire professional career with localCD Tenerife, apart from the1985–86 season on loan toCD Binéfar in theSegunda División B – who were relegated.[1]
Over four seasons, Amaral amassedSegunda 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 againstRC Celta de Vigo, after a blunder from the opposition'sgoalkeeper.[2]
Amaral scored seven times in the1988–89 campaign as teamcaptain, and Tenerife returned toLa Liga for the first time since1961 after bestingReal Betis 4–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation playoffs.[3][4] He never made an appearance in the top flight, however, being forced to retire aged 31 due to a serious injury.[5]
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.[6] After a few months with rivalsUD Las Palmas in the third division, he returned to the second with Tenerife briefly in 2006.[7]
Amaral took his first job outside his native islands in July 2006, withFC Cartagena.[8] He left his position the following January, in protest at roles such as transfer business being assigned to Paco Gómez instead.[9]
In2007–08, Amaral'sSD Ponferradina won their group in division three, but lost theplay-off final 2–1 on aggregate toAlicante CF.[10] He missed the first leg of that tie, having beensent off in the semi-final againstMérida UD.[11] In July 2008, he returned to the second tier withUD Salamanca,[12] whom he led to ninth place in hisonly campaign.[13]
Amaral was appointed byCD Castellón in the same league in June 2009.[14] 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.[15]
In April 2011, Amaral returned to a Tenerife side seven points into the relegation zone with ten matches left in the second division.[16] Despite having a year left on his contract, he was dismissed in June following theirdescent.[17]
Amaral returned to football in late September 2013, taking over anSD Huesca side in the zone of relegation to theTercera División.[18] The following March, he was shown the door.[19]
In May 2019, Amaral ended a five-year hiatus by taking the place ofPier Luigi Cherubino atwomen's football teamUD Granadilla Tenerife.[20]