David Albelda

**David Albelda Aliqués** (; born 1 September 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently a manager.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Valencia B|1995–96|Segunda División B|36<sup>1</sup>|5<sup>1</sup>|–|–|–|–|36|5|
|rowspan="2"|Villarreal (loan)|1996–97|Segunda División|34|0|5|0|–|–|39|0|
|rowspan="2"|Valencia|1997–98|La Liga|5|0|0|0|–|–|5|0|
|rowspan="2"|Villarreal (loan)|1998–99|La Liga|37<sup>2</sup>|2|4|0|–|–|41|2|
|rowspan="15"|Valencia|1999–00|La Liga|21|0|3<sup>3</sup>|1<sup>3</sup>|11|0|35|1|
|2000–01|La Liga|21|0|0|0|13|0|34|0|||
|2001–02|La Liga|32|2|0|0|7|1|39|3|||
|2002–03|La Liga|26|0|0|0|11|0|37|0|||
|2003–04|La Liga|33|1|3|0|8|1|44|2|||
|2004–05|La Liga|28|0|3<sup>4</sup>|0|7<sup>4</sup>|0|38|0|||
|2005–06|La Liga|32|2|3|0|5|0|40|2|||
|2006–07|La Liga|25|0|2|0|7|0|34|0|||
|2007–08|La Liga|15|0|0|0|6|0|21|0|||
|2008–09|La Liga|30|0|5<sup>5</sup>|0|5|0|40|0|||
|2009–10|La Liga|28|1|1|0|6|0|35|1|||
|2010–11|La Liga|16|0|2|0|4|0|22|0|||
|2011–12|La Liga|21|0|7|0|6|0|34|0|||
|2012–13|La Liga|18|0|4|0|5|0|27|0|||
<sup>1</sup> Included 5 appearances and 1 goal in Segunda División promotion play-off 1996

<sup>2</sup> Included 2 appearances in La Liga relegation play-off 1999

<sup>3</sup> Included 2 appearances and 1 goal in Supercopa de Espana 1999

<sup>4</sup> Included 2 appearances in Supercopa de Espana 2004 and 1 appearance in UEFA Super Cup 2004

<sup>5</sup> Included 2 appearances in Supercopa de Espana 2008

### International

**Appearances and goals by national team and year**
|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Spain|2001|1|0|
|2002|5|0|||
|2003|6|0|||
|2004|11|0|||
|2005|6|0|||
|2006|11|0|||
|2007|10|0|||
|2008|1|0|||

## Honours

**Valencia**
- La Liga: 2001–02, 2003–04
- Supercopa de España: 1999
- UEFA Cup: 2003–04
- UEFA Super Cup: 2004
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1999–2000, 2000–01

**Spain U23**
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2000

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: David Albelda
- **image**: David Albelda.jpg
- **caption**: Albelda as a Valencia CF, Valencia player (2010)
- **fullname**: David Albelda Aliqués
- **birth place**: La Pobla Llarga, Spain
- **position**: Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, Defensive midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1992–1995
- **youthclubs1**: UD Alzira, Alzira
- **years1**: 1995–1996
- **clubs1**: Valencia CF Mestalla, Valencia B
- **caps1**: 31
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 1995–2013
- **clubs2**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps2**: 351
- **goals2**: 6
- **years3**: 1996–1997
- **clubs3**: → Villarreal CF, Villarreal (loan)
- **caps3**: 34
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1998–1999
- **clubs4**: → Villarreal CF, Villarreal (loan)
- **caps4**: 35
- **goals4**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 451
- **totalgoals**: 12
- **nationalyears1**: 1996
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-18 football team, Spain U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1997
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-20 football team, Spain U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1998–2000
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 12
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2000
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national under-23 football team, Spain U23
- **nationalcaps4**: 6
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2001–2008
- **nationalteam5**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps5**: 51
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2019–2021
- **managerclubs1**: Atzeneta UE, Atzeneta