Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro

Daniel Cifuentes
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Cifuentes Alfaro
Date of birth13 July 1980
Place of birthMadrid, Spain
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionRight back
Club information
Current team
None
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2001Real Madrid C
2001–2003Zamora48(5)
2003–2004Lanzarote34(1)
2004–2005Eibar39(1)
2005–2007Real Sociedad14(0)
2007→ Ponferradina (loan)16(1)
2007–2008Valladolid9(0)
2009–2011Cádiz78(2)
2011–2014Recreativo76(1)
National team
1998Spain U171(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cifuentes and the second or maternal family name is Alfaro.

Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro, sometimes known as Cifu (born 13 July 1980), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back.

Football career

Cifuentes was born in Madrid. An unsuccessful graduate of Real Madrid's youth system he went on to make his professional debuts with Zamora CF, spending most of his early career in the third division.

In the 2005–06 season Cifuentes joined Real Sociedad, making his La Liga debut on 21 September 2005 and playing the full 90 minutes in the 3–2 home win over Atlético Madrid.[1] Never an important element for the Basque he would be loaned, in January 2007, to second level club SD Ponferradina, and he scored once for his new team, in a 3–3 draw at UD Salamanca – who led 3–0 at the hour mark – on 1 April;[2] Ponferradina would be, however, relegated.

Cifuentes signed for Real Valladolid in August 2007.[3] After having featured in only nine matches throughout the campaign he was released in October of the following year despite still having a contract running, alongside teammate Alexis, in the same predicament.[4]

In late January 2009 Cifuentes moved to Cádiz CF in division three, being part of the squad that returned to the second level after a one-year absence. In the following season he was an undisputed starter (34 games, 33 starts), but the Andalusians would be immediately relegated back.

References

  1. ↑ La Real desintegra al Atlético (Real rips Atlético apart); El Mundo, 22 September 2005 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Pierde Salamanca ventaja de tres goles; empata com Ponferradina (Salamanca loses three-goal advantage; draws with Ponferradina); El Universal, 1 April 2007 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Cifuentes: "Espero demostrar en el campo que Mendilibar no se equivoca conmigo" (Cifuentes: "I hope to show on the pitch Mendilibar is not doing the wrong thing"); Marca, 20 August 2007 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Daniel Cifuentes dice que "no podemos perdonar ni un solo euro" (Daniel Cifuentes says "we cannot forgive one single euro"); Soitu, 5 September 2008 (Spanish)

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