{{short description|Spanish professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Barral|Torres|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Barral | image = | fullname = David Barral Torres<ref name=Bio>{{cite news|url=https://en.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/barral/15533/|title=Barral|newspaper=Diario AS|access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|10|df=y}}<ref name=Bio/> | birth_place = San Fernando, Spain | height = 1.83 m<ref name=Bio/> | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = San Servando | youthyears2 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs2 = San Fernando | years1 = 2002–2003 | clubs1 = Real Madrid C | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2003–2006 | clubs2 = Real Madrid B | caps2 = 53 | goals2 = 9 | years3 = 2003–2004 | clubs3 = → Fuenlabrada (loan) | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 17 | years4 = 2006–2012 | clubs4 = Sporting Gijón | caps4 = 201 | goals4 = 48 | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = Orduspor | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2013–2015 | clubs6 = Levante | caps6 = 67 | goals6 = 18 | years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = Al Dhafra | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 3 | years8 = 2016–2017 | clubs8 = Granada | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2017 | clubs9 = APOEL | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 3 | years10 = 2017–2018 | clubs10 = Cádiz | caps10 = 28 | goals10 = 6 | years11 = 2018 | clubs11 = Tokushima Vortis | caps11 = 16 | goals11 = 9 | years12 = 2019–2020 | clubs12 = Racing Santander | caps12 = 26 | goals12 = 7 | years13 = 2021–2022 | clubs13 = Internacional Madrid | caps13 = 42 | goals13 = 11 | totalcaps = 538 | totalgoals = 135 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = }} '''David Barral Torres''' (born 10 May 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.
He achieved La Liga totals of 221 games and 46 goals over eight seasons, with Sporting de Gijón, Levante and Granada. He added 136 matches and 30 goals in the Segunda División, and also played professionally in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus and Japan.
==Club career== Born in San Fernando, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Barral started playing professionally in the lower divisions, with Real Madrid's B and C teams, with a loan stint at neighbouring CF Fuenlabrada in between.<ref name=GOAL>{{cite news|url=http://www.elcomercio.es/prensa/20060820/deportes/olfato_20060820.html|title=Olfato de gol|trans-title=Scoring touch|newspaper=El Comercio|first=Manuel|last=Rosety|language=es|date=20 August 2006|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> In the 2006–07 season he moved to Sporting de Gijón where, in his second year, he formed a formidable attacking partnership with Mate Bilić (arrived in January 2008) to help the Asturias side to return to La Liga after a 10-year absence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2008/06/16/pagina-35/589647/pdf.html|title=El Sporting regresa a la élite|trans-title=Sporting return to the elite|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=José Luis|last=Calleja|language=es|date=16 June 2008|access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref>
Barral scored his first top-flight goal on 26 October 2008, from a penalty in a 3–0 away win against Deportivo de La Coruña.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lne.es/deportes/2008/10/26/sporting-resuelve-riazor-0-3/689646.html|title=El Sporting resuelve en Riazor (0–3)|trans-title=Sporting get job done in Riazor (0–3)|newspaper=La Nueva España|language=es|date=26 October 2008|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> During the campaign he again paired up with Bilić for a total of 22 league goals,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2009/06/20/mas_futbol/1245479209_850215.html|title=Barral y Bilic mejoran los números de Braulio|trans-title=Barral and Bilic better Braulio's numbers|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Manuel|last=Rosety|language=es|date=20 June 2009|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> and scored a crucial one in the last matchday – a 2–1 home victory over Recreativo de Huelva – as Sporting avoided relegation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252964?cc=5739|title=Sporting Gijón 2–1 Recreativo Huelva|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=31 May 2009|access-date=16 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102022610/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252964?cc=5739|archive-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>
On 20 March 2010, Barral scored at former club Real Madrid: he beat the offside trap and cut inside from the right hand, before firing past Iker Casillas for the game's first, but the hosts turned the score around for a final 3–1 win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/03/20/football.real.madrid.ronaldo/|title=Real Madrid rally to move clear of Barcelona in Spanish league|publisher=CNN|date=20 March 2010|access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref>
In 2010–11, Barral continued to battle with Bilić for first-choice status,<ref name=GOAL/> with Sporting also having acquired Gastón Sangoy; coach Manuel Preciado often fielded only one striker. On 15 January 2011, in the 19th round, he opened his account, at home against Hércules CF (2–0).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=302164&cc=5739|title=Sporting climb out of danger|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=15 January 2011|access-date=27 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024135031/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=302164&cc=5739|archive-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> In the next league match, also at El Molinón, he also found the net, for the game's only goal against Atlético Madrid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=302053&cc=5739|title=Barral the hero|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=23 January 2011|access-date=27 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024135043/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=302053&cc=5739|archive-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> The following month, he helped his team to a 1–1 home draw with FC Barcelona after a fine individual effort early in the first half.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/302065?cc=5739|title=Gijon hold Barca|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=12 February 2011|access-date=13 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073514/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/302065?cc=5739|archive-date=24 October 2012}}</ref>
In the 2011–12 season, Barral scored nine goals from 30 appearances (best in the squad), but it was not enough to prevent Sporting from being relegated after five years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/sporting1905/2017/11/17/david-barral/00031510949747201491981.htm|title=El regreso de David Barral a Gijón|trans-title=The return of David Barral to Gijón|newspaper=La Voz de Asturias|first=Javier|last=Gutiérrez|language=es|date=17 November 2017|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> On 5 July 2012, aged 29, he moved abroad for the first time, signing with Orduspor of the Turkish Süper Lig.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajansspor.com/futbol/superlig/h/20120705/orduspor_muradina_erdi.html?ref=son3haber|title=Orduspor muradına erdi!|trans-title=Orduspor get it done!|publisher=Ajansspor|language=tr|date=5 July 2012|access-date=5 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120653/http://www.ajansspor.com/futbol/superlig/h/20120705/orduspor_muradina_erdi.html?ref=son3haber|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
Barral returned to his homeland in the summer of 2013, penning a two-year deal with Levante UD.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lasprovincias.es/20130626/deportes/levante/levante-ficha-david-barral-201306261848.html|title=El Levante ficha a Barral|trans-title=Levante sign Barral|newspaper=Las Provincias|language=es|date=26 June 2013|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> On 7 February 2015, he became the first national player to score a hat-trick in a year after Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz, in a 4–1 home win over Málaga CF.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/eventos/marcador/futbol/2014_15/primera/jornada_22/lev_mga/|title=Barral devuelve la alegría al Levante|trans-title=Barral makes Levante smile again|newspaper=Marca|first=Pablo|last=Egea|language=es|date=7 February 2015|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2015/02/09/futbol/equipos/levante/1423483668.html|title=Especie en extinción|trans-title=Endangered species|newspaper=Marca|first=Darío|last=Puig|language=es|date=9 February 2015|access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>
On 5 July 2015, Barral signed for Al Dhafra FC in the United Arab Emirates after his contract with Levante expired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2015/07/05/futbol/futbol_internacional/1436116631.html|title=David Barral firma por el Al-Dhafra|trans-title=David Barral signs for Al-Dhafra|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=5 July 2015|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> On 24 January of the following year, he returned to Spain and its top division after agreeing to an 18-month deal at Granada CF.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.granadacf.es/es/el-club/noticias-club/1795-david-barral-es-rojiblanco|title=¡David Barral es rojiblanco!|trans-title=David Barral is red-and-white!|publisher=Granada CF|language=es|date=24 January 2016|access-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127135440/http://www.granadacf.es/es/el-club/noticias-club/1795-david-barral-es-rojiblanco|archive-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>
After being involved in a scuffle with teammate Isaac Cuenca during a meal at the club's sports city, in late November 2016, Barral was suspended indefinitely.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/futbol/granada/2016/11/23/58359bb7e5fdeab6578b4590.html|title=Pelea entre Barral y Cuenca... durante la comida|trans-title=Fight between Barral and Cuenca... during meal time|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=23 November 2016|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> On 16 January 2017, he signed an 18-month contract with Cypriot First Division champions APOEL FC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=15779&tt=graphic&lang=l1|script-title=el:Σύναψη συμφωνίας με David Barral|trans-title=Contract signing with David Barral|publisher=APOEL FC|language=el|date=16 January 2017|access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref> He scored twice on his debut six days later, in his team's 7–0 home defeat of AEZ Zakakiou for the domestic league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=15798&tt=graphic&lang=l1|script-title=el:ΑΠΟΕΛ 7–0 ΑΕΖ Ζακακίου|trans-title=APOEL 7–0 AEZ Zakakiou|publisher=APOEL FC|language=el|date=22 January 2017|access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref>
On 27 May 2017, Barral's contract was mutually terminated,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=16262&tt=graphic&lang=l1|title=Κοινή συναινέσει λύση συνεργασίας με David Barral|trans-title=Mutual contract termination with David Barral|publisher=APOEL FC|language=el|date=27 May 2017|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> and he joined Cádiz CF on a one-year deal on 12 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cadizcf.com/noticia/david-barral-segundo-fichaje-para-el-nuevo-proyecto|title=David Barral, segundo fichaje para el nuevo proyecto|trans-title=David Barral, second signing for the new project|publisher=Cádiz CF|language=es|date=12 July 2017|access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> Still in that year, on 19 November, he scored in his very first match at Sporting's home ground after leaving, helping the visitors to a 3–0 victory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/sporting/venganza-idolo-caido-20171120010133-ntvo.html|title=La venganza del ídolo caído|trans-title=The revenge of the fallen idol|newspaper=El Comercio|first=Víctor M.|last=Robledo|language=es|date=20 November 2017|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
On 15 January 2019, after a brief spell in the J2 League with Tokushima Vortis, the 35-year-old Barral returned to Spain and signed with Racing de Santander until 30 June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eldesmarque.com/valencia/levante-ud/167869-el-exgranota-david-barral-ficha-por-el-racing-de-santander|title=El exgranota David Barral ficha por el Racing de Santander|trans-title=Former ''granota'' David Barral signs for Racing de Santander|publisher=El Desmarque|first=Álex|last=López Sanfeliu|language=es|date=15 January 2019|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> He achieved promotion to the second tier in his first season, scoring six goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/sporting1905/2019/06/02/ex-sporting-barral-cayarga-ascienden-racing/00031559476192411349106.htm|title=Ex Sporting: Barral y Cayarga ascienden con el Racing|trans-title=Ex Sporting: Barral and Cayarga promote with Racing|newspaper=La Voz de Asturias|language=es|date=2 June 2019|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
Barral joined third-tier Internacional de Madrid on 19 January 2021, becoming the first player ever to be bought using cryptocurrency as Bitcoin was used to sign him instead of conventional currency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mas-futbol/segunda-b-grupo-v/2021/01/15/6001d589268e3eb9448b459d.html|title=David Barral se convierte en el primer fichaje de la historia en criptomonedas|trans-title=David Barral becomes the first cryptocurrency signing in history|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=15 January 2021|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> In summer 2022, as the club was dealing with serious bureaucratic and financial problems, he announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.relevo.com/futbol/david-barral-tras-colgar-botas-20230222232213-nt.html|title=Barral y el Madrid Galáctico: "No me había echado perfume en la vida, abrí la taquilla de Beckham y dije: esta es la mía"|trans-title=Barral and Galactic Madrid: "I had never worn perfume in my life, I opened Beckham's locker and said: that's the one for me"|publisher=Relevo|first=Cristina|last=Bea|language=es|date=28 February 2023|access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref>
==International career== Barral was not capped by Spain at any level. He played for the Andalusia autonomous team on 7 June 2013 against their Madrid equivalent on the centenary of the latter's Football Federation, and scored both goals of a 2–1 win in Vallecas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/2013/06/07/futbol/mas_futbol/1370641504.html|title=Andalucía festeja con victoria el centenario de la federación madrileña|trans-title=Andalusia celebrate with victory on the centenary of the Madrilenian federation|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=7 June 2013|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 9 May 2021}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Real Madrid B |2004–05<ref name=BDF>{{BDFutbol|5643}}</ref> |Segunda División B |26||6|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs|name=pro}}||0||28||6 |- |2005–06<ref name=BDF/> |Segunda División |27||3|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||27||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !53!!9!!0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!55!!9 |- |Fuenlabrada (loan) |2003–04<ref name=BDF/> |Segunda División B |34||17|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||34||17 |- |rowspan="7"|Sporting Gijón |2006–07<ref name=BDF/> | rowspan="2" |Segunda División |37||9||1||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||38||10 |- |2007–08<ref name=BDF/> |32||11||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||33||11 |- |2008–09<ref name=BDF/> | rowspan="4" |La Liga |35||10||6||4|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||41||14 |- |2009–10<ref name=BDF/> |33||4||1||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||34||5 |- |2010–11<ref name=BDF/> |34||5||1||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||35||6 |- |2011–12<ref name=BDF/> |30||9||2||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||32||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !201!!48!!12!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!213!!55 |- |Orduspor |2012–13<ref name=SW>{{Soccerway|new_id=barral-david/hzuf7vop}}</ref> |Süper Lig |27||4||2||2|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||29||6 |- |rowspan="3"|Levante |2013–14<ref name=BDF/> | rowspan="2" |La Liga |32||7||4||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||36||8 |- |2014–15<ref name=BDF/> |35||11||3||2|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||38||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !67!!18!!7!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!74!!21 |- |Al Dhafra |2015–16<ref name=SW/> |UAE Pro League |10||3||5||3|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||15||6 |- |rowspan="3"|Granada |2015–16<ref name=BDF/> | rowspan="2" |La Liga |14||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||14||0 |- |2016–17<ref name=BDF/> |8||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||8||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !22!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!22!!0 |- |APOEL |2016–17<ref name=SW/> |Cypriot First Division |12||3||3||2||3{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||18||5 |- |Cádiz |2017–18<ref name=BDF/> |Segunda División |28||6||6||3|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||34||9 |- |Tokushima Vortis |2018<ref name=SW/> |J2 League |16||9||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||16||9 |- |rowspan="3"|Racing Santander |2018–19<ref name=BDF/> |Segunda División B |14||6||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||4{{efn|name=pro}}||0||18||6 |- |2019–20<ref name=BDF/> |Segunda División |12||1||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||13||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !26!!7!!1!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!31!!7 |- |Internacional Madrid |2020–21<ref name=BDF/> |Segunda División B |13||2||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||13||2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !509!!126!!36!!20!!3!!0!!6!!0!!554!!146 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''APOEL''' *Cypriot First Division: 2016–17<ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2017/05/13/internacional/1494704663_751694.html|title=El Apoel de Barral se proclama campeón de liga en Chipre|trans-title=Barral's Apoel crowned league champions in Cyprus|newspaper=Diario AS|language=es|date=13 May 2017|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{BDFutbol|5643}} *{{J.League player}} *{{FBref}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barral, David}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from San Fernando, Cádiz Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen Category:Spanish men's footballers Category:Footballers from the Province of Cádiz Category:Men's association football forwards Category:La Liga players Category:Segunda División players Category:Segunda División B players Category:Primera Federación players Category:Real Madrid C footballers Category:Real Madrid Castilla footballers Category:CF Fuenlabrada footballers Category:Sporting de Gijón players Category:Levante UD footballers Category:Granada CF footballers Category:Cádiz CF players Category:Racing de Santander players Category:Internacional de Madrid players Category:Süper Lig players Category:Orduspor footballers Category:UAE Pro League players Category:Al Dhafra FC players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:APOEL FC players Category:J2 League players Category:Tokushima Vortis players Category:Kings League players Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan