{{short description|Spanish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Porras|Navarro|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Porras | image = | fullname = David Porras Navarro | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Alcoy, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1985–1992 | youthclubs1 = Alcoyano | years1 = 1992–1993 | clubs1 = Alcoyano B | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = Alcoyano | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1993 | clubs3 = → Bocairent (loan) | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 1993–1997 | clubs4 = Ontinyent | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1997–1999 | clubs5 = Eldense | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1999–2000 | clubs6 = Dénia | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2000–2002 | clubs7 = Ontinyent | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2002–2004 | clubs8 = Alcoyano | caps8 = | goals8 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | manageryears1 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs1 = Albaidense | manageryears2 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs2 = Alcoyano (youth) | manageryears3 = 2009–2011 | managerclubs3 = Alcoyano (assistant) | manageryears4 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs4 = Alcoyano | manageryears5 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs5 = Alcoyano | manageryears6 = 2017 | managerclubs6 = Ibiza | club-update = }} '''David Porras Navarro''' (born 12 November 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a coach.

==Playing career== Born in Alcoy, Province of Alicante, Porras played his entire career in the lower leagues, never competing in higher than Segunda División B. He started at CD Alcoyano led by a young Juande Ramos, making his official debut on 6 September 1992 against Orihuela Deportiva CF.

In that level, Porras represented Alcoyano during that season – in which he alternated with the reserve team – and Ontinyent CF (1994–96), spending the rest of his career in Tercera División.<ref name="PACO">{{cite news|url=http://www.diarioinformacion.com/deportes/2011/04/11/paco-lopez-destituido-entrenador-alcoyano/1115376.html|title=Paco López, destituido como entrenador del Alcoyano|trans-title=Paco López, dismissed as coach of Alcoyano|newspaper=Diario Información|language=Spanish|date=11 April 2011|accessdate=21 March 2012}}</ref> After helping the former club promote to the third level in 2004, he retired at the age of 30.

==Coaching career== After a brief spell in amateur football, Porras returned to Alcoyano and started coaching its youth teams. In 2009, he was promoted to assistant coach in the main squad.

Late into the 2010–11 campaign, Porras replaced dismissed Paco López at the helm of the first team,<ref name="PACO"/> going on to achieve promotion to Segunda División after 42 years of absence. On 19 March 2012, after a 0–3 away loss to Deportivo de La Coruña which placed the side in the relegation zone, he was himself fired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2012/03/20/futbol/equipos/alcoyano/1332246514.html|title=Porras se va con la "cabeza alta" cumplido el sueño del ascenso|trans-title=Porras leaves with "head high" after achieved dream of promotion|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=20 March 2012|accessdate=21 March 2012}}</ref>

Porras returned to the helm of his hometown club just over a year later, after the dismissal of Asier Garitano.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Porras se hace cargo del CD Alcoyano |trans-title=David Porras assumes role at CD Alcoyano|url=https://www.lasegundab.es/blog/2013/03/25/david-porras-se-hace-cargo-del-cd-alcoyano-9453.html |accessdate=11 November 2019 |date=25 March 2013 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He left at the end of the 2013–14 season, at his own accord, having missed the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seserino |first1=P. |title=Porras se va del Alcoyano |trans-title=Porras leaves Alcoyano|url=https://www.diarioinformacion.com/deportes/2014/05/17/porras-alcoyano/1503010.html |accessdate=11 November 2019 |work=Diario Infomación |date=17 May 2014 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

In March 2017, Porras was hired by UD Ibiza and given the task of promotion to the fourth tier.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Porras, nuevo entrenador de la UD Ibiza|trans-title=David Porras, new manager of UD Ibiza |url=https://www.noudiari.es/2017/03/david-porras-nuevo-entrenador-la-ud-ibiza/ |accessdate=11 November 2019 |work=Nou Diari |date=7 March 2017 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He achieved this, but was sacked after the first game of the new season, a 1–0 loss to CE Felanitx.<ref>{{cite news |title=El primer entrenador despedido en España cae después de solo un partido|trans-title=The first manager to be dismissed in Spain falls after just one match |url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/08/22/actualidad/1503395134_454470.html |accessdate=11 November 2019 |work=El País |date=22 August 2017 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

==Personal life== Porras' brothers, Francisco (1972, defender) and Sergio (1976, midfielder), were also footballers. Both played exclusively in the lower leagues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.resultados-futbol.com/noticia/sergio-porras-regresa-al-deportivo-como-segundo-entrenador|title=Sergio Porras regresa al Deportivo como segundo entrenador|trans-title=Sergio Porras returns to Deportivo as second coach|publisher=Resultados Fútbol|language=Spanish|date=2011|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2011/07/10/mas_futbol/1310279235_850215.html|title=David Porras ficha a su hermano|trans-title=David Porras signs his brother|newspaper=Diario AS|language=Spanish|date=10 July 2011|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{BDFutbol|15310}} *{{BDFutbol manager|15310}}

{{CD Alcoyano managers}} {{UD Ibiza managers}}

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