David Prieto

Sevilla

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Prieto was a product of Sevilla FC's youth system, and made his first-team debut on 6 February 2005, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away win against Levante UD. Appearing in four La Liga games that season and adding another four the following, he would alternate between the first and the second teams in the next years. In the 2006–07 campaign, as Sevilla Atlético reached Segunda División for the first time ever, Prieto served a loan in another team from Andalusia and that level, Xerez CD. The following season, he appeared in eight league matches with the main squad and started in seven of those, due to the absences of Javi Navarro (knee, entire season missed) and Julien Escudé (pubis, less than half of possible games), as the team finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup. After the death of Antonio Puerta in the fall of 2007, Sevilla wanted to retire the player's number 16 shirt. Due to the Spanish League's strict rules on squad registration a retirement was impossible, and Puerta's shirt number was handed to Prieto, something he took great pride in. On 18 August 2009, after having made 13 appearances in 2008–09, Prieto was once again loaned to recently promoted Xerez in a season-long move, without any buying option at the end. He contributed relatively as the club was immediately relegated, and moved in August 2010 to CD Tenerife – also dropped from the top flight – in the same situation.

Later career

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