Full name David Fuster Torrijos Weight 71 kg Name David Fuster Spouse Angela Fuster | Role Footballer Date joined 2010 Number 19 Height 1.78 m | |
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Date of birth (1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 (age 33) Current team Olympiacos F.C. (#19 / Midfielder) | ||
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Olympiacos captain david fuster torrijos 19
David Fuster Torrijos (born 3 February 1982) is a retired Spanish footballer who is famed for being a Utility player - he could play with equal succes as attacking midfielder, second striker, left or right winger and central midfielder.
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- Olympiacos captain david fuster torrijos 19
- David Fuster Goodbye to the Legend 2010 2016
- Villarreal
- Olympiacos
- Getafe
- Retirement
- Club statistics
- References
After starting out at Villarreal B – he also represented the first team in the 2009–10 season – he went on to spend most of his career at Olympiacos, appearing in more than 150 competitive games and win nine major titles, including six consecutive national championships.
David Fuster - Goodbye to the Legend (2010-2016)
Villarreal
Fuster was born in Oliva, Valencia. Aged already 22 he was signed from his hometown club by Villarreal CF, but spent four years exclusively with its reserves, helping the team promote to the third division in 2007.
In 2008, Fuster was sold to neighbours Elche CF, with an option to rebuy afterwards. After a solid 2008–09 season in the second level – he was the club's topscorer at 13, tied for tenth in the league – he was rebought by Villarreal for a mere €500.000. He received relative amount of playing time in his debut year, scoring his first goal for the club in the 2–3 away defeat against Sevilla FC on 8 November 2009; on 2 January 2010 he added another, in the club's 1–1 draw at La Liga and UEFA Champions League champions FC Barcelona.
Olympiacos
In late August 2010, 28-year-old Fuster signed for Olympiacos F.C. in Greece for the amount of €1,500,000, rejoining former Villarreal acquaintances Ariel Ibagaza and Ernesto Valverde (manager). In his first season he won the league and reached the quarterfinals in the domestic cup, ranking third in the goal scorers' chart and leading the team in minutes played.
On 28 September 2011, Fuster scored his first goal in the Champions League, in a 1–2 away defeat against Arsenal. He also netted in the second game between the two sides (3–1 home win), as the Piraeus team finished third in its group, being relegated to the UEFA Europa League; in the latter competition his second-half strike gave his team a 1–0 away win over FC Rubin Kazan in the round-of-32 (eventually 2–0 on aggregate). In the next round he repeated the feat against FC Metalist Kharkiv, who however won the second leg 2–1 in Athens to progress, with the player featuring the 90 minutes and finishing as club top scorer in the tournament with four goals.
On 28 April 2012, in the 119th minute of the final of the Greek Cup, Fuster scored from a Vasilis Torosidis assist for the 2–1 winner against Atromitos FC, after having come on as a late substitute. During the 2012–13 campaign, as Leonardo Jardim was at the helm of the team, he suffered a dip in form, also being injured for two months; when he returned, however, Jardim's replacement Míchel showed confidence in his compatriot.
On 7 April 2013, Fuster scored his third and last goal in the season, contributing to a 4–0 success at Platanias F.C. as Olympiacos won its third national championship in a row. On 15 March of the following year he netted another, with his team downing Panthrakikos F.C. 2–0 at home and renewing its domestic supremacy.
After a successful 2014–15, which ended with double conquest, 33-year-old Fuster eventually extended his contract for a further two years. His renewal was also a satisfaction for his former coach Ernesto Valverde, who mentioned "Fuster is a perfect player for the club because of the similarities in character. I am also proud for the club because I love it, and I want it to have the best players".
On 2 September 2015, Fuster was left out of newly appointed manager Marco Silva's Champions League squad. He appeared rarely during the season but, on 28 February 2016, helped with a brace to a 3–0 home win against Veria F.C. that confirmed Olympiacos' 43rd national championship.
On 15 June 2016, Fuster announced in the social media that his contract would not be renewed.
Getafe
On 4 July 2016, Fuster signed a one-year deal with Getafe CF. On 17 June 2017, he scored came as a substitute, his first goal with the club in all competitions in a crucial 3-0 Segunda División play-offs home win against SD Huesca in his effort to be promoted in Primera Division.
Retirement
On 26 June 2017, Fuster announced his retirement from professional football through a heartfelt farewell post on Facebook.