David Cobeño Iglesias (; born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently director of football of La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.
Playing career Born in Madrid, Cobeño graduated from the youth academy of local Rayo Vallecano. After one season with lowly Ponferradina, he signed for Real Madrid, spending the 2005–06 campaign in the Segunda División with their reserves.David Cobeño: de proteger la portería a proteger la identidad del Rayo (David Cobeño: from protecting the goal to protecting Rayo's identity); Vavel, 20 January 2026 (in Spanish)
Cobeño joined Sevilla in summer 2006.Sevilla strengthen with two recruits; UEFA, 3 July 2006 Initially backing up Andrés Palop,El Larguero (1ª Parte / 18-03-07) (The Crossbar (1st Part / 18-03-07)); Cadena SER, 19 March 2007 (in Spanish)"Sustituir en White Hart Lane a Palop es todo un reto" ("Replacing Palop at White Hart Lane is quite the challenge"); Diario AS, 11 April 2007 (in Spanish) he benefited from injury to his teammate during a 2–0 home win over Celta de Vigo on 18 March 2007El Sevilla sufre, pero no falla (Sevilla suffer, but do not fail); Sport, 19 March 2007 (in Spanish) and went on to make four full additional appearances, adding three in the Andalusians' victorious run in the UEFA Cup.Arveladze steals Sevilla's thunder; UEFA, 14 December 2006Sevilla survive scare to progress; UEFA, 12 April 2007Soldado gives Sevilla the edge; UEFA, 26 April 2007
For 2007–08, Cobeño was loaned to neighbouring – and La Liga newcomers – Almería.El Sevilla confirma el pase de Ocio al Athletic y la cesión del meta Cobeño al Almería (Sevilla confirm transfer of Ocio to Athletic and loan of goalie Cobeño to Almería); Diario AS, 13 July 2007 (in Spanish) After starting the season as first-choice, he lost the job to Brazilian Diego Alves, only reappearing for two of the side's last three games;La mala pata de Corchia (Corchia's jinx); Estadio Deportivo, 23 August 2018 (in Spanish)Alves-Mariño, las vidas cruzadas de los dos porteros suplentes (Alves-Mariño, the intertwined lives of the two backup goalkeepers); La Voz de Galicia, 31 March 2023 (in Spanish) subsequently, he was released by Sevilla and returned to Rayo on a three-year deal, as the Madrid club promoted again to the second tier.Mercado: Cobeño regresa al Rayo Vallecano (Market: Cobeño returns to Rayo Vallecano) ; Goal, 11 August 2008 (in Spanish)
On 24 May 2009, Cobeño scored from his own goal to open an eventual 1–2 home loss against Elche.Cobeño marcó el gol del Rayo ¡de portería a portería! (Cobeño scored for Rayo from goal to goal!); Marca, 24 May 2009 (in Spanish)El Elche despierta al Rayo del sueño de Primera (Elche awaken Rayo from Primera dream); Marca, 24 May 2009 (in Spanish) During the first season in his second spell, he was the team's undisputed starter as they retained their league status, and won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy at 38 goals conceded.Cobeño se hizo con el Zamora (Cobeño got Zamora) ; Rayo Herald, 22 June 2009 (in Spanish)
Cobeño remained the starter for Rayo in 2010–11, contributing 34 appearances to help the club to return to the top division following an eight-year absence.El Rayo Vallecano de la temporada 2010/2011 en la actualidad (The Rayo Vallecano of the 2010/2011 season nowadays); Matagigantes, March 2020 (in Spanish) In June 2012, having failed to renew his contract, he moved abroad and signed for Vaslui from Romania but, unsettled, returned to the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas two months later.Cobeño regresa al Rayo dos meses después de marcharse (Cobeño returns to Rayo two months after leaving); Diario AS, 29 August 2012 (in Spanish)
Post-retirement On 1 June 2016, aged 34, Cobeño retired and was immediately appointed as Rayo's director of football.Cobeño será el nuevo director deportivo del Rayo (Cobeño will be the new director of football of Rayo); Marca, 1 June 2016 (in Spanish)Al director deportivo del Rayo Vallecano, David Cobeño, le caen dos partidos (Rayo Vallecano's sporting director, David Cobeño, gets two-match ban); Mundo Deportivo, 11 December 2025 (in Spanish)
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCopa del ReyEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Madrid B2005–06Segunda División290———290Real Madrid2005–06La Liga000000—00Sevilla2006–07La Liga50603000140Almería (loan)2007–08La Liga17000——170Rayo Vallecano2008–09Segunda División40110——4112009–10Segunda División25000——2502010–11Segunda División34000——3402011–12La Liga15000——1502012–13La Liga8020——1002013–14La Liga5030——802014–15La Liga3010——402015–16La Liga0000——00Total130170——1371Career total181113030001971
Honours Sevilla Copa del Rey: 2006–07El Sevilla culmina su año del siglo (Sevilla cap off their year of the century); El Mundo, 23 June 2007 (in Spanish) UEFA Cup: 2006–07Espanyol 2–2 Sevilla; BBC Sport, 16 May 2007
Individual Ricardo Zamora Trophy (Segunda División): 2008–09
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