David Almazán Abril (born 12 February 1974), known as David Pirri or simply Pirri, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a manager who currently manages Shenzhen Juniors in the China League One.
He amassed Segunda División totals of 202 matches and 11 goals over nine seasons, representing mainly Barcelona B. He added 97 scoreless appearances in La Liga, with Mérida, Numancia and Zaragoza.
In 2008, Pirri started working as a manager.
Playing career Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Pirri joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 1988, aged 14. After a brief stint at the C-team he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División, and made his professional debut with the latter on 6 February 1993, coming on as a second half substitute in a 6–1 home routing of Palamós CF.Destape barcelonista en el Mini (Barcelona go crazy at the Mini); Mundo Deportivo, 7 February 1993
Pirri scored his first league goal on 16 October 1994, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against CD Leganés.El Barça 'B' también gana al final y contra diez (Barça 'B' also win in the end and against ten); Mundo Deportivo, 17 October 1994 In the 1995 summer he signed for La Liga club CP Mérida, and made his debut in the competition on 24 September 1995 by playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 loss at SD Compostela.El Compostela gana y ya es cuarto (Compostela win and are already fourth); Mundo Deportivo, 25 September 1995
In August 1999, after alternating between the first two major levels, Pirri joined Deportivo de La Coruña, being immediately loaned to UD Las Palmas.Pirri y Renaldo cierran la plantilla grancanaria (Pirri and Renaldo complete the Canarian squad); Mundo Deportivo, 18 August 1999 He appeared sparingly due to a serious knee injury, as his team returned to the top level after a 12-year absence.
In the 2000 off-season, Pirri moved on loan to CD Numancia in the top flight,Tres cesiones para el Numancia (Three loans for Numancia); Mundo Deportivo, 10 August 2000 appearing regularly but being relegated.Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 In the following year, still owned by Deportivo, he signed with Sporting de Gijón.Jaime se irá al Tenerife y David Pirri al Sporting de Gijón (Jaime will go to Tenerife and David Pirri to Sporting de Gijón); Diario AS, 17 September 2001
In July 2002, Pirri agreed to a two-year contract with second division side Real Zaragoza.David Pirri, presentado como jugador del Real Zaragoza (David Pirri, presented as Real Zaragoza player); Diario AS, 16 July 2002 He left in 2005 after appearing in only two matches during the campaign, and joined Albacete Balompié.David Pirri y Santamaría ya están en Albacete (David Pirri and Santamaría are already in Albacete); Diario AS, 28 July 2005
In August 2006, after a failed trial at Gimnàstic de Tarragona,David Pirri no fitxarà (David Pirri will not sign); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 10 August 2006 Pirri moved to Mérida UD from Segunda División B.El Mérida rescata al histórico David Pirri (Mérida rescue historical David Pirri); El Periódico de Extremadura, 18 August 2006 He signed with fellow league team CE Sabadell FC the following year,El Centre d'Esports Sabadell presenta oficialment els cinc primers fitxatges per la propera temporada (Centre d'Esports Sabadell officially present the first five signings for the current season) ; Radio Sabadell FM, 3 July 2007 and retired with the club in 2008 aged 33.
Coaching career After his retirement, Pirri was appointed manager of his last club Sabadell's youth setup. On 27 November 2009, after Ramón Moya's dismissal at the helm of the first team, he was named his successor.Pirri dirigirá al Sabadell hasta final de temporada (Pirri will manage Sabadell until the end of the season) ; Sport, 27 November 2009
In May 2014, Pirri was named coach of Terrassa FC.David Pirri es presentado como nuevo entrenador del Terrassa FC (David Pirri is presented as new manager of Terrassa FC); Nova Badía, 29 May 2014
On 24 July 2026, Pirri was named the head coach of China League One side Shenzhen Juniors after coaching China U16 for 3 years.深圳青年人官方：原U16国少主帅大卫出任球队第一助理教练; dongqiudi, 24 July 2026
Personal life Pirri's son Daniel is also a professional footballer currently playing for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
Honours Mérida Segunda División: 1996–97
Las Palmas Segunda División: 1999–2000
Zaragoza Copa del Rey: 2003–04
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