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Dani Mallo
Personal information
Full name Daniel Mallo Castro
Date of birth (1979-01-25) 25 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Cambre, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Hospitalet
Youth career
1994–1995 Sporting Cambre
1995–1997 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Deportivo B 82 (0)
2001–2006 Deportivo La Coruña 3 (0)
2003–2004Elche (loan) 38 (0)
2006–2008 Braga 8 (0)
2009 Falkirk 15 (0)
2009–2013 Girona 81 (0)
2013–2015 Lugo 30 (0)
2015–2016 Albacete 3 (0)
2016 Atlético Kolkata 2 (0)
2017– Hospitalet 12 (0)
International career
1996–1998 Spain U18 12 (0)
2000 Spain U21 1 (0)
2005 Galicia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2017

Daniel 'Dani' Mallo Castro (born 25 January 1979) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CE L'Hospitalet as a goalkeeper.

The better part of his senior career was played at Deportivo, where he served almost exclusively as third-choice in the first team, and Girona. During eight seasons, he appeared in 152 games in Segunda División.

Football career

Born in Cambre, Galicia, Mallo spent most of his career as third-string goalkeeper with local Deportivo de La Coruña, having a loan stint at second division side Elche CF in the 2003–04 season. He first appeared with the main squad of the former on 4 May 2003, playing 20 minutes in a 5–0 home triumph over Recreativo de Huelva.[1]

Released by Deportivo, Mallo joined Portugal's S.C. Braga for 2006–07: because of injury to first-choice Paulo Santos, he started the first half of the following campaign, also featuring for the club in the Portuguese and UEFA Cups.

In late January 2009, after having spent the first months of the new season training separately, Mallo joined Falkirk until the end of the season.[2] He played in the Scottish Cup final,[3] also helping the side to the semi-finals in the domestic League Cup[4] and a final maintenance in the Scottish Premier League; despite these achievements, he did not sign a new contract and left the club on June 27, stating he needed to move on.

In July 2009, Mallo turned down a move to join former manager John Hughes at Hibernian FC,[5] opting to return to Spain and sign with Girona FC in the country's second level. In his first year he deputised for former FC Barcelona's Albert Jorquera, and he played understudy to Roberto Santamaría in the following campaign, becoming first-choice subsequently.[6][7]

On 30 June 2016, after a further three years in division two, with CD Lugo[8] and Albacete Balompié,[9] being relegated in the last one, 37-year-old moved to the Indian Super League, joining three compatriots (including manager José Francisco Molina, his former Deportivo teammate) at Atlético de Kolkata.[10]

Personal life

Cambre's municipal ground was named after Mallo.[11]

References